Ruizs Place

I arrived in London on thursday in the afternoon, and figured it best to stay awake until nighttime here, and I was actually able to adjust in 2 days. Since the country speaks english, its pretty easy to get by, although I have learned a bit of vocabulary. “Car park” instead of parking lot, “water closet” instead of bathroom, etc. The weather here is pretty much what I thought, cold but not freezing, raining but not pouring, grey but not foggy. Pretty dreary – no wonder those UK people are so white .
Noah, the other US employee out here, met me at Paddington station, showed me to my apartment, and showed me a bit of the town. We wandered around Picadilly Circus, Oxford Circus, and Leicster square, including chinatown. I bought a scarf and we grabbed some pub food, but I was generally tired, and headed back to the flat.
The flat – well, I must say thanks to my employer, the flat is quite nice. Hardwood floors, tasteful, modern decorations, and a full set of appliances, dishes, etc. I hear the rent for this place is somewhere around £1500 / month – the place is only about 600 or so square feet! The parking lot downstairs looks like a porsche dealer, with a bunch of BMW’s and a couple of Ferrari’s mixed in. Take a look here – Chelsea Bridge Wharf

Work here is a bit strange, for now, it is only two of us in the office, and we’ll be joined by another employee next week. Not quite the big team environment I’m used to, but not so bad. And its not too busy either, so that’s a plus for sightseeing .