Hi Beth,

Lots of thinking time on the flight back and on the car trip to Denia.
I hope I'm getting over my jetlag and thinking more clearly so here goes on the subject of the idea I mentioned as we were arriving at Denver airport to leave.

I very much want to find a way to help you to greater financial security so you can quit (or improve) the deals you have with your less desirable clients - thinking especially of SFB.
I did contemplate just giving you money but I fear you would feel I was trying to produce a sense of obligation and I would feel I was now buying your friendship (which I've done with others in the past). 
Both would be very bad news for the beautiful relationship we now have.

So I thought maybe we could create a 'bubble in time' which is totally divorced from our friendship. In my mind I'm modelling it on the arrangement you have with CTB, though hopefully without as much stress.
In summary, maybe we could meet in a European city for a couple of days and nights where the environment would not have memories of our other experiences and where we could play with the 'client experience' whatever that may represent and however that works for both of us.

If that turns out well, you'd have a chunk of extra income every couple of months and I would not have to be frustrated and spend money trying to find something to keep me happy (and probably failing as I did in Paris).

I do realise this may not work for one or both of us, and I would want to keep this entirely distinct from our travels which I'd still like to be around three times a year wherever we decide might be somewhere we both want to visit. I emphasise the travel would be exactly as before and not at all affected by the bubble experience.

Most importantly if it looks like this idea is messing with our friendship we must call time on it. 
I'm just trying to find a clever way to give both of us something extra without threatening the wonderful thing we already have.

So if you are up for giving this a 'proof of concept' shot, and knowing your wedding and family commitments, the second week of October with December as a follow up might suit.
We know each other so well that I know I've already gotten way too far into firm planning, but hey, I'm a Leo and Type A too. So my final daring and dangerous suggestion is Berlin.

Love you to to bits, 
Simon xoxo