Holidays are coming...

Snow as it is seen through my door.

Hello everybody,

I haven't been updating my blog a lot, but nothing special really happened... E.G.:

My phone got broken so I got a new one.

I watched Harry Potter. Enjoyed.

After the cinema I dropped by the optician's and accidently found these amazing glasses so bought them!!! They had some kind of happy day offer so I got the eye check and lenses for free :))

It got veeeery cold (-1) for some days and we had some snow. Everything stopped. Everybody panicked. Now its +9 again. Like in Barcelona last December.

And yes I have been in Berlin for a weekend. Moscow-related reasons.

The little girl said my name today for the first time. Amazing feeling, really.... She's starting to talk now :)

Ah the 7-year-old came up with an amazing idea. It is not my job, it is sth he said on the way back from school. He said that after xmas we should have one day when everybody would eat only vegetarian, like me, and no meat for anybody! He wanted to ask his parents about that. What a sensible child! I will let you know about it :)

Hey and I will be coming home for xmas 17th of Dec - 6th of Jan. Let me know if u're in Vilnius and want to meet up! Because I really do!

Just a snapshot to give you an idea...

trip to Brighton - a weekend outdoors

Hello

just as I said before, this weekend I went to the south coast, the place called Brighton. But haven't been in Brighton town at all, was outdoors all the time. even though it was raining had a wonderful time enjoying the nature....seaside, woods, fields, sheep... let the pics speak for me :)

I will only say that it was an amazing city break weekend, exactly what I needed...

One of the house boats. Yes, ppl live there.

Thats the way towards the seaside. Pic taken from google.

On the way to the seaside

The hill behind me is the first of the seven sisters.

on the beachu can find starfish, crabs, shells... all dead...

Here you can see six of the seven sisters, we are standing by the seventh.

Beachy Head

Beachy Head. A popular place to suicide.

Just to keep you updated! :)

Camden town. Every house has sth :)

Hi

So my life goes on as usual, nothing important, new or interesting happening, but I still want to keep updating you with what I see and feel.

During my trip to Bath I ripped off the crown of my watch (again) and it seems I will have to wait until I come back to LT to fix that, as they wanted to charge me 40pound for that (got it for 4pound back home). Unexpectedly I saw another watch on sale, not so expensive and very nice and comfy and with the crown protected so I wont rip it off during my next journey :) of course I bought it, what you think! Couldn't keep myself from bragging :P :DD really, a watch is such a necessary and comfy thing! will still keep and fix the other one for more official occasions :)

What else... ah, been in Camden town again. It's like a little Amsterdam in London. With a proper channel, loads of alternative ppl and alternative shops and all so nice with reggae around.

Oh, and I've just bought tickets to the south coast this weekend and got a host there already!!! Celtic sea, here I come! :)

So that's it this time, write you soon about the seaside trip!

Just a typical Central South London... All these cars are London taxis - they all are like that. Some have ads on them but the ads are really stylish and goes with the car design :)

My left hand updated :)

That's where I hopefully will be this weekend!

Camden channel

Camden town

Bits of my everyday

Roundwood park (the closest to home)

Hi everybody :)

so this time I will try share some of my everyday life :)

I come to their house in the morning and have breakfast. The little girl is usually very happy to see me and likes to sit in my lap when I'm eating. And to have some of my brakfast:)) She is so sweet :) Then I do some tidying and prepare her things and her for going out (believe me, that takes a lot of time..). Usually we go to some playgroups or storytelling or singing... there are lots of stuff like that for free, in a walking distance!!! It is very enjoyable to go out with her, ppl are always smiling at me and her, helping out, telling how cute she is....and in the playgroups everybody's so nice to each other:)

Then she sleeps and I eat and do sth at home and prepare her lunch. Feeding is not easy, she is not eating, I have to invent all the tricks. After lunch it's time to pick up the boys from the school. Sometimes we take a walk in a park before [there is one near the school]. When boys are home we play some games with them or they do sth like patining or TV/PC, but not much. They rarely have homework.

When parents get home they start cooking diner I get more relaxed,... sometimes I go home and come back just for dinner, but usually I stay and have some fun with the boys, as the girl is usually with parents.... The dinners are the nicest - food is delicious, everybody eats and talks and its just the happy end of a day.

The work is kinda easy and relaxed, just being around and doing things... I do enjoy it a lot! Of course, sometimes the kids are misbehaving and it can be hard to cope with that but I think I am doing it alright. And the boys are understanding and do the right thing finally and apologize for misbehaving.

And then I have three days off a week. I always go the Indian temple, I usually go the center meet somebody and see sth new in London. Also do some shopping for food and things :) its kinda strange to walk around without a buggie :))) I have also started to study Arabic (on my own) which is very exciting....

Autumn...

There are some birds in the park. That's the list with illustrations :))

On the way to the park

This means the house is ready for trick or treat!

It's just one of many weird things which are very usual for the British.

A weekend in Bath

The Royal Crescent

Hello everybody,

Firstly I want to apologize for not writing for so long - sth was wrong with my camera and I didn't want to make posts without pics, as they are usually very important. Now that the camera is well again I will try to make more posts.

This one is gonna be about my weekend in Bath. I went there to visit Karina, my classmate, who is studying at Bath Uni. It is a very cozy, though small place. The weather was nice and we were walking around all day. We visited cemetery - its was soo gorgeous, and no ppl in there!

In the evening we went to a Nepalese restaurant which was probably the most amazing restaurant I have ever been.... So calm, so cozy, tranquil, with soothing music and the most amazing delicious light food. No wonder you have to book in advance.... On the second day we went to visit the uni which is a nice big place with fields and a pond with ducks in it :))

Of course, I also met Karina's housemates and watched some movies, did some chat. I was happy to see that she's enjoying her time in there.

I attach some pics from there...

The Avon river

Avon at night

Cemetery

The restaurant

The food

:DD

A park

Roundabout

First week: getting the job and looking around London

Seriously, it is very hard to adapt to their left side driving.

So as many of you might already know, I got the job! Didn't even had to wait until Monday, I got the call on Sunday and moved in Tuesday morning. Meanwhile had a nice day in London center on Monday with 2 Lithuanians (see the pics).

And then I started my trial week on Tuesday. I was working with another nanny so that I could learn how does it all work. So there are two boys (7 and 11 yrs), who are mostly at school and a girl (1yr 2mths) who is my main responsibility. I have to take her to parks, kids' play groups, etc. and then I have to pick up the boys from school. The girl is a happy and friendly kid, she got used to me very quickly. And I find the other two interesting and fun to be with. They are smart kids.

All the family is very nice, I always have dinners with them which are enjoyable as everybody's talking and laughing and there are lots of delicious food (they don't eat lots of meat:]).

And I like the neighbourhood, it's mainly Jamaican, but the high street where all the shops are is full of different ppl as all London. I was shopping there and I found it nice that ppl start to talk to me easily:)

Two more things I like about London: firstly, it is warm in here. Much warmer than in Lithuania. People still don't wear any coats nor jackets. Secondly, here are no blocks of flats. Everybody lives in houses. Mostly people live in neighbourhoods as you saw in my second post's picture. So mainly in the neighbourhood there are some streets like this and one main street with all the shops, so it feels like living in a small town. In the street you can get so many things - you can find shops and services which would be usual for an Indian, Muslim, Polish, African, etc. And there are lots of huge truly beautiful parks with playgrounds for kids.

The other day when I was walking around I found an Indian temple. Beautiful, huge, amazing, Indian temple! Got inside and oh... felt so nice... coming back there for sure :) taking pics is prohibited, but here you can take a look at it.

In the company of Roosevelet and Churchill

Thanks to Marijus, got an amazing veg fajita for half the price!!!

London's eye

Trafalgar square, with Karina and Marijus

Amazing toy shop where you can try out everything :)))

My flat. The entrance and the kitchen (you can also see bathroom door on the right)

The kitchen (you can see a chair and the table on the left)

Bed and table (that's how it looks if you stand near kitchen). I think I will ask to take the TV, I don't watch it at all.

Bathroom (the shower on the right) and there is a huge mirror above the sink

Bathroom's window

First days: checking the healthcare system

Let's start from the beginning. Just before leaving for the airport I fell and hurt my big toe badly. At the time I reached the airport I didnt feel like wearing my shoe anymore, as the foot was swollen... So I made all my way through the checkpoints, plane, checkpoints again, to the city, to the house...with one shoe on and bringing all the luggage while barely able to walk at all. I was thinking that the toe might be broken...

I was lucky to have sb to meet me and take me home and help me to get to the hospital (it was such a long way... it was pretty late, 9pm, and not all the emergency points were working). So when we finally arrived there and filled in a form, the nurse said that here is a huge queue and we better get back in the morning. Couldnt believe that, in Lithuania in such case you would get help immediately... We decided to wait anyways and got registered at the reception. Didnt have to wait a lot, in half an hour or so got to see a doctor who apologised for not being able to pronounce my surname :DD then got an xray, and whoohoo, its not broken. Just twisted or sth. I can and should walk to make it better quick.

Got home totally exhausted and fell asleep. Now the sun is shining and the area is nice...

The city is so colorful, so many nationalities, ethnicities, many ppl are wearing their traditional clothes, speaking their languages. Already heard Lithuanian twice, also Russian, Spanish, French and some unknown Asian and African languages.

I attach a view from my window where I am staying and a pic from the hospital.

On Saturday I had an interview for a nanny's position in a German architects' family. Really liked them and the place and the kids... they said they got about 180 applications and they are interviewing about 6 girls for the position, so there is some competition... They will let me know on Monday if they are employing me.

Ok I guess that's it for today, going to have a walk or sth, see u soon :)