For the past ten days Jolene and I stayed up in Ipswich, a small British town off an inlet of water on the East coast. This trip did a lot to remind us to reflect on the full circle that we have come while living abroad this past year.
We went to Christchurch park to celebrate our second Guy Fawkes night with a lantern procession, fireworks, a fire show (Flame OZ), and a carnival with the same couple that we went with in London the year before.
There was also an epic battle between me and a coworker and two other British kids where we got into giant bubbles and ran around knocking each other over. For two pounds, this is by far the best deal I've gotten abroad.
We stayed in a hotel that overlooked the marina called the Salthouse. The view, rooms, decorations, and food were all great in this place. After staying in quite a few very nice hotels over the last couple years we have decided this place is our favourite. Convincing Jolene to leave the hotel to catch our train was far from an easy task. We will miss her lounge chair in the room and the giant scorpion statue from the lobby the most.
The sole purpose of this trip was to deploy the second upgrade to the system at work. The hours were very long and we had a whole bunch of interesting hurdles to overcome. I can say for certain that some of the craziest stuff that has ever happened to me at work in the last decade has happened in Ipswich. We will now shift into a stabilization period for the next month but this represents the beginning of the end for our lives in London.
2 comments:
All good things must come to end, but I am sure there are new travels around the corner for you and Jolene. By the way, is Ipswich part of the Harry Potter tour?
Ipswich is surprisingly not part of the Harry Potter tour, but was definitely worth the trip. It was great to be out of the city and check out a new place. I've already got people keeping an eye on the hotel's scorpion until I'm back to collect it some day.
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