Last London Days

The first three weeks of January, my last days in London, were mostly pretty stressful. I spent days packing up the flat I loved so much, packing to ship everything to Australia and spending endless hours on the phone and online closing accounts and changing addresses. Luckily I wasn’t working at the same time because there’s no way I would have got it all done.

However, I did have a great time seeing all my friends to say goodbye (for now!), and eating out with them.  Days and nights out were a good mix of visiting old faves, and even going to new places up until my last day.

The highlight of packing was re-reading every single card I've been given for the last 13 years!
I kept a selection I couldn't part with.

A last Hawaiian at Pizza Pappagone with Ollie mid-packing

The gang at Som Saa thai in Shoreditch for my last Saturday night in town

With Jamiee

Jaimee, me, Kris & Stu

With Stu & Kris

Piero & Dave, Mailie, Jamiee, Stu & Kris

Saturday lunch at Market Hall in Fulham with Laleh, Jesse & Elias (their 3 year old boy) and Stu & Kris

Cocktails at The Ned with Mailie

Dinner at Brigadiers with Stu, Kris & Mailie

Me & Kris

Me & Jaimee after a Friday night dinner in Brixton

Out in Shoreditch with my Balham flatmates Ani & Claire

Post dinner (at my favourite Palomar) cocktails with Becky

Nick, Jo and I ordered half the menu at Lina Stores. Delicious!

Last night in London with Stu & Kris

Stu, me & Kris

As well as all of that, I popped down to see Laleh & Jesse’s new house in Southfields, and had a last brunch with Laleh at the new Granger & Co in Chelsea. I walked around Kensington Palace gardens with Mandy. And Ollie and I had a roast chicken dinner the Marksman pub in Hackney.

After all the boxes were packed and shipped, we moved out of the flat on the 10th and I spent the last week staying with Stu & Kris. and then flew out on the 17^th January. Just 2 and a half weeks shy of my 13^th year anniversary of moving to London back in February 2006.