Three days left of the challenge and two days left in London, um...wow. What a journey this last month has been and what an even bigger one these last 10 months have been. London gave us a beautiful farewell today with the most gorgeous weather I think we've had this entire visit—warm sun with plenty of cool breezes and blue skies all around. We went to Borough Hall, an open air market and food lovers paradise.
I'll let the photos speak for themselves except to note the highlights – a grilled duck sandwich and the most heavenly donuts I've ever had with fresh vanilla cream inside from Neal's Yard Dairy. I've gotten the closest parmesan reggiano to the kind I get in Florence here—instensly nutty and so good its hard not to eat it all on it's own. They've also made a film about how three of their cheeses go from farm to table.
After our sandwiches we walked down to the Thames to say goodbye to the water and writing this now it seems surreal to think in three days time I'll be saying hello again to the Hudson. I've only begun to process what we've all been through and Carrie in her most Carrie-like way has reminded me and my body that even through the coming down of stressers that we face at each stage these next few days-- the “got to the airport” , “got all the bags checked” , “touched down at JFK” , “made it to the rental car place” , “made it to my parent's house” etc. that we have been taking care of our bodies and we can handle this and we will take moments of laying down with Gryffin in the bed to play “baboom, baboom” (which is us catching a rest while she jumps all over us and the bed). And maybe through this challenge and through this level of consciousness, I'm starting to remember even though we haven't felt it in a long while, that we are two highly competent women who can handle just about anything—some days just barely, but others with grace and maybe even a little style.
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