London-izing Myself

I love this city! Every day is starting to feel more like home. There is an energy about this city unlike any other... the swarms of people from all over the world, every color, every nationality, every language... it's amazing, really. I've been busy getting acclimated... drinking espresso, daily pints at the local pubs, exploring my new 'hood, watching BBC news, looking left instead of right when crossing, trying to navigate the tube, etc. It's a big city, but already beginning to feel small. M and I can literally walk from LBS down Baker Street and see friends we know every time. We've met so many new admits as everyone's trying to get themselves "sorted" as they say here, so chances are good that we'll run into people at the vodafone store, the starbucks on Baker, the Pret, or any of the number of flats in the area. So glad M and I are basically the same person and have been aggressively tackling our to do list. We are on top of it... definitely a plus since there's so much red tape in this city. I mean, getting the new iPhone4 required a personal letter from LBS, a UK address, a credit check, and a UK bank account, not to mention the fact that we had to bride the vodafone staff with starbucks coffee in order to get them to import the only 2 iphone4 phones in the city from another store. but hey, it worked.

Did I mention we found the most amazing flat? So pumped. Here it is below! We LOVE it and got so lucky to find it after seeing so many dodgy places (yes, another Brit term - get used to it). We wired the money yesterday for 6 months rent, paid in full (required since we're students) Brilliant!




In other news, played real football in Regent's Park today with about 40 other LBSers. Only 3 girls showed up, but soccer is so big over here that the guys were pretty intense and fun to scrimmage with. I dusted off my football boots (er.. cleats) from back in the day and was able to show them all a trick or two. haha. no goals though. maybe next time. Then of course everyone went to the pub after for a pint. That's the London way. Everything we do, we head to the pub after, i swear. We've had flat hunters pub crawl every day this week, beginning at 6pm and running well into the night. It's basically like speed-dating for flat hunters, except all LBSers go whether or not you're looking for flatmates. its fantastic. Oh and I went to Whole Foods today. a slice of America is much needed from time to time. Brown rice sushi what what? so good. Oh and found an awesome frozen yogurt pinkberry type place as well. Anyway! Already so many stories.. where to begin. No time for those now, but I'll leave you all with a pic of new friends and I enjoying dinner in Covent Garden earlier in the week.


love from london! Laura