You know, the first week we were here the weather was pretty temperate. We even had a few days of sun, and all in all it just wasn't that bad! But I would see people walking around wearing winter coats that were twice their size, with ear muffs and scarves wrapped around their faces so only their eyes showed. Meanwhile, I was walking around places and taking off my jacket because I would be sweating by the time I got wherever I was going. This past week I found out what they were dressed for. It got cold. The kind of cold where you can't quite speak correctly because your lips are frozen. Yesterday when we went to the Tower of London Stephen wore his hat that covers his ears and I'm wearing gloves and scarves everywhere, so I guess we now see what the fuss is about! That's okay, honestly I was going to be a little disappointed if the London winter was like a Dallas January.
We are in high gear looking for a place to live. We found something last Friday that we both absolutely LOVED and made an offer, but they turned us down this morning because they don't want to rent to anyone with pets. I am running into that a lot actually, our particular set of needs is hard to meet. We want a 2 bedroom that is furnished and allows dogs. In the States it seems like there are options to at least do a pet deposit or something, here it is either yes or no to pets and most people say no. What is interesting is I see dogs all over the place! There are tons of dog owners! Do all of these people also own their homes instead of lease? Maybe. I'm getting a little worried, the clock is ticking on our free rent here at the corporate flat.
Other than that things are going well! We had a great weekend walking around and exploring the city. We went to the Natural History Museum (which was really fun), Hyde Park, the Tower of London, and walked around Kensington and South Ken - some of my new favorite neighborhoods. Thank goodness for all the walking because I just discovered tea with cream. Tea with milk and sugar was okay, but Earl Grey with cream and honey mmmmmm. Need to keep those to a minimum!
Stephen's birthday is right around the corner and we are thinking about going out of town on our first excursion to celebrate. It's amazing trying to plan a trip - there are so many options that it's a little overwhelming! Stephen is the vacation planner extraordinaire around here and he's still bouncing some ideas around, but I think we are settling on Rome. Woo hoo! I'm so excited. I can't wait.
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