First post from London

(Originally posted 19 March 2007)

Hello all. Greetings from London. I am slowly acclimatizing to the UK. The spring flowers were out in full force in Hyde Park on the weekend - and then we got hit by a freezing rain storm today. Probably the same one that hit the East coast of N. America on the weekend. I was just confirmed last week that I will be here until the end of the year. My new schedule will be 3 weeks here, one week at home and then back for another 3 weeks. I currently "live" in a hotel and although I have the option to find rental accommodation when I return in April, I probably will elect to stay in hotels again - I have become used to someone cleaning up after me on a daily basis - and when you work 10 - 12 hour days, this is needed.

The first weekend here, I went to the British Museum and walked along the Kensington High Street (anything called a "High Street" in the UK is a shopping area). This may not sound like much, but if you have never been to London, the Museum alone is a few days effort to see all there is to see! Last weekend, I was recovering from a head cold, so I took it easy on Sunday and got caught up on reading the newspapers. Saturday, I went to Oxford Street, host of any and all types of stores one could desire. I found the one I needed. The one really sad thing about being in London is being a shopaholic in London when the exchange rate is so cruddy. If the Sterling pound symbol was just replaced by a $ symbol, Amy would be a much happier gal. Oh well.