April 2010

Bank Cards and Bank Holidays

April 29, 2010

Two particularly exciting things to report. First, we officially have a bank account and bank cards! The concern over fraud – especially mail fraud – is very high here, so we were mailed pieces of our account over about six consecutive business days. One day we received our debit card pin; another day we received [...]

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Being Tourists

April 24, 2010

After feeling a bit low earlier in the week, the sun rose on Friday and has been shining for days – reaching a lovely 70 degrees today! Must be the vitamin D, but I have been feeling so much more inspired in the past days. We decided to hit a couple tourist spots today, thinking [...]

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It’s Been a Slow Week

April 22, 2010

I’m a bit behind in blogging, and sadly it isn’t because I am so busy bouncing around London doing fabulous things. Slowly but surely, we are working our way through the masochistic world of getting our finances/bills set up here, so I’ve been a little too lethargic to go and explore. Took some slow jogs [...]

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The London Diet

April 15, 2010

In homage to an early post by fellow expat at http://anexpatinlondon.blogspot.com, I too am excited to comment on the “London diet effect.” To provide a little context for any readers who haven’t known me my whole life, let me just start by saying that my weight and/or body issues have followed me around since I [...]

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What I’ve Noticed Part 2: weird food

April 14, 2010

Guest Post by my husband: David So I know everyone thinks the UK has really awful food, and they are correct (at least as far as what I am willing to eat). But this stereotype only relaly applies to British pub-variety food. However, if you like other types of food such as Indian, Chinese, Lebanese and so [...]

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The Ups and Downs of the Expat World

April 13, 2010

Woke up with the sun shining and with plans to meet a fellow expat who I was introduced to through a common friend. Since we announced our departure for Jolly Ol’England, we received numerous emails and Facebook introductions to friends of friends who are here in London as well. It’s been an incredible comfort knowing [...]

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Week One – all over again

April 12, 2010

So, I may not be a great blogger given that it has been a solid week since my last post, but it’s been quite a week. First, and most notably, we got keys to our flat last Thursday, our movers arrived with our crate on Friday, we tripped it to IKEA on Saturday, and spent [...]

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A Place to Call Home

April 5, 2010

Hooray! I just got online confirmation that our first month’s rent and 6 week security deposit (ouch) cleared the bank today, so we are very close to having the keys to our very own flat! We’re moving into a one bedroom flat in Chelsea, about 2 minutes from David’s work and 10-12 minutes from both [...]

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