Greetings From England!

Sorry I've been a little slow with the updates. It's been a busy few weeks! Most of it was spent taking care of business and loose ends before embarking on the longly awaited honeymoon journey through Europe with my wife, Alex: Wrapped up my illustration projects, spent countless hours reconfiguring my portable studio, and of course, packed. Oddly enough, in the middle of it all a lot of home improvements went on. My mother stayed over to sew curtains for just about every room, Alex's dad installed motion sensor lights around the house, Alex and I reupholstered our dining room chairs, and our contractor replaced a side door and an entire heating system. On our last weekend before leaving, Alex hosted a baby shower for her dearest friend from high school.As if all of this wasn't enough, I managed to turn 30 the day before we left for Europe.

Well, fast forward about a week, and so far we've been to London, Nottingham, and York. We ventured through Hyde Park, saw 'Wicked', ran through a sudden downpour during antique Saturday at Portobello Market near Notting Hill, ate fish n'chips and jacket potatoes, and rode a tube train jam packed with drunken football fans singing loud jeers at the losing team to the tune of Wonderwall. We spent the past couple days with a friend of ours from Alex's high school days and have ventured through the countryside together, went to one of the oldest pubs in England (founded in 1189, roughly).

We've got just about half an hour before we catch our taxi to the train station to return to London for our flight out to Paris. England was beautiful, and I think between the two of us we already have roughly 500 photos. I've also been working diligently in a sketchbook I hope to fill before the end of the trip. I hope you all enjoy this brief glimpse into what we've been up to. Sorry for the bad quality but I'm without my own software and scanner. I'll try to write something more detailed when we're settled in Paris. Better run for now though. Cheers!