Vital Vanessa (& Papal Pammy)
Vote 1, Vanessa for PM and Pammy for Pope.
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You were asking about daily life. I can speak for
London which I think has similarities to Brighton -
they do call it London-by-the-sea, after all.
You need to get yourself set up so that you don’t have
to travel alot to do the things you do alot ie work,
shops, school etc. Getting from a to b can be a real
pain in the arse in this country.
I’m about to skip this winter and am quite glad to do
so. But quietly I’m a little disappointed to miss out
on some bits of it. Altho I’m almost repulsed by
christmas, i think it makes more sense to be in the
middle of winter. And it does distract you from winter
for at least a month.
The things I love about winter here:
-cooking pots of good food and getting a bunch of
friends around my kitchen table to eat it on a cold
sat night or sun afternoon.
(and I always provide a scrumptious pudding too)
-sunday lunch with good friends in a good pub.
-walking in a park on a cold autumn day, kicking
leaves.
-getting cosy inside for an evening after being out in
the cold.
-crocuses appearring in Feb.
-the JOY of March when the days suddenly get longer
and then April when the days are actually really long
and leaves are back on the trees - you don’t get that
contrast of seasons in Perth.
-there’s a big change in the uk in the last few years
with more interest in food miles and seasonal food and
I’m really enjoying exploring that. I like to find out
what the farmers are growing in Jan rather than buying
some asparagus flown from chile at tescos.
-trees with blossom in March and April.
-a London thing - walking or bussing along Waterloo
Bridge. Every time I do it I get a buzz.
-walking around Spitalfields. I love the old Hugueneot
houses and they always get me excited. That’s the
architecture thing you referred to.
-the Gherkin - that’s cool too. And it’s not far from
spitalfields. You can see it from so many parts of
London.
-on a weekend, no matter what time of year there’s
always a massive choice of exhibtions, museums,
galleries, shows, events to choose from. There are
still loads of things I haven’t done in London that I
want to do.
-when it’s your holidays, the choices go way way
beyond “up north, down south, over east or Bali”!
-when it’s your holidays, you have your hard earned
pound to spend. Much better than your hard earned
dollar.
I could go on.
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(Please do!)