England, 2018

Not sure how to pose for the London Bridge, 
but mid pub crawl, this felt right at the time.

England wildly exceeded my expectations as a fun place to visit due in large part to the company of wonderful friends, each of which I have not seen in 4+ years!

Thanks to Mike, Abby, and Hector the lab 
for showing me around the Brighton hillside.

My route was London to visit Natasha, Oxford to go to a festival with Monika, Brighton to see Maike, and Cambridge to see Andrew (AJ).  It was too much to try and pack into 8 days ... but it was fun trying!

AJ and Sierra cycling trip around the colleges of Oxford.

I did not have much previous interest to visit the UK since I thought it was not exotic enough to justify a trip so far away to a place where they speak my language.  I was wrong on both fronts, it has many gems to offer and the accents were often so thick that I found the natives delightfully incomprehensible

4 days at the Wilderness Festival near Oxford.
It was kind of like a BurningMan
if it was designed by vegan yoga enthusiasts.

Pinkies out during teatime in the english countryside. The reality is that we drank coffee and I had to ask them for a posh pose, but it was satisfying nonetheless.

Sean and Stevie were kind enough to adopt me and invited me to dance with them till daybreak at the festival. They were both professional dancers, but were very patient with me when I tried to swing dance to techno.

It is not a proper festival till a friend passes out on the lawn next to you mid-conversation. Yes I know I've probably told that story before Monika ... but you don't have to fake a snore to get me to stop talking.