With Love...: Please Mind the Gap

I have been experiencing England a little more the last few days. With a family BBQ that was interrupted by a sudden pour of rain. I went to Chessington amusement park, my first time being at an amusement park! (That wasn't the Ex). I got to spend some quality time with my cousins, get to know them a little more, and enjoy the rides, with the help from Fast Trak Passes that prevented us from standing in lines for 2 hours for a 5 minute ride. All in all, it was a lovely day.

I finally went to London, and took almost a modes of transportation in London there is, car, train, bus, tube and of course, my own legs. My mum and I went to Oxford street and did some shopping and just looked around. It was so strange to see the hussle and bussle of the street as it was very different in comparison to Winnipeg's bussle. There is actually thousands of people of the street, trying to get somewhere, it was fascinating. I really wanted to avoid being some doofus amateur tourist, but I carried my large Canon camera, Bernadette, snapping pictures of the street constantly and stopped at a Tourist Booth to buy a funny present for a friend. It was an exciting an tiring day, and made my love for London blossom.

While shopping, my mum and I went into a Forever 21 wanting to know if my Canadian gift card would work in the UK. The guy that we talked to had a Canadian accent, that was so welcoming compared to all the English accents I've heard. He had just moved from Calgary and was in London for 2 years on a Visa, and had only been in the UK for five days. He couldn't answer our question, but it was so nice to see someone in a similar boat, far away from home and at quite a loss of what to do. After we left I immediately wanted to run back in, talk about the prairies, cold winters and other Canadian related things, but settled on returning to apply for a job, in hopes I could bond with someone that was close to home.

I've been starting to see what my English life is going to be like, all the opportunities around me and different things to do, and I am growing more fond of it everyday and becoming more comfortable. The idea is setting in that I am living here, and the idea seems more achievable then it did in the last few days. I am still missing my friends and family alot, especially when I talk to them and hear all the fun things they are doing in Winnipeg and the familiar places they are going. But I know I can always return there and that I could even have those familiar places in my new home. I think England can tell I am adjusting and starting to like it more as it has been really nice weather the last couple days and it is meant to continue. And actual nice, not what UK considers nice which is its not raining and sometimes you can see the sun from behind the clouds.

I am now facing what to do in my year here, and many ideas have been thrown around. Working as a nanny, working on Oxford, even the idea of going to college for a degree to work in nurseries. All are still ideas, and I have a big choice ahead of me deciding what to do with my year. Things feel less overwhelming then they felt before, the idea of choosing what to do is still overwhelming, I just hope to fit in everything I want to do. That includes travelling, so I hope to find out what I want to do soon and start saving my pennies to see the rest of this beautiful world!

Playing with Shadows

My wardrobe/Picture Frame

Woke up to this in my bathroom sink one morning. Didn't know I was living in the amazon with giant spiders! He just hung around in the exact same spot all day until he was removed.