and even more visitors!

Hello Dear Readers,

Well well well, the bar is being set pretty high here folks.  Jennifer, Amy, Adam and Melch, Luke, Matt and now....... Devin!  That's 7 out of 11 Skippies who have come to visit me in London.  Susan, KT, Jon and J-fer? Buller?  Your know what to do.

Last weekend completely out of the blue my friend Devin said, "hey Heather, I'm in London over the weekend, you around?"  Turns out he was here with another high school friend of mine to be the best man (and maid of honor) for a surprise destination wedding.  Not a surprise to the bride (I asked) but to the parents of the happy couple.  We met up at Piccadilly Circus, walked to Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, had dinner in a pub (mmmm Eton Mess and Banoffee!) then wandered around the south bank, St. James' Park, Buckingham Palace and back to Piccadilly just in time.

It was so great to catch up with him since it's been about 5 years at least.  It's so weird how seeing old friends can make it seem like absolutely no time has passed at all.  Its always like that and yet I'm always surprised.  Pleasantly surprised.

Yesterday we had another (somewhat surprise as it was arranged last minute) guest, Christiana, Chris's cousin who lives about an hour south in Guildford.  She came up for the day to just enjoy our company (and my cooking, she lives in a dorm).  We walked along the Thames path up to Hammersmith, such an amazing day.  Cool and breezy but sunny and warm enough if you are walking.  Typical English summer I guess. After that we headed to the Mall in Shepherds Bush, but were pretty exhausted so we went back home shortly, ate more food and then chilled.