Survived a week! I'm missing the family a lot, but it's amazing how much can be learned in one week. Off the top of my head, here are the highlights of the week:
- work! The people are great, culture is great, there's even a chance that we'll get to do some km. walking to the office the first time was surreal because I had heard about it for so many years, then I experienced it. And who knew I'd be drinking 3 cups of tea per day and making it for others
- the whole area, London and suburbs, just love it all. Diversity downtown, high eq everywhere
- driving on the other side of the road. Still a thrill and still learning
- been working with the UK for almost 3 years, but I'm much more comfortable with the accent now, I'm almost willing to give it a go myself. Dead giveaways are saying "while" vs "whilst" and "prOcess" vs "prahcess"
- the apartment itself and the nearby area are great. I actually helped someone else find something today. There's something interesting about knowing names of stores and what's in them. I thought "Santander" was a suntanning place when I first saw the name. It's a bank. There are a ton of banks, everywhere.
- the train and the tube. I'm a pro already, even when half a train splits off or anything
- "city mapper" is the greatest app ever. Seriously wouldn't have survived without it
- small button for pee. Big button for poop. Very important
-if all else fails, just say "luv lay" or "brihl yunt", which I'm loving
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