So life can take quite some turns, huh!
After finally getting my life on track, settling in (and starting to like) Mumbai and my new job, another change awaited me. A new year, a new global city.
London!
Another move. Sometimes, I find it almost funny the way things have turned out for me. From not having left my hometown for almost 26 years of my existence, I have now lived in 4 global cities of the world in less than three years!
Phewww. That has been something.
Apart from the excitement, tons of new experiences and discovering new ways of living in each of these places, it has also meant painfully packing up kilos of luggage and even more painful unpacking, over and over again. How the word 'pack' irritates me now.
So, London. I arrived here unfortunately in the worst weather. London almost got a red flood alert that week. And I was not prepped up for that kind of cold. It was drippy, freezy, windy and so, so grey in the first month. I was still able to deal with the cold but the rain and high speed winds really got to me. Like how much can you wrap yourself up, right! And it is hardly encouraging when people tell you that it was hardly cold this year - because it didn't snow! Isn't that a relief to know that what when felt I could die wasn't exactly the worst.
But, it is just so lovely when the sun is out! I finally understand why people in Europe so await the arrival of summers and the sun - it hardly shows up here! So there was some sun and I made it a point to soak up a lot of it. I visited some fab places - Westminister, Buckingham Palace, Oxford Street (and I shopped! ), Madame Tussaud's, Sherlock Holmes museum etc etc. But what I have truly relished the most is visiting streets, tube stations and even restaurants featured in the books that I devoured growing up - the Enid Blyton's, Agatha Christie's and the latest, J K Rowling's. So whether it is Bond street, Baker street, Paddington station - it has all been much fun! But what I am waiting for most is to go on a Harry Potter walking tour which takes place within the city and in nearby areas where the movie was shot.
The weather has picked up beautifully since I first arrived here. Having always lived in a hot climate which essentially burns you, I need the sun! The grey sky gets to me sometimes, but its sunnier, brighter and so much less cold now. And having started work again, my spirits have so picked up.
Sooo looking forward to the approaching summer and exploring Europe like crazy!
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