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London! London! London!

One week ago this morning we arrived in London and since then have been to Bristol, Bath, Salisbury/Stonehenge and came back to London on Thursday morning to meet up with Justin Rison, my life-long friend, our college cheer buddy and always up for an adventure travel partner. Last year about this same time we were in Kentucky together doing the Bourbon Trail.

This time, Justin got us tickets to the Broadway performance of Moulin Rouge - not to be confused with the original Paris show from last month. It was probably the best Broadway-type show I’ve ever seen. Absolutely incredible. And they sell full bottles of wine to take back to your seats πŸ˜‚ Yesterday, Nate took us to the Buffalo Trace experience in London where our host was an actress who has appeared in Amazon Prime’s The Power (episodes 2 and 5). We’ve walked London, eaten good food, tried to take a Halloween tour to learn about Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes but got rained out about half way through, and dressed like pirates (thanks to Justin overpacking)!

Today Nate accidentally ordered the biggest breakfast ever. This afternoon he and I head to an Air BnB to do some laundry then it’s off to Loughborough tomorrow to see Bub play.

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