After a spectacular month in Spain & Portugal is was time to head back to the tropical paradise of the United Kingdom for a couple of weeks. Actually, all jokes aside, after the intense heat of the previous month it was a nice change to wear a cardigan again!
From Madrid I flew to Edinburgh where I met up with Johno & Cass again. We spent an awesome five days together enjoying all the laughs we could handle at the Fringe Festival. I think in total we ended up going to about 12 shows (yep, all comedy, we are not really that cultured) and I think that is about all we could have handled. It was a great time where we got to see people and shows that were both old and new but all lots of fun. Being there while the Fringe Festival and the Military Tattoo were both on we definitely didn’t get to see the real Edinburgh but thats ok because it just means we have an excuse to go back again, which I really want to do. It is such a magical looking city and I found my breath taken away several times when looking out at the landscapes. Oh, I also had a deep fried Mars bar …
London was my last stop before I headed off to America and the plan had been to do not much at all for the ten days I had there … thats not exactly what happened but I still managed to feel nice and relaxed by the end thanks to the amazing hospitality of my hosts. I spent the first five days in London staying at my friend Tina’s newly purchased flat (such adulting) while she was away in Portugal. Tina’s flat is in Enfield, in north London, and as much as I love staying in the middle of big cities it was so nice to be staying in the burbs and feel a sense of normalcy for a little while. For my second five nights I moved down to the other end of London and stayed with the lovely Whatleys in New Malden. After being on the road for six months it was so nice to feel settled down and stay with friends and family for a little while.
During my ten days I managed to fit in a west end show (The Book of Mormon – see it!!), visit areas of London I’ve been to plenty of times and some for the first time, walked through parks, squeezed in some shopping, went to the movies, ate my way through Borough markets and spent an awesome day at The Notting Hill festival. My love for London is as strong as ever and I can’t wait for the next visit.
