Off to Market...

Today we visited the Borough Market that is by London Bridge. It is definitely the place to go for good cheese and meats. I also plan to go back for some spices. Saw some fresh herb plants for a pound each. Will keep those in the kitchen.

After walking around the Market and having lunch with some friends, we headed back to our hotel. Before that, we took a walk through Hyde Park. It is a large park that is about a 5-10 minute walk from our room.

Later tonight, we are meeting up with our friends Justin and Dominic and check out the gay night life here. Should be interesting...

We found a home!

YEAH! We secured a flat to live while we are here. I am so happy that we got this place. We saw a total of about 6 flats. This was the only nice one. The rest were rubbish (look, I am talking like a Brit! ha ha). We will start living there on November 1st. And for the first time since the Victorian in Portland, Mark and I have more than one toilet to use. No racing each other to the bathroom when we get home! :o)

Now that we have found a place, we can start doing more site seeing stuff. Yesterday, while we were looking at places, we ran across Abbey Road!! (Mom, you can start being jealous of me now - he he!)

And not that we have secured a place, I now have the fun of trying to find work. Yippee skippy! I can't wait. But that I will start on Monday.

Big Ben!

It is hard to believe we have been here for 4 days already. Though we have not done much touristy stuff yet (until today), we have seen a lot of different neighborhoods. I do have to say we are more impressed with North London. We were not impressed with South London. Nothing really appealed to us. So fare we have seen 3 flats. We did place an offer on one we saw today that is a 1 bedroom/loft that is in a converted school house. It was really cool. We will know by tomorrow if our offer was accepted.

But we did get to see some tourist sites today. We walked on the London Bridge and saw the Tower Bridge across the way.

Also, we stopped and walked part way on the Westminster Bridge and saw Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye.

We will definitely be checking out these sites again later and more once we have found a place and have settled in. But it is fun to actually see landmarks that you have seen in only movies.

We're in London, Baby!

It has been awhile since I last posted here. It has been a roller coaster since Mark's return. But things seem to be going well now. Especially since we have moved to London!! Here is a picture of our "home" for the next 2 weeks while we look for an apartment, I mean, a flat (as the locals say) to live. We will be here in London for at least 1 year, most likely 2.

Once we find a place to live, then I will start to look for work. We will also start taking in the sites and travel. I think our first planned trip will be to Paris. It is only a 2 hour train ride from here.

Check back for pictures and updates. At least one of us can keep a blog. :o)