the last holiday.

prague - charles bridge with view of the castle at night.

so we're back from our latest holiday in London and Prague, and perhaps our last overseas getaway for awhile.  it's been absolutely fantastic doing an annual trip like we have been for the past few years.. but we may hold off for awhile.. with the new house.. and who knows maybe time to settle down and start a family next year.  but we'll let life lead us down that path.

the trip was great.. a bit more laxed than our usual trips. where i tend to have loose itineraries packed full of 'suggested' things to do.  with the move and all other life, starting a business stuff in the way, i didn't look too much into our destinations until the week of.  of course we had planned on spending quite a bit of time with the family.  the hubbys sister and husband have lived there for over 10 years now, and these trips are really the only time we see them.  plus now there is a niece and nephew... with adorable british accents.. which also makes them hard to understand along with them being only 2 and 4.  we did some shopping, and some site-seeing around town, while spending evenings in with the family.  we did dine at St John's and had the best madelines EVER.  also i went to see Matthew Fox (swoon) in a play at vaudeville theatre near the westend, while i tried to be a groupie and went to the backstage door after... only to be told that he wouldn't be coming out that day.  we wandered the streets, checked out Windsor, and then..

a few days prior to our prague getaway, T had caught some sort of gastroenteritis.. and is still currently recovering.  it did manage to put quite a damper on the trip, but he pushed forward... going with me to all of the main sites in prague.. and watching me eat smoked pork knuckles and drinking pints of czech beer.. while he had to resort to still water and soup.  he was a champ. thanks hubby!  i even forced him to go out at night to charles bridge so i could get this shot. 

we returned to london.. which was an arduous task.  here's a note for you all - never take easy jet.  it was our first time.. and unlike southwest which is also technically a free for all for seats.. this is literally one big mob of people trying to queue up for a seat.. except at the prague airport they don't have enough people working.. so it is not a line. also they don't tell you what gate you're at until it's boarding time.. where at that location is where you go through security checks as well. (so how is the plane supposed to leave on time) so naturally the plane was running late.. it was time to board and there were still people getting off. once we were finally all boarded, there was one extra person aboard who was not on their list. SCARY. anyways they kicked him off (how'd he get on the plane??) and then rechecked all the seats in the surrounding area and overhead compartments.. for 'surprises' luckily there was none. but that held us up even longer for an evening flight.. where we needed to make it back to gatwick before the trains stopped. it was a stressful rush, but we somehow made it back at 1am to the sister's flat.  and spent the remainder of the trip in London.. with a bit more shopping.. and resting.  it was a good trip, not without it's disappointments, but a good trip still.  it's not our 'last' overseas holiday.. but maybe just for awhile.  i mean there is still much to be seen on this side of the world anyways.