Anticipation

Sing it with me:
“Anticipation. Anticipation is making me wait, is keeping me waiting”

Here we are again, getting prepped for an extended trip to the UK and Europe. Tim left on Sunday and arrived in Budapest on Monday. I’m leaving in just a couple of days and we’ll be meeting up in London for a few days before flying to Ireland for 10 days. We’ve been wanting to visit Ireland, but until now just hadn’t had the opportunity to do so.

Ireland. Can you believe it? We get to go to Ireland! As if that weren’t cool enough, two great friends are going to join us for a few days of the Ireland adventure. We get to spend a night in a castle, see Giant’s Causeway, visit Belfast, see Cliffs of Moher, tour Tullemore D.E.W. Distillery, walk Dublin, drive the Dingle Peninsula and more. Wow. Anticipation, making me wait.

You may be thinking, “that’s gonna be a sweet vacation” and you’re right, but guess what? It doesn’t stop there for me! After our Ireland adventure, we return to London for a couple days then aTim has to return to work, but I get to stick around a while longer and show off some of my favorites places to my mom who will be joining me for 10 days. On the agenda:
     Tower of London
     Windsor Castle
     Buckingham Palace Changing of Guard
     Thames River Cruise
     Oxford and a meal at Eagle & Child
     Stonehenge
     Day trip to Paris
     3 day trip to Edinburgh
     and of course, more!

When she returns home, I still get to stick around because another friend and her eldest will be joining me for 6 days for more UK adventure!

Patience is fairly easy for me, specially at this time in life. But this time, this trip, this adventure has created more excitement than before. We get to experience new places, sights and foods and this time, we get to share it with some of the people we love.

Anticipation has taken hold deep this time and you know what? I don’t mind. I like this feeling. Hope you do too. Watch for updates over the next few weeks, we’ll definitely be posting stories and pics. And maybe you will be encouraged to find an opportunity to visit somewhere new and the anticipation for you will be as exciting as it is for me.

Catch you later...from London!