This post is massively overdue. First lets start with the background -- my 30th b-day fell on Sunday October 19th and as a gift to myself I arranged to be flying back to the UK on the red-eye, and going straight to work. Some bday present :) However, the day was fairly chill as we drove back from Fergus after June & Tyler's excellent wedding. Unbeknownst to me, Astrid had arranged a surprise bday dinner at East Side Mario's where Doug & Penny, Josh & Robyn & Rowan & Joslyn, Nyla & Steve & Megan, and my mom, bro, and Isaac were all able to attend. It was fantastic.
But the surprises didn't end there. The following weekend (after a rough week of catching up after vacation) Astrid had another surprise for me. She had booked us a private tour of London in a Helicopter. How sweet is that?
I've flown a lot, but this was a real treat. We were in a 4 seater but it was just the pilot and the two of us. We were given Champagne when we arrived at the hanger, and got to checkout some of the other 'copters they had there. We then did our 35 minute flight up from the south, across London (following the Thames from the West end over to Canary Wharf), then headed back South. The pictures tell the true story:
West Minster Abbey, Big Ben, Parliament, The Eye:
Buckingham Palace:
Trafalgar Square. Love those blue pools.
Canary Wharf, with O2 Center and Thames Flood Barrier in background:
Canary Wharf from the South, with our new flat marked on it :)
Astrid, thanks so much for such a thoughtful and fantastic gift!
Syd.
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