As I wrap up my posts about our recent trip to London I recall the following quote by the late Anthony Bourdain…
“It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn.”
For me, it’s never the big attractions on the itinerary that resonate with me the most. It's always the spontaneous moments I never could have predicted that stay with me.
Like the swarm of bees we encountered while riding on the upper level of the double decker bus as we passed by St. Paul’s Cathedral... How incredibly orange the egg yolks were during breakfast at 26 Grains on our last day.... The songs the street musician crooned as sunlight was racing to meet the horizon that last afternoon in Covent Garden...the barefoot man who danced alone on the centuries old cobblestone streets to his songs...That last delicious meal at the Hawksmoor restaurant in Seven Dials, where we had the most decadent dessert of our lives (the sticky toffee sundae with clotted cream ice cream, sticky toffee sponge, & toffee sauce.)
These seemingly insignificant moments will now be forever woven into the fabric of our being. To think, we never would have experienced them if we hadn’t been lucky enough to board that plane across the Atlantic. The world would be a better and more peaceful place if more people made travel a priority. I’m sure of it. It was a melancholy moment to close the door on our Floral Street Airbnb in Covent Garden for the very last time. London delivered much more than I hoped for, there was beauty around every corner and in the most unlikely of places.
The nasty residual effects of jet lag and nagging head cold I carried back across the ocean with me are a small price to pay for this awesome experience. I’m already looking forward to the next trip and sharing it with you. Every time I travel I'm reminded that it's still a big world there's so much more I need to see.
I’d like to thank everyone in London who made our trip such a memorable experience and we apologize to all of the London-based Steemians we missed this time around. As always, the time just went way too fast but we hope to see you when we return.
I hope you’ve enjoyed exploring London with us!
Thank you for reading,
Eric
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