6 months

6 months. I have been living in this lovely city for 6 months already. London... You are a gem. And I might never want to leave this place. I don't want to bore you with super long stories about my last 2 weeks in London before Christmas (oh, what's new... I said I would update my blog and then I didn't update for about a month again). So here are a couple of pictures.

family time, work, halloween and pretty Brighton!

Hello world, I am back! Sorry for the long break between blogposts but I have been quite busy and also have been thinking about my future a lot. After my last blogpost I had a normal working week. On friday I had to babysit for a different family and I went home by cab/taxi/whatever you call it in the country you are in. How posh, haha! Dutch families can definitely learn things from British families. My hostparents went to the Dutch design week so I had to babysit all weekend. On Saturday we went to broadway market and to westfield where we saw "the boxtrolls". We had dinner at wagamamas and after that we went home.

Brighten up your day (week 14)

Monday again! 

After a long weekend with Sofie I was quite tired so this week I decided to relax a lot in my free time.This week was good since I might have an extra job and I had a really good weekend. 

I had to babysit twice for a different family and apart from that I just had to do my normal au pair things. 

Tuesday started with a very good breakfast (with of course my Starbucks Utrecht mug which I can't live without, haha). On wednesday I went to the park with Marmite (my hostdog) and there I met up with another dogwalker, she told me that she got a new job: after that she asked me if I would be interested in becoming the new dogwalker so tonight I am going to meet up with her and the dogowner to see if we can figure something out, meaning: I might have an extra job!)

3 months in London

Hello! Autumn has officially started and it is getting more and more cold outside. After my last blog I didn't really do a lot except posting some letters and changing some things in my room. And working of course! 

On Friday evening Sofie arrived! I picked her up from the busstop and in the evening we basically just talked and after that we went to bed. On Saturday I had to take her to broadway market and after that  we had some coffee and 'breakfast' at the look mum no hands café. 

Maps, museums and memorable moments

So my last blogpost ended on thursday. Friday was a really chilled day:  I made breakfast for the kids and after that I went to Carnaby street because I wanted to go to the Brandy Melville store for Veerle. When I got there I saw Mirjam so we decided to go to some stores together. Later that afternoon, on my way back I went to brick lane for some coffee. I had tea (supper/dinner) with the family and after that I decided to stay in to watch x factor.

On saturday I met up with my neighbour who is also an au pair and we went to borough market together (a big food market). 

Rainy London, loving life.

I went to the Hackney Carnival with Marcia and Denisa on Sunday. I loved it because it was so close to my house and  not as big as the nothing hill carnival. 

Marcia celebrated her 1-year anniversary that day so we both took a Polaroid picture.

In the evening I went to central London again and we went to the comedy club again but note to self: don't go there two times in two weeks. On Monday, tuesday and wednesday I didn't really do a lot except going to a big Sainsbury's and walking the dog with another dogwalker that I met in the park. On thursday I went to the breakfast club. The breakfast club is a café which is quite popular (in the weekends there is always a queue I think ). I went there with Ana (an au pair from Spain). It was really lovely meeting her (+the pancakes were so good!).

Carnaby, Camden and kroketten

It's weekend! It's Sunday today and I just woke up and now I am relaxing and writing this blogpost. Today I am going to go to the Hackney Carnival with Marcia.

This week started after I went to the comedyclub on sunday night so on Monday after dropping off the kids I was quite tired. I didn't really do anything on Monday and sometimes you just have to have days like that. I did (finally) put up my polaroid pictures on the wall. In the first week I put up a new york subway map with some pictures and cards around it and I finally found a good map of London that I wanted to use so now I have a London map on my wall with polaroid pictures around it. This is a really good tip for au pairs to make sure to pack some pictures before you go because it can really make your room feel personal. In the evening I skyped with Sofie (Dutch best friend) and she is going to visit me! She is going to visit me the first weekend in october (19 days), I can't wait!