Update from Across the Pond!

They, whoever "they" are, say that when you travel, and do new things, you'll learn a lot about yourself.  Well, I've discovered over the past several days that this is definitely the case! I've had moments of fear, moments of excitement, moments of worry, and many moments filled with laughter.

As many of you know, last Thursday, I hopped onto a plane in Toronto, and travelled half way across the world to London, UK for a teaching position.  We came without a home lined up, and a lot of unknowns ahead of us.

On the serious side of self discovery, I've learned that when I'm stressed or about to do something that I don't feel prepared for I often find that I get quite nauseous, and my appetite disappears.  For the first several days here, my appetite was absent at best, but thankfully I'm beginning to come out of that as we begin to accomplish things and get closer to getting settled into life here.

Slowly, we're learning how to do life in London.. Little things like which direction to look when crossing the road, and which side of the sidewalk to walk on...or which side of the escalator to stand on. We've tackled the tube and rail systems...and while we're definitely far from pros, we're definitely getting a bit better with them! We've also learned, if British music channels are correct, that Ariana Grande is incredibly popular over here...I hear "Problem" VERY regularly.   We've also learned that the "Canadian accent" is a hit over here...who knew?!

Also, if you know me at all, and past roommates will be able to attest to this fact, you'll know that I'm a bit of a sleep talker.  However, over the past few days of sharing a very small hotel room and a bed with Carlie, we've discovered that I get into quite a lot of shenanigans in my sleep. Apparently I go from speaking in full, coherent sentences, to babbling nonsense in my sleep. But that's not the extent of it!  We've found I also get out of bed and rearrange things, and put things into our purses...even things that don't belong there. This can make for very interesting mornings when I'm looking for things that belong to me, and they are mysteriously in Carlie's purse.

While I'm living across the pond, I'm going to try to keep everyone at home updated on what I'm up to on this blog! :)

Speaking of which, Carl & I went adventuring on the weekend, so enjoy a few pictures from our adventures!

Adventuring around Buckingham Palace

Westminster Abbey!!

 BIG BEN!