London, center of the world

From time to time I gripe about being so far from home, but the fact is, living so close to London, it's not unusual when home comes to us! In the past few weeks we've had a whole lot of visitors - some have stayed for a day, some for a week and some have just passed through for a meal. Regardless of the duration, it's always incredible to see those friendly faces.

Today my old friend Kyle and his adorable girlfriend Katie passed through London on a quick layover en route to Kigale. how awesome is that. check out some of the dear friends we've gotten to say hello to lately:

Two of my best gals and awesome their hubbies joined us for a couple nights of good food and relaxing in Ox:

And then we all hopped off to Barcelona for a few days:

It is often said that I run into people I know wherever I go, but even I was pretty shocked to run into an fellow wakeboarding coach from Muskoka Woods at the Sagrada Familia (hi Brendan!):

A day after we got back my buddy Jordan passed through Oxford for the evening - I finally got to meet his stunning girlfriend Liz:

Everyone moved along except Julie who stuck around and joined me for a couple days in Edinburgh and a few in London where we met up with the lovely Warnock gals for dinner and a show (which was just as good the second time):

Before we were even back from London, the next house guest had arrived. it was good to have a few days with Dean's best bud Fred:

And finally today's travelers, heading back to Heathrow to begin their African adventure:

We've already got two more sets of visitors lined up for August, and Dean's parents will be here next week. So for a little while at least, homesickness is banished!