Moving to England Tomorrow

[youvalss]

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No work visas for me and it helps coming from Canada.

Elizabeth the second is also considered as the queen of Canada. BTW when I was in the UK in 1990, I saw the mother of the queen - she was going in a real fancy car. I took a photo but it was too late to see her inside the car lol.

[Spectre]

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That's because the USD is worth diddly poo!

Then again at the moment the Canadian dollar is a shade under par with the USD so who am I to make fun

I was there in .03 and it was about 1.60 pounds to 1 dollar. The first day I went grocery shopping, I thought "24 pounds, what a steal!" LOL

It's nice though if you're earning money while there; I was just in school there for the 5 months so I was in the hole all the time.

Xavier, are you working at Canary Wharf or something?

[Acid]

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Arsenal tickets?!

I officially hate you.

[superjames1992]

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Thanks guys.

I'm moving to London - Greenwich to be exact. Expensive but there are three of us going together into an affordable two bedroom and we'll all be getting paid (every week) in pounds. Shouldn't be too bad. I'm already coming up with a grandiose scheme to get Arsenal and Glastonbury Festival tickets.

Yea, you get to live right where the prime meridian goes through and you will get to use Greenwich mean time (GMT) all the time!

[Sandman42]

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Yea, you get to live right where the prime meridian goes through and you will get to use Greenwich mean time (GMT) all the time!

Yeah, I'm sure he's very excited about that.

[superjames1992]

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Yeah, I'm sure he's very excited about that.

Yeah, I'm sure he is ecstatic about it! :wink:

[youvalss]

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U should be in London by now. Tell us your thoughts about the place...

[SPTO]

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U should be in London by now. Tell us your thoughts about the place...

He's probably jet lagged. I remember when I went to England in '01. I left probably the same time as him as it was a 10 PM flight IIRC. Anyways by the time I got to England I was soo tired. I slept for nearly 24 hrs!

[Cyros]

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He's probably jet lagged. I remember when I went to England in '01. I left probably the same time as him as it was a 10 PM flight IIRC. Anyways by the time I got to England I was soo tired. I slept for nearly 24 hrs!

I couldn't imagine sleeping for that long. I can barely sleep 6-8 hours as it is.

[youvalss]

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When I got to LA there I had a massive jet lag - it's 10 hours earlier than in my country. So I flew about 12 hours to NY (didn't sleep at all during that flight), and then almost 6 hour flight to LA (slept about an hour). And I got to LA in the morning but didn't take a rest. I started the tour and had a lot of fun. Hey! It was my first (and only so far) time in the US!

[davin]

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When I got to LA there I had a massive jet lag - it's 10 hours earlier than in my country. So I flew about 12 hours to NY (didn't sleep at all during that flight), and then almost 6 hour flight to LA (slept about an hour). And I got to LA in the morning but didn't take a rest. I started the tour and had a lot of fun. Hey! It was my first (and only so far) time in the US!

While the flight from Detroit to Rome (through Cinci) isn't quite as long as your flight, when you add all the time like waiting in the airports and everything like that, it took about 12 hours, didn't sleep at all. Got to Rome, and we spent the entire day walking around in the hot Roman sun. While that first day you are really tired, I still think it's a fun day, once you hit that point where you've been up for so long, you just keep going.

Moving however might be completely different.

[youvalss]

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Moving however might be completely different.

Agree.

[SlimKibbles]

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Good luck, Xavier!

[MachoMyers]

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Whats up Boys!

Yeah, I made it. In one piece, too. I slept about 16 hours the day/night I got in but feel great now. I'm in the process of securing a flat in Southwest London (Clapham) and just love the area. There is a huge commons (park) that is awesome and I guess babes go there all summer and you can just bring a case of beer and play footie.

I haven't even gone into Central London just because I've been running around getting bank accounts (free to use debit cards here) and a place to live. Its pretty awesome though and despite a few down pours its been warm and sunny.

I start teaching on Monday but coming over with this small agency has been nice as they put us up for a week and I have their office to take care of emails and internet and the sort.

I've had a few nice conversations with Brits about Football and the like, many of disappointed about Arsenal but I have seen many Man U shirts/jerseys lately, especially after Chelsea's performance yesterday. I feel really involved in Football here because there is little to no coverage of any other sport. When I go to bed its like 3 pm on the west coast so nothing has even got under way. I miss my North American sports, big time.

I have a week off in May and am thinking about where I want to go. Germany is calling to me.

[Acid]

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Football and rain. I need to move to London.

Good to see you got there safely, man.