just occured to me...

Sometimes I forget I live in London. Maybe because I have become so comfortable here that it does not seem like a foreign city anymore. Maybe it's because the things/images that we as Americans most often link to London (Big Ben, Parliament, the Eye, Tower Bridge, palace guards, etc) are not on my daily radar. The red double decker buses are, but I suppose they have just become so familiar after over a year that they have lost the London-specific, romantic connotations. The modern ones anyways, the old Route Masters are still wicked awesome. Maybe it's because with Ben over here for a bit now, the only person who I saw daily back in NH I know see daily once again.

And then it suddenly occurred to me while listening to my co-workers complain (again...and again and again) that I am surrounded by Americans. Literally. There is one person on the floor I work on who is not (she is Greek), and maybe only 6 non-Americans in the whole office. And (stereotypically) 95% of the outspoken ones (read, the ones I have to listen to speaking the most) are from the States.

It is hard to remember you live in England when 9 out of 10 people you interact with on a daily basis are Americans...

moved in!!!!

finally

yet to fully unpack, as no dressers yet (clothes currently stacked on the floor), but it is good to have a home again.

both of us are a bit tired, as we decided to save a bit of money, forgo the moving guy with van and move everything ourselves (it's just down the street, how bad can it be, right? right?), but after an embarrassingly early night last night we should be getting back to our old energy level soon, not that that's saying much.

pictures to follow when its a bot cleaner/organized and not so empty!

livin the posh life...for a bit

living in (or at least crashing on a sofa in) Kensington, working in Bloomsbury, and walking through the royal parks for my daily commute.

life in the west end: not bad, not bad at all

but back to the eastside tomorrow! and kinda excited about it

:)

fall is in the air

well, that didn't take long. little sister's been at college for what, maybe a month? already snagged herself a boy. goodness. ahh, to be young again :)

meanwhile the older, and as I like to tell her, wiser sister is still dealing with the damn flat.

god willing we will be moving in on sat, and I don't really see any reason why it won't happen.

but then again I didn't see any of the other stuff coming either.

think this is going to be one of those things I can not going to count as a done deal till I am holding the keys in my hand.

but the leaves are starting to turn, so yay!

flat saga update

still looking...


maybe something this weekend?

hope so anyways

sooo...

...awesome flat fell out from under our feet, and now we are on the hunt again.

not completely thrilled about that, would like to be able to unpack, not be homeless, etc, but suppose things will work out in the end.

will keep you updated.