London Calling

Those of you who we caught up with in Australia in October may well be wondering "so what the hell are they doing now? They're still blogging about being in bloody America and that was in September!". Well, we're going to cut into our American adventure to give you a bit of an update. After three weeks of living with John's Granny, we finally managed to lock down a place of our own in London! We had a bit of a false start with one place (we'd signed the paperwork and paid the deposit, then the landlord decided he was going to sell the flat to a family member instead), but we're now completely moved-in and loving it.

We're in the postal code area W2, which is a common way for Londoners to describe where they live - but more accurately we live in Westbourne Grove; or Bayswater; or Notting Hill (if people are hoping for a familiar name - we're not quite in Notting Hill but we're very close). We're on an incredibly quiet street (called Alexander Street!) but just a 5 minute walk from a Tube station, supermarkets, restaurants and bars. It's ace.


Johnny will be working-from-home 4 days per week until the end of the year, when he'll get a "real job" in London. In the meantime he's playing house-husband while Bec goes to work in Central London. Here's John's Nerd-Nook - a great way to get unsightly computer gear (and geeks) out of the way - shove them under the stairs!


The flat is on the ground floor of a "period conversion" i.e. a big old house that's been split into four flats. It's got a really spacious feel with high ceilings and wooden floors in the living area. Plus it has a nice modern open-plan kitchen which seemed really rare while we were searching. Or at least, rare at our apparently bargain-basement price point. You do not want to know how much it is per week - trust us!