Moving House!

Hello! Yes, it's that time again, to move house. Scott and I decided to move closer to my work, which also means a shorter journey time for him as well. So we decided to move to the east of London. And we will be travelling to work on the Docklands Light Railway. This is a tram-like train that travels above ground (a nice change from the underground). We are taking the opportunity to send a lot of things home. We seem to have accumulated quite a bit over the last 11 months, so it is high time that we sent it home! And it's better not to move it to the other side of London. Our landlady has said that we can leave the stuff we are shipping home in our room until necessary, which is a big help. Judy is coming to help us move the rest of our stuff on Sunday afternoon. She kindly offered, and I am very grateful.

We are moving in to a house near to a DLR (see above) station, about 20 mins from my work. We will be living with three Polish guys, who all seem really lovely, and all seem to be neat freaks! No cleaning is expected of us, other than cleaning up after ourselves and keeping our own room clean (easy).

Work is going well. I am still enjoying it. I have interesting conversations with people at work, which is great. I am happy there at the moment. The money is not great, but our new place will be cheaper for rent, as well as travel costs (for me anyway). Work has been quiet of late though. It has given me the chance to write some snail mail. So if I have missed anyone out who would like an email please let me know! I will be happy to write you a proper letter. I figured that people get very few letters these days with emails etc, and I love getting mail (hint hint!!).

Today is the first day of Open House London weekend. Basically, for one weekend each year many buildings that are not normally open to the public open their doors so we can see what's hiding inside. Scott had a look through the booklet I had brought home from work. He found a building in there that he had heard of, and really wanted to see. It was called 19 Princelet Street. Not very imaginative I know, but it was built by Hugenots in 1749, and has been used by many different peoples over the generations. Its uses by the French Hugenots, the Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia as well as the Bangladeshi immigrants of recent years truly reflects the character of the East End. It is a fascinating building. http://www.19princeletstreet.org.uk We have stopped in at an Indian restaurant that has internet computers. We are currently in Brick Lane, which is a very famous part of London with more Indian restaurants per square inch than anywhere else!!

Toodles!