Awww, that post-holiday feeling after such a whistle stop break is understandable, AL. But take it from someone who grew up in London and goes back a lot, you soon get sick of crowds 🤣 Where I live now, if I want to go buy a coffee, I can order and be supping an overpriced latte in a minute. In London, I might be queuing for 20 minutes. Nice place to visit, though.
Plus you’ve got another trip lined up soon 👍
As for my Irish passport … progress at last. After getting the right grandfather (it’s easy to find the wrong one!) and all his birth (1888), marriage and death certs, same for my own dad and finally me (apart from the death cert!), then came the excitement of Christmas but I finally posted all the docs yesterday. This first stage takes 12-18 months and it’s just to register a foreign birth in Ireland. After that, the passport application is relatively quick. A lot of Brits applying (for obvious reasons).
Hope you’re feeling more upbeat soon, AL. The London trip sounded like a wonderful Christmas present 🙂