Made it to London

Things to note today:

• The UK is very very cold.
• The tube is an excellent form of transport.
• It gets very dark, very early.
• London is extremely clean. (Compared to Delhi!)
• I can cope well with 3 hours sleep.
• Jenny has an awesome flat and Cally has too.
• I need a winter coat, a job and a cajillion little things like tax number and railcards.

I got off the plane yesterday morning to a FREEZING day. Actually its still freezing says my computer –3 degrees, but I’m toasty on the couch at Jenny’s. I got the underground to Kensington to meet Cally and hang out at hers until Jenny finished work in the evening (Jenny is an old family friend, who is very cool). Cally was AWESOME and ran me the biggest hottest bath ever, and I was slightly embarrassed at how dirty the water was when i got out. I think I managed to sweat all the dirt and pollution of Delhi out though, so that was nice! Today I’m going to tackle washing all my clothes since the colour that ran out of them when I washed them in Kathmandu was disturbing, and I don’t really think my handwashing skills were up to scratch.

We went for a walk in Kensington Garden’s in the afternoon, had to borrow a down jasket from Cally because it was so cold. Hot chocolate from Starbucks on the way helped though! Kensington is beautiful, with all the old terraced huge houses. London is very cool and Cally said she would like to do some of the touristy things with me since she never really had, as a local.

So now I’m staying at Jenny and James’ new apartment in Queen’s Park overlooking the Paddington Cemetary. It’s very warm and shiny and new, they only moved in two months ago and are sorting everything out, and I’ll help in anyway I can! I have to finish my CV’s today and do a massive mail out, Jenny is very proactive and helpful and finger’s crossed I’ll find a job swiftly!

Oh and last night we went out for dinner and I had VENISON. And red onion marmalade and watercress salad and zucchini fries and red wine. Ohhhhhhh yuuuuuuuuuuuuuum hello world of food! A meal with no rice!