Today is my last full day in London and I can’t believe how the time has flown. I came to London a woman still unsure of what I was capable of. When I arrived at the airport I still identified as the shy unsure fourth grader who thought the world would end when I had to give a speech in front of a room full of people. Now, I know I don’t have as much in common with her as I thought.
I have never been one of those people who is even remotely ok with change or big transitions. The idea of graduating from high school and leaving my friends (and potentially my home) was a reoccurring nightmare I had since my first year when I had finally got over the fact that I was at a new school. Never before have I gone anywhere or done anything so effortlessly as feeling at home in London.
Have you ever been wrapped up in someone’s arms or watched the waves with your head rested against someone you love? Have you ever been just so content with the world in a single moment that you wish it could never end and you could stay that way forever? Sometimes I feel like we spend our whole lives in between those moments waiting for another just like it. Thank you London for giving me so many of those moments. Thank you for allowing me the time to stop in the middle of a street and just breathe in the slightly humid cloudy air and really feel that I was in a place that felt like home.
One of the things I will miss most is sitting in Kensington Gardens on a bench with my book listening to the voices of the people around me. If there’s one thing I hope I always take with me from this trip is the sense of adventure, tranquility and independence I have discovered. (Who would have thought that I could sit still long enough to read an entire novel in a park while in another country by myself? Who am I?! 24601!!!!!) <- Side note I’m still sad they’re renovating the Les Miserables theatre and I couldn’t see it again. There are so many spots, restaurants and people I will miss so much but I know nothing can keep me away for long.
Xoxo London, I love you 🥰
Sophia over and out Scandinavia here I come!!
Diaries of a Dancing Queen 