Things are going well in London - we've been here nearly a week now and have (sort of) progressed on looking for jobs and flat. We've put our CVs around a few agencies on Friday and have had fairly positive noises back. We also looked at some flats on Saturday - there wasn't *that* much around, and there were some fairly dodgy sounding letting agencies too - but we're only after a place for six months so we aren't really that fussy. There were a couple we looked at from a fairly good sounding real estate agent that were old and dark but clean and not damp, and a good size, so failing anything great turning up tomorrow we may as well sign up for one. Rent is dear here - even these flats are 95 quid a week, and you have to come up with 4 weeks bond plus 4 weeks rent in advance so there's a big layout first up...! My friends Richard and Theresa are paying 160 quid a week for a flat similar to our Brooklyn one only a bit smaller, and quite a distance from the central city... so that gives you an idea! Everything is dear here, even a beer will cost you NZD 10 or so...! You just give up depressing yourself by converting the prices through after a while.
Oh yes, and our stuff won't be here til mid *November* now! It didn't make the early ship that it was supposed to, and then the ship it's on is going to be late too!! It's lucky that we bought a cheap suit each in Thailand, otherwise we'd be stuck for work clothes. As it is we had to go out and buy things like nice shoes and a tie for me. I'll have to wear one suit and two shirts until our stuff arrives! And we don't get our computer til then either. Ah, the Internet cafe will get a lot of money off us then! Grump grump grump.
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