and then back to crete.. got a bit of a shock this morning when i left the flat - it's was right around 0 degrees celsius.. (that's just over freezing, for you non-celsuis peeps).. nedless to say - i am NOT used to cold weather.. 14 years in Cali and the summer in Crete hasn't helped, at all.. thank god for heaters on the bus to warm my feet on, and big, fuzzy scarves and gloves.. can't wait to get back to Crete, even tho it's not WARM there anymore, but it's warmer than here.. and i've got my winter gear there.. i am definitely bringing back winter coats and thick socks and big ol' boots to London.. will need them to go to Sweden for x-mas too.. :)
other than that, alls's well here.. will spend 2 weeks in Crete, then back to London for 6 more months.. Sweden for x-mas, and hopefully a few trips to Crete in the spring.. :)
hope all are well!!
C
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Saturday, October 4, 2008
oct 4th.
and only 4 weeks to go here in London.. can't believe I've already been here over 2 months!! it feels like a couple of weeks, maybe a month - tops.
wasn't very keen on London in the beginning, the culture shock between Crete and London was a little harsh, but.. the city has grown on me, to the point of actually contemplating staying for another project. yeah, the weather SUCKS, but at least I'll have the opportunity to go to Crete as often as my wallet/work permits, and hopefully B will actually make it out here, too.. :)
It's good here, but awfully busy! everybody seems to be in a hurry to get somewhere, always. first week i felt like the pebble in the middle of the stream of people, it felt like i was the only one walking in MY direction, and everybody else was going the other way.. and having spent too many years in Cali, where you almost always excuse yourself when you're in somebody's way, i found myself trying to sidestep to get around people, found myself weaving in and out of the crowds.. until i figured out that the less i care about where i walk, the easier it is to walk.. does that make sense? in the sense of if i don't try to walk around people, but just walk straight ahead, along MY path, people will move out of MY way, instead of me trying to maneuver around them.. and i stopped saying 'excuse me', too. uh-oh, i am becoming a rude Londoner. :)
my flat mate is a really cool gal, btw, makes it so much easier to rent from someone when the person's laidback and chill, and it's nice to come home and there's no tension or drama.
work's great, finally getting a little bit less confusing.. (about time isn't, when there's less than a month left?)
have taken loads of pictures, and i am sure there will be many more taken this coming week, when my lilSis comes out here to explore London with me.. LilSis who's suffering from Cabin Fever in the worst way, at the moment.. she'll have a shock when she gets here.. mooahahaaha!! :)
so.. right now - sis coming on wesnesday, her friend on friday, her friend leaves on tuesday, sis leaves again on the 22nd, i believe, and i roll outta here on the 1st.. just in time for my b-day. and then - most likely back here mid november again, me thinks.
alrighty.. maybe i should pretend to do some work, after all..
letahs, getahs!
.c
wasn't very keen on London in the beginning, the culture shock between Crete and London was a little harsh, but.. the city has grown on me, to the point of actually contemplating staying for another project. yeah, the weather SUCKS, but at least I'll have the opportunity to go to Crete as often as my wallet/work permits, and hopefully B will actually make it out here, too.. :)
It's good here, but awfully busy! everybody seems to be in a hurry to get somewhere, always. first week i felt like the pebble in the middle of the stream of people, it felt like i was the only one walking in MY direction, and everybody else was going the other way.. and having spent too many years in Cali, where you almost always excuse yourself when you're in somebody's way, i found myself trying to sidestep to get around people, found myself weaving in and out of the crowds.. until i figured out that the less i care about where i walk, the easier it is to walk.. does that make sense? in the sense of if i don't try to walk around people, but just walk straight ahead, along MY path, people will move out of MY way, instead of me trying to maneuver around them.. and i stopped saying 'excuse me', too. uh-oh, i am becoming a rude Londoner. :)
my flat mate is a really cool gal, btw, makes it so much easier to rent from someone when the person's laidback and chill, and it's nice to come home and there's no tension or drama.
work's great, finally getting a little bit less confusing.. (about time isn't, when there's less than a month left?)
have taken loads of pictures, and i am sure there will be many more taken this coming week, when my lilSis comes out here to explore London with me.. LilSis who's suffering from Cabin Fever in the worst way, at the moment.. she'll have a shock when she gets here.. mooahahaaha!! :)
so.. right now - sis coming on wesnesday, her friend on friday, her friend leaves on tuesday, sis leaves again on the 22nd, i believe, and i roll outta here on the 1st.. just in time for my b-day. and then - most likely back here mid november again, me thinks.
alrighty.. maybe i should pretend to do some work, after all..
letahs, getahs!
.c
Saturday, September 13, 2008
a month ago???
holy crap'ola.
didn't realize it had been that long. :(
alrighty, am still in london, been suuuper swamped, working my buttocks off, trying to see london, bry's in crete with a short hop to Italy for a week, i might be going to South Africa, and all is well. :)
anything else? :)
more to come when i actually have a few minutes to spare. :(
.c
didn't realize it had been that long. :(
alrighty, am still in london, been suuuper swamped, working my buttocks off, trying to see london, bry's in crete with a short hop to Italy for a week, i might be going to South Africa, and all is well. :)
anything else? :)
more to come when i actually have a few minutes to spare. :(
.c
Monday, August 11, 2008
extension..
b just got extended in crete for another year!! yay!
so.. for all you guys who sad you'd visit - now you've got until summer of 2010 to visit... ;)
back to work.
.me
so.. for all you guys who sad you'd visit - now you've got until summer of 2010 to visit... ;)
back to work.
.me
Sunday, August 10, 2008
quick changes in life..
alrighty, it's been about 3 weeks since i last wrote.. and if you remember, that was right after we got our things from Cali.. It took about a week to get everything settled, unpacked and stored away, but MAN what a difference it made.. it actually feels like a home now.. and it was just in time, as yet another set of friends arrived on the 26th of july, and my dad on the 27th. :) it was awesome to have our couches, the tv, and a guestbed all setup. felt a little bit more civilized than when our other friends were out there...
so.. E&G stayed for a whoppin' day and a half, we barely had time to show them chania and a beach, and then they were off to the ferry to athens, for transport back to Cali, and dad and B-I got to enjoy town for at least a week.
and.. now i am in London. :) quick turns, here. got contact with a company out here only 4 weeks ago, had 3 interviews, and was offered a job pretty much right away. i left the morning of dad'd last day in Crete, arrived in a rainy London on sunday midday, and started working on monday..
it's been crazy busy, trying to deal with yet another new country in the past 3 months, learning yet another new company, a new town (a crazy one at that), and rain..
i think, for me personally, the transition from LA to Crete was less harsch than the transition from Crete to London.. it feels like living in an anthill here, there are people everywhere here.. running, always in a hurry, milling about.. but the city seems cool, otherwise.. just haven't had much time to explore yet, as i started off with working 6 days a week. :)
it's alright, tho.. i am used to it.
anyways, gotta run, yet again.
will post pics, later sometime.
b is still in crete, with the house and the dogs.. miss them.
.c
so.. E&G stayed for a whoppin' day and a half, we barely had time to show them chania and a beach, and then they were off to the ferry to athens, for transport back to Cali, and dad and B-I got to enjoy town for at least a week.
and.. now i am in London. :) quick turns, here. got contact with a company out here only 4 weeks ago, had 3 interviews, and was offered a job pretty much right away. i left the morning of dad'd last day in Crete, arrived in a rainy London on sunday midday, and started working on monday..
it's been crazy busy, trying to deal with yet another new country in the past 3 months, learning yet another new company, a new town (a crazy one at that), and rain..
i think, for me personally, the transition from LA to Crete was less harsch than the transition from Crete to London.. it feels like living in an anthill here, there are people everywhere here.. running, always in a hurry, milling about.. but the city seems cool, otherwise.. just haven't had much time to explore yet, as i started off with working 6 days a week. :)
it's alright, tho.. i am used to it.
anyways, gotta run, yet again.
will post pics, later sometime.
b is still in crete, with the house and the dogs.. miss them.
.c
Friday, July 18, 2008
living in crete means...
getting used to nothing being done the way you're used to.. especially after living in Cali too long...
we're having cable installed today.. in Cali - someone from whatever cable company you're dealing with shows up with a van full of equipment, from tools, to whatever equipment you might need installed, even a ladder to get up on the roof - if that's where you need the disk installed.. today, 2 guys show up, in a little Honda. i walked outside when they arrived, and the first thing they asked for was a ladder.. Mind you, we live in a 2 story house... and there's no fire escape ladder, or any kind of roof access. and we sure don't have too many ladders laying around the house...
so.. they offered to mount the darn satellite dish on the side of the house, while saying that we might not get reception because the wall was facing the wrong direction... *rolls eyes* these ppl are nuts.
so.. off they went, to try to find a ladder, and we're expecting them back in a couple of hours. with a ladder? hopefully.
also.. when our furniture was delivered, they were supposed to cart off the loaner stuff we have had for the past couple of months.. and i don't know if I've updated the blog with the hassle of trying to get our stuff here? to make a long story short, our stuff is a little over a month delayed, it was missing for a while, and finally arrived. now.. we have A LOT of stuff.. and really no place for a double set of furniture.. so.. they were supposed to take away the loaner pieces when they delivered our stuff.. but noooooo. we were told by the housing office that we should've called 10 days in advance to have the loaner stuff picked up... but 10 days in advance, from the other day, we had no idea we were even getting our stuff today.. heck, the day before everything arrived, we weren't sure it was even getting here.. gotta love it.
more.. when you take the bus to town.. be prepared to wait up to 30 min after the set departure time.. and then when the bus arrives, if you don't pay attention and flag it down, it'll just drive straight past you, even tho there's only one line serving that bus stop.
but.. other than that, I've managed to open a Greek bank account.. that was - so far, almost the easiest thing to get done.
what else.. i am going to upload the pics from the move-in day one of these days to show the disaster in here. :) and the result. even tho we're not done by any means, at least this place is starting to feel like a home, and just not an empty house.
.c & b
we're having cable installed today.. in Cali - someone from whatever cable company you're dealing with shows up with a van full of equipment, from tools, to whatever equipment you might need installed, even a ladder to get up on the roof - if that's where you need the disk installed.. today, 2 guys show up, in a little Honda. i walked outside when they arrived, and the first thing they asked for was a ladder.. Mind you, we live in a 2 story house... and there's no fire escape ladder, or any kind of roof access. and we sure don't have too many ladders laying around the house...
so.. they offered to mount the darn satellite dish on the side of the house, while saying that we might not get reception because the wall was facing the wrong direction... *rolls eyes* these ppl are nuts.
so.. off they went, to try to find a ladder, and we're expecting them back in a couple of hours. with a ladder? hopefully.
also.. when our furniture was delivered, they were supposed to cart off the loaner stuff we have had for the past couple of months.. and i don't know if I've updated the blog with the hassle of trying to get our stuff here? to make a long story short, our stuff is a little over a month delayed, it was missing for a while, and finally arrived. now.. we have A LOT of stuff.. and really no place for a double set of furniture.. so.. they were supposed to take away the loaner pieces when they delivered our stuff.. but noooooo. we were told by the housing office that we should've called 10 days in advance to have the loaner stuff picked up... but 10 days in advance, from the other day, we had no idea we were even getting our stuff today.. heck, the day before everything arrived, we weren't sure it was even getting here.. gotta love it.
more.. when you take the bus to town.. be prepared to wait up to 30 min after the set departure time.. and then when the bus arrives, if you don't pay attention and flag it down, it'll just drive straight past you, even tho there's only one line serving that bus stop.
but.. other than that, I've managed to open a Greek bank account.. that was - so far, almost the easiest thing to get done.
what else.. i am going to upload the pics from the move-in day one of these days to show the disaster in here. :) and the result. even tho we're not done by any means, at least this place is starting to feel like a home, and just not an empty house.
.c & b
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
we FINALLY got our furniture!!!
and it seems like most of it made the trip ok, including our tv and couches.. only thing that didn't make it, was the B and O stereo.. :( sucks balls, but.. fortunately it was fully insured, and we've already filed a claim for it...
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