Boulder to London

It seems like we arrived ages ago, but it’s only been 7 days.  We spent last weekend exploring the area around our apartments,  getting supplies for the week, and checking out central park.  Central park is incredible and last weekend was beautiful with blue skies and temperatures reaching 80 degrees.  I was able to make [...]

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I made it back to London this morning and it feels like being home.  Over the past 7 days, I’ve visited the place I grew up (Spokane), the place I lived for the longest consecutive period since leaving for college (Ft. Collins), and the town I lived in right before moving abroad (Boulder).  Of all [...]

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As a kid, I have many distinct memories of Sunday morning.  My dad worked hard and was an early riser.  On Sundays he would usually get up before anyone else, go out to his easy chair and sit down with the newspaper and a cup of tea.  He would turn on his music just loud [...]

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This one is a day old, but a funny store all the same.  This past weekend was pretty great.  On Saturday, Melisse and I went down to the Borough market and Sunday we spent in Richmond.  Both were excellent places to be outside in the beautiful weather.  We also recently got a TV with digital [...]

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We ventured out to IKEA today to work on furnishing our flat. For those of you not familiar with IKEA, it is a giant home store that has everything from furniture to linens to lamps to kitchenware…you get the point. I’d compare it to putting a Bed, Bath and Beyond next to an American Furniture [...]

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I should update my life insurance now as I give myself 6 months tops before I’m struck by a car, bike or bus walking around London.  The rules here are quite a bit different from what I was used to in the states.  I believe pedestrians in London have the right-of-way in rare situations where there [...]

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I spent the past week working on my first project!  We met with the client on Monday and used the rest of the week to prepare a report stating our findings.  Things are a little different in this line of work than my previous roles.  As I am learning, no finding is ever certain…it can [...]

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