Has it been so long?

(Us with hats in Moscow)

Whew it's been a while since we made a post huh? Well we're in sunny, summery Cardiff right now (read that as 17-18 degrees and raining). How did we get here I hear you ask? Well, let me tell you.

We spent a week staying at a hotel in Kensington sorting out a place to live and touching base with our employers. We've put in an application for a little place in Willesden Green that is small, but adequate for our needs. However, the background checking etc. is taking a bit longer than we want it to, and we had to choose between staying in London until it was sorted, or getting out into other parts of Britain or Europe.

But why Cardiff of all places? Firstly we got coach tickets for 10 quid each (a bargain we thought), secondly we thought that we could probably do most of what there is to do in Cardiff in the couple of days that we'll be here. It still seems that way too...

London was pretty fantastic. We just relaxed, wandered around a bit, ate out a lot and saw a few of the tourist-y things. The weather though... that's been really unpredictable. Apparently London received half of it's average monthly rainfall in two hours yesterday. Aaah Summer! Though there was enough sunshine for a Pimm's in a pub just after lunch yesterday too, so it's not ALL bad.



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