It has been a very busy week at work, with my manager still on vacations. Hopefully he comes back tomorrow to the routine, welcome!My only going out before the weekend was to watch the match “Arsenal-Liverpool” in a Pub very close to Lonsdale. No so many differences compared to the atmosphere that you can view in a Spanish bar. I liked so much every time the presenter shouted “Torres, Torres” with a fun English accent. After enduring my bad English accent for these months I have fun when I see the other side and hear English people pronouncing Spanish words. Afterwards we went for dinner in the same place. Upstairs there is a Thai food restaurant more than ok which name is “Walmer castle”.
But the main event of the week was planned for today. We had planned our first excursion out of London but weather forecast announced sleets during Sunday and they were right. You can see the picture taken at 10 this morning from my bedroom, what a disaster.
I had organized my time thinking of the excursion and that’s why I went out for dinner on Friday instead of Saturday. This time the chosen place was “Ping Pong”, in Notting Hill as usual, to have dim sum food. To be honest taking into account my experience so far, I’ve decided not to go to trendy places anymore; just well known restaurants because of its food, pubs and restaurants specialized in Asian food. This was ok. When I was having dinner I could realize the strange combination of people that had joined that plan: A Peruvian woman in her early thirties, a Peruvian colleague who is 27 a Dutch colleague and I in our mid-thirties, a group of 7 Dutch friends in their mid-twenties! When you are abroad, given that your social network is smaller than in your home country, you are willing to socialize with people that in principle don’t have so many things in common as your usual friends. But in the end the differences emerged and after the dinner we split into several groups and I end having some beers at Harlem, a pub in the same area, rather pretending dancing than doing it with only two friends out of the original group with more common interests I guess. We had a great time; we met people from different nationalities that reflect how international London is and how people from around all of Europe choose this place as a destination to live or just to spend a good time. For instance we met a group of Danish people that had came to London just to celebrate that they had been over budget in their company and their manager had paid it for them.
Yesterday I stayed at home as planned, and today after such surprise with the snow dropping intensely early in the morning, I decided to do the same again and stay at home. Soon I’ll be swamped with some visitors and I’ll have to take them to the most tourist places. And to be honest a lazy weekend from time to time is well appreciated. I’ve been reading the newspaper and watching TV although here although I haven’t found my favourite media company (the one that should equate El Mundo). On the other hand, even if you are very choosy, it is easy to find rewarded documentaries on TV. Today I was watching one about Stephen Hawking and other about Seton, the first ecologist in USA, both very interesting. A quiet week in the end, but next weekend no matter how the weather will be, I will dispose of it to be in the countryside, I can ensure it.
