I suggested to Sarah that we go out for breakfast this morning. Going out for breakfast is an absolute joy for me on the weekends back in Seattle and I thought I’d experience what the British do.

As Sarah led me through the streets of Soho searching for a pair of places she had read about (though not remembered the names!) I suddenly stopped short and double-taked upon what I saw and demanded to Sarah that we go in.

Look through the window…the coffee snobs of you might see something…

…

Well, it certainly caught my eye!

That’s right, it’s a Synesso Syncra, the same machine used as Espresso Vivace and design specs layed out by David Schomer himself.

The coffee was incredible–I ordered a double ristretto espresso and it was nearly as good as the Vivace espresso. I could certainly drink it every day.

I’ve found decent coffee. I’m ready to live in London now.

Did about six hours of walking yesterday around London, through sunny skies, Seattle-grays, light rain, heavy rain, lighting, thunder, and hail. A wonderful spring day. Discovered that my new shoes were too small though…

And a couple photos, kicking off with some mussels and chips over lunch…

And as promised, a photo of Erika and I.

It’s 5:47a, I’m jetlagged, and I’m sitting at Sarah W’s awesome two-story flat here in Waterloo…that’s right, I’m in LONDON!

First stop on a couple weeks of holiday here in Europe. Normally I wouldn’t considering traveling to Europe with the American peso in the condition its in, but my gf, Erika, has been planning a trip to Europe for over a year, and I thought it’d be good fun to join in. Somehow I haven’t a picture of us here in London yet, but I’ll be sure to rectify this today.

OK–so on tap for this trip–London, Budapest (fourth time in three years, but I have to take Erika there!), and Morocco (via Malaga, in the south of Spain). I’ve been wanting to go to Morocco ever since I met some Brits in Croatia back in ‘05, and even though it can hardly be considered “real” Africa, excited to take a few new steps on that continent.

Convienently, this gives me a great excuse to visit Sarah W here in London, whom I had quite literally met on a bus back in Seattle over the summer.

Sarah has very kindly let me stay at her flat in Waterloo–especially awesome in light of the aforementioned American peso and exorbiant rates for lodging. =) She has a pleasant two-story flat (I’ve always wanted to live in one of these…) with a neat little view out the back.

But in fact, Sarah might even be more excited than I am for me to finally make it here and visit her…it would seem from the kitchen calendar I’m quite the keynote event!

=) and with that I’m off to steal Sarah’s keys and head off on an early morning stroll through the neighborhood.