Fri, 21 Apr 2006
First weekend
I arrived without too much incident. Fantastic to see Susanna again. Very surreal but things are going great.
London is insane. So immense, busy and chaotic. I sometimes think the whole place is hurtling out of control, just barely making it from day to day. Everything works, but only just.
I swear that over 50% of the population of London aren't native English speakers. You hear foreign languages and accents everywhere. Even the people who are native to England can be mistaken for speaking another language due to the strong accents. Kinda fun and very different to home.
We spent much the weekend looking for a new place to live. Only looked at about 5 places before signing up to a nice studio in Putney. It's big for a studio but still small. New carpet and furniture, separate kitchen and bathroom. Should be much roomier than our current arrangments. The upfront money required is crazy, especially once you convert to Australian dollars. Glad I managed to sell the car before I came over!