There's No Place Like London...

I'm writing to you this morning from the humid bubble that is my bedroom on the second floor of this house in London. I'm actively sweating from the exertion of sitting here and typing. But hey this could be the last nice day in London for a while - so I may as well enjoy it!!

I figured an update was in order as I seem to have been getting up to quite a bit of adventuring lately. After my weekend of Welsh adventures I returned to London for another whirlwind of funtimes including my first visit to the London Eye and two more shows on the West End!

One of my favorites so far has to be Sweeney Todd - so creepy and so well done, plus it is a uniquely London musical. The gentleman playing Sweeney (Michael Ball) and Mrs. Lovett were both excellent - so much so that I feared I may have nightmares of gruesome barbershops and bakehouses. Thankfully I am still alive and have my hair on. The musical definitely showed a darker side to this city and the millions of people that have been crowded within its walls over the years.

It is sometimes hard to wrap my head around the fact that I can just drop down to Leicester Square to see a show anytime I like. In thinking about what the next step will be for me I already know I will be so, so sad to leave London. It is such an incredibly beautiful city and has re-opened my eyes to so many possibilities that I know it will always be a special place for me. But it is not an especially realistic place to live, at least not considering some of the other goals I have yet to achieve. Something I've been thinking about a lot in the past little while....

BUT there are still many more adventures to come before I have to leave lovely London, including a trip to Paris over the long weekend bank holiday coming up. Which means only a four day work week ahead :) I remember feeling at the begining of the summer that surely this holiday would never come. I would be stuck working full time for 9, 10 weeks in a row - and without batting my eyes here we are at the end of August.

Today I am going to try to enjoy a day of quiet and rest after all of the craziness of the past little while. I will be taking it easy (as much as I am able) and hopefully enjoying the London summer while it's here.