Celebrating in London, January 2009

Celebrating in London, January 2009

A trip to London has been on our calendar since we had decided to leave the UK. We used our frequent flyer miles to get tickets to London for our friends' wedding, Sam & Kristin. Not only was this trip a celebration of their marriage but it was also a celebration of reuniting--with friends and with the UK!! This was just the greatest trip! There were 6 of us--me, Matt, Claire, Matt Risdale, Judi and Linda, all packed into Linda's studio flat in Nottinghill. It sounds like a potential nightmare but it was SO much fun! And there were all of our other great friends from Edinburgh--so good to see old faces!! On the first night we all met up in a pub and then the second day Matt and I spent time walking around London with our friend Heather who came over from Bristol. Saturday was the ladies lunch at a very swanky restaurant in Islington and then Saturday was a great mingling night in a traditional British pub. There was a fun pub quiz and drinks to be had. And the Sunday wedding was lovely and the dancing included Hava Nagila, ceilidh and disco/booty shakin'. It was so hard to leave the UK. But harder to leave all of our good friends. I think the time and distance between the our last time together and the wedding made us realize how much we all get along and love each other---and now miss each other. We feel so lucky to know such wonderful people--even if they are miles away.