Moving Day!

This Tuesday we will have spent a month here in London. We have learned so much about this town and met so many wonderful people it will always be a part of us. In the midst of all the wonderful things we have seen and done in this town we have only had a couple of small complaints. The one thing that has been a thorn in our side has been our apartment. We knew we were going to have to make some changes when we came here and we were able to compensate for the tiny apartment, the washer/dryer (its one unit that does both) that only fits 2 shirts and 2 pants at a time, and the lack of airconditioning. What we didn't count on was the fact that the number 88 bus which runs 24 hours a day stops under our window (which is open because of the lack of ac) every 4 minutes. We also didn't expect the oven that gets hotter on the outside than on the inside with no kitchen door to shut out our inquisitive youngster. And we laughed maniacally at the bathroom that had a motion detector light instead of a light switch so every time you take a shower halfway through you had to get out soaking wet and dance around to get the light to turn back on.

All that is behind us now! Our friends Sara and Jeromy who have committed 2 years to working for BATS in London have recently purchased a house and have moved out of their apartment near ours. Several emails and some magic performed by Mary who works for BATS Europe have gotten us into their old apartment.

Basically we have moved from motel 6 to the Ritz Carlton! We are so happy! Our good friend Ken who is the Senior VP of Business Development for BATS came over and helped us do a late night move into our new place last night. We are in and enjoying Satellite TV, fast internet, Ice cold airconditioning, bigger rooms, more closets and storage space, bigger play area for ryan, a balcony, and a kitchen with a door so I can keep Ryan away from the oven!

Best of all no buses anywhere near this building. It is sooo quiet. I wonder if I'll miss all of the inebriated pubgoers at 1:30 in the morning breaking bottles and singing under my window at the busstop. Probably not ;)


Here is our new living room with 2 loveseats! Our old on only had one so I watched TV on the floor yay.

Here is our new kitchen table which is twice as big as our old little round one that barely fit my monster laptop.

Here is our new kitchen

A nice long hallway with plenty of room to kick balls, race cars, and ride toys around.

A picture from our new balcony.