London recap: It's hard to believe...
We lived in another country, successfully for two years. It's hard to believe how fast the time went. Where did it go? Let's recap:
It started with a mess... Our place. Rolling Ridge Norwalk, CT c. late Feb 2006... MOVING
Leaving for London! Our introduction to British Airways at Kennedy Airport. A slight redistribution of the weight in our bags was in order.
Property Viewing: Check out this guy. In the States we have used car salesmen. In London they have Estate Agents. We called him Shhhwwwarmy. Beth did not look impressed with him or the flat.
IKEA = Assembly required... setting up our place in London. 69 Redcliffe Gardens SW10 9JJ
Quick trip to Barcelona, Spain
Then to Brussels, Belgium
Frolicking in one of the Royal Parks
Bus trip with my parents: England, Scotland, North Ireland, Ireland, and Wales... This was taken somewhere in North England.
Windsor Castle
Greenwich, London with a view of The Docklands in the distance
Brighton: England's answer to Coney Island
Punting in Cambridge
Feeling smart in Cambridge
London Eye
Amsterdam
Beth looking fab in Malta
And again up in Lake Windemere
Oxford... not like the shirt
In the back yard of Buckingham Palace
The staredown
Canterbury
Friends. This was actually taken at Tiger Tiger, the same place they tried to do a Jihad a few months later.
Richmond, London
My place of employment
Beth being giddy in Geneva, Switzerland
And more serious in Paris, France
Blown away in Lisbon, Portugal
Beautiful Bruges, Belgium
Winchester, England
Friends... we were lucky. Always surrounded by many great friends.
Positano, Italy
Bath, England 
Llama trekking in Surrey, England
Santorini, Greece
Majorca, Spain... We learned why they called this "Hot England"
On our street
Vienna, Austria
St. Petersburg, Russia. On the same cruise we also saw Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Estonia.
Can I fix you a cup 'a tea?
Prague, Czech Republic
The Footy... We kinda followed a local team, Fulham
Hard to get enough of this
Christmas in our flat
Enjoying brews in Munich, Germany
Brunch a la flat
Colchester, England (I think. They all seemed the same now)
Beth and Buda. Budapest, Hungary
Cape Town, South AfricaI guess that's where the time went.
Here are some facts:
- We took 6,533 pictures during our time in Europe
- We visited 20 countries (incase you were counting)
- We had roughly 12 different guests visit
- Our flat was about 550 square feet
- We flew home 7 times
- Our cat gained 3 pounds living in England
- The dollar weakened from 1.70 to 2.02 over the two years... lucky me!
- I got promoted to Sr Manager while in London
- Beth's business grew AMAZINGLY while we were in London
- Our blog started with roughly 30 unique visits per day. By June 2007 there were 70-80 visits per day. By the end of our trip there were 120-130 visits per day. Thanks for all of your support! The higher our counter went, the more we were inspired to do this. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed posting to it.
London is an AMAZING place. It will always deserve a special place in our hearts. All of the stereotypes of bad weather, poor food, and stiff lipped people are not true. London treated us well and we're greatful for it. We're also thankful for all of the amazing friends that we made, both expats and English. We'll see you all again soon.
Our last night in the UK... Cheerio Mate
posted by Rino @ 8:12 PM
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