A Wonderful Birthday Celebration

WOW! What a birthday surprise I had. My lovely wife Rhea really went out of her way to create what made for an absolutely wonderful 40th birthday. She arranged for me to have a professional photographer to have some pictures made at the Durham Cathedral in my vestments for an album and pictures for the home. These will be quite nice. Then, she had me have a small overnight suitcase packed and we ended up at the 'Fallen Angel' Hotel in Durham.

This place was unbelievable really. There are numerous theme rooms from places around the world and she had us in the nicest of the rooms which is called the Russian Bridal Suite. I must admit that the name Fallen Angels and 'theme' rooms can sound a bit, well... But, this was such an elegant place and we both said that we would be back again.

Here is the description of our room.

The entire top floor is exclusively set aside for special guests and the rewarding views of the Castle, Cathedral and river make the climb worthwhile. Enjoy complete privacy in this very large apartment style suite. This Doctor Zhivago influenced suite has hand carved furniture, bamboo flooring and fur accents. Relax in the beautiful sofas in your private lounge; try the glass fronted sauna and then chill out in the huge jaccuzzi spa bath, whilst enjoying a bird’s eye view over the river.

This place was so nice! She had it all prepared on arrival with champagne, strawberries with chocolate coating on them, cheese and crackers, and a mini bar fully stocked--unbelievalbe! We had a lovely dinner in the restaurant and we laughed so much and had such a great time that it will undoubtedly be the most memorable birthday celebration ever. Whoever said that life begins at 40 knew what they were talking about. What a wonderful wife God has given to me.
Thank you Rhea!