Boulder to London

I guess it’s probably been almost a month since I sat down and wrote anything for the blog.  It’s been a bit busy around here with holiday guests, work and trying to make good on one of my New Year’s Resolutions to work out more.  Over Christmas we had a great time with G.R. and Sam as we toured around London (mostly pub to pub) doing some of our favourite thing, but also finding a few new things that we hadn’t done before.  We hit a few of our usual haunts such as Borough Market, where we sample most anything anyone was selling, the British Museum, South Bank and Buckingham Palace.  In addition to these tried and true favourites, Melisse also got us tickets to a play at the Almeida Theatre on Upper Streat and Sam found a Ghost Tour for us to go on.  Both were a ton of fun, although the ghost tour was a bit cold!

New Year’s Eve was spent at the Angelic where we had some dinner, plenty of drinks and then toasted in the New Year with a few bottles of bubbly.  G.R. left on the 2nd without incident, however Sam had a bit more trouble when she arrived at Heathrow a few days later.  Apparently Heathrow is not set up to handle snow and cold and her flight on Monday the 4th, was canceled and she we re-booked on a flight a few days later.  When she did get back to the U.S., it was without bags as they were lost someplace during the transfer in Chicago.

I had to get back to work pretty quickly and have already spent a day each in Cork and Rome.  The trips were both quick, but it looks like I’ll be back in Rome a little more over the next few weeks.  I need to find a weekend to stay there and check out the wonderful history of the city.  January and February are already looking very busy with work, but we’re also going to be hosting Kyle next weekend as he’s coming over for a quick trip across the pond.  After that, I have three straight weekends of Day Skipper Theory which should be both fun and educational.  I was hoping to get on the race squad with the club this spring, but one of the training weekends is the weekend that I’m in Spokane right before Easter.  Maybe I’ll be able to hop in as a sub for a weekend or two if someone cancels!

Oh yeah…we’ve booked a trip to go sailing in Greece in May!  I can’t wait.  I’m ready for some warm weather, the peace and quiet of a sailboat and the chance for a long weekend on the water!