london life

well heelloo lovelies!

How is everyone back home? sounds like there has been some mad awful weather in NZ. hope it's all cleared up now... keep the emails coming, and skpye calls as its so nice to hear about 'normal' life, and stuff from home.

Cant believe we have been here for two and a half weeks now, the time has really just zooooomed by, and each day has been cocca with job searching and sightseeing.

there is so dam much to do in this city, and we haven't even begun to scratch the surface hardly!
We are Loving it over here, it's fast paced and this crazy exhilarating ride that intoxicates and delights... people say they get addicted to London and I can see why, a different thing to see and do at every moment. its mad!

Last weekend we took off too the coast and did a 15km walk over the seven sisters white chalk cliffs from Seaford to EastBourne. The wind was the strongest ever, and you could actually lean into it and it would keep you standing. The walk itself was quite an easy one, and was nice to get away from all the hustle and bustle of the city. After the walk, we then caught the train to Brighton and checked it out. Very different to the seaside in NZ, but so delightful all the same, they even have a theme park on the end of the pier!! Very English!

During the week we have done some amazing things - we checked out the Tate Modern, and bestill my beating heart, I saw artworks by Piccaso, Matisse, Monet, and many more of the greats that I'd only ever seen in books and studied at Uni... there was a moment where I was like an excited child, pinching myself to make sure all this was reality!
We also went to Westminster Abby again, but this time went to a choir service inside the church itself, and it was unbelievable, the most massively ornate beautiful church I've ever been in, and the choir sounded like angels, and I got goosebumps... Hamish and I just smirked at each other in disbelief...
We went to the Science Museum and the exhibitions were all interactive and so well thought out, even for a novice science person I still loved it and learnt loads! Hamish was in his ELEMENT! We also went to Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and wandered around the Soho area, and down along the South Bank of the river at night. It's just as impressive by night time as the day! Yesterday we went to a beer festival in Earls Court and sampled a fair few beers and Ciders from all over the world, it was a good laugh. They had a pub quiz which was ridiculously hard and think we only got one right out of twenty questions. From the Beer Fest we then mossied on to a party on a houseboat on the Thames, zipped around in little black cabbies, and double decker buses, then onto Brick Lane for Indian Curries... top night!
Today is very mellow, just a home day.. scones, washing, walk through the parks and a few calls home. Feeling much more settled here. We have got into a routine and its nice to back into running and cooking meals again.
I somehow fluked my way into a job and I start on Wednesday. Its a creative role, in a groovy design agency in London. I'm really excited about, it sounds like I'll be mainly coming up with concepts and working closely with an artworker to do the technical stuff. Sounds extreamly varied too. So we will see how it goes... Starting as a freelancer, and the money is amazing!
Hamish is still on the job hunt, its a bit tedious, the recruitment agents over here seem as though they do NO work whatsoever!! So will keep you updated on what happens there.

Anyways better go, looking at heading away next weekend... missing everyone.
lots of love. sarah and hamish. xxx