We are here in London and life has been a little rough at the start. Tyler arrived in London three weeks before Christmas with two goals in mind., find work and find housing! He managed to secure both before Lucy and I arrived.
Lucy and I flew out of Portland on Christmas day, after two hours delay in Portland we were on our way! Until we got to Salt Lake and had to wait for a plane to JFK for nine hours! Finally at JFK I ran with bags and Lucy to my gate only to find the plane pulling away. Thirteen hours later Lucy and I made it to London, but were stopped at Customs..."What are you going to do without a job for six months?" the woman asks me? After a half hour of questions and Tyler waiting out front she put Lucy and I and all our bags in a little room so she could speak with her higher up's. She then called Tyler and asked all the same questions she had asked me.
We waited another hour in that little room, Lucy curled up on my lap.
She came back and this is what she said...
" You have been flagged, if you get a job we will know. If you apply for benefits, we will find out. And we have ways to find out these things. I sure would like to be able to go to the U.S for six months but that could never happen." She whacked down a stamp on my passport and let me in the country.
Finally at our New home that Tyler picked out we were beyond tired, we had left on Christmas Day and finally arrived two and half days later.
We are living in a 350 sq ft flat. We have a sweet little kitchen and a set of doors to a backyard covered in blackberries. What we have discovered is that we have several little foxes that use our yard as their home, and they are not shy to prance around right in front of the door. It is quite entertaining!
The borough we are living in is called Thorton Heath, which is a twenty minute train ride to the heart of London.
Life here was slow to start. With little money and Tyler at work all day and then a two hour commute each way there were several hours for Lucy and I to fill.
It was too cold to go walking around and too expensive to go on the train or turn up the heat! I thought to myself...what have we done?
Thursday, January 29, 2009
The First Little Bit of London
We are here in London and life has been a little rough at the start. Tyler arrived in London three weeks before Christmas with two goals in mind., find work and find housing! He managed to secure both before Lucy and I arrived.
Lucy and I flew out of Portland on Christmas day, after two hours delay in Portland we were on our way! Until we got to Salt Lake and had to wait for a plane to JFK for nine hours! Finally at JFK I ran with bags and Lucy to my gate only to find the plane pulling away. Thirteen hours later Lucy and I made it to London, but were stopped at Customs..."What are you going to do without a job for six months?" the woman asks me? After a half hour of questions and Tyler waiting out front she put Lucy and I and all our bags in a little room so she could speak with her higher up's. She then called Tyler and asked all the same questions she had asked me.
We waited another hour in that little room, Lucy curled up on my lap.
She came back and this is what she said...
" You have been flagged, if you get a job we will know. If you apply for benefits, we will find out. And we have ways to find out these things. I sure would like to be able to go to the U.S for six months but that could never happen." She whacked down a stamp on my passport and let me in the country.
Finally at our New home that Tyler picked out we were beyond tired, we had left on Christmas Day and finally arrived two and half days later.
We are living in a 350 sq ft flat. We have a sweet little kitchen and a set of doors to a backyard covered in blackberries. What we have discovered is that we have several little foxes that use our yard as their home, and they are not shy to prance around right in front of the door. It is quite entertaining!
The borough we are living in is called Thorton Heath, which is a twenty minute train ride to the heart of London.
Life here was slow to start. With little money and Tyler at work all day and then a two hour commute each way there were several hours for Lucy and I to fill.
It was too cold to go walking around and too expensive to go on the train or turn up the heat! I thought to myself...what have we done?
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