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 :)

Going to London

Hello dears,

here you will find my blog about my London experiences. Because of the growing number of my nonlithuanian friends and responding to numerous requests, I decided to write this blog in English. I believe it is fair and it suits everybody.

So have a nice day and write to you soon!

London song