We spent another 10 days in London in between Bulgaria & Spain, and boy, that place almost had us job searching by the end. I loved London the first time- but it was still "a big city", and I've been craving a bit more grass and "smaller city" feel for our next place we call home. This time however, we stayed in Richmond Hill and holy moly, was it exactly what I wanted. It is as if Pacific Heights and the rolling hills, trees, and lakes in Virginia had a love affair. The place is gorgeous- and apparently ranked one of the happiest places in the world (our Texan hotel neighbor told me). It was truly beautiful.
I spent about 7 days in training, Col planned our whole Spain adventure and walked all over the town- then we'd meet up at night for a walk along the Thames together, sunset cocktail or tea, bite to eat and then home for a snug (and episode of Homeland). It as such a romantic, inspiring week. I met some amazing friends (for life) in my training and enjoyed the outdoors and the long summer evenings with my hubs. We celebrated the end of a very long road of training, which was started back in May, with some yummy bubbly - as we sat in the Terrace Garden overlooking the Thames with all the other Londoners at sunset. It was amazing, and we were so so happy watching all the dogs passing by, seeing couples young and old holding hands, and family picnics all over the terrace. Thank you for celebrating with me Col, and for your support these past 6 months - it has been the best... ever.
On our last day together we walked the whole area- through the Richmond park and saw a bunch of wild deer (which I LOVED), grabbed take-away coffees, watched an awesome bike race go on, found our way over the Thames to Teddington, then walked our 6 miles back to the hotel and were off to re-visit our "old place" in Shoreditch for a good nights sleep before heading to Spain (thanks again Matt!).
Such a fantastic week - now off to Spain!!!
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