Mind the Gap

Hi Everyone,

Seems like I am always apologising for not writing on this often. But won't do that this time.

Just an update on our lives, but without photos sorry! There I apologised!

We're busy caught up in regular lifestyles of working monday to friday - how boring - but we're doing it in one of the most exciting cities in the world so hey - that makes it way more interesting.

Slowly adapting to the English world - and no longer laughing at 'Mind the Gap', or cringing at the 45 minute wait to post a letter. (Can I help you? Dere)

Learning all sorts of English words and phrases like Chav and Flip Flops but not losing the aussie accent... But more than English words and sayings we are learning South African ones - like shame, Just Now and lekker and bru etc. (Thats what happens when you work somewhere that more than half the staff are South African!)

Days are getting longer, its getting dark now around 5.30pm, and its not so cold. We have a forecast of sun for the next 3 days so that's promising.

Looking forward to the arrival in London of one Mr Minh Truong in April, and enjoyed having Jacoco visit last week!

About to head out into the very strong winds and head home.

Take care everyone and MOIND THE GEP!

News from LondonTown

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a month and a few days since we left Mauritius and arrived here in the UK.

Funny how sliding back into the routine of going to work Monday to Friday makes the time pass quickly. Can’t believe I’ve already done two weeks of work and Tessa’s done 3!


We’ve both had bouts of a cold or flu and Dylan is still a bit sick. Tessa’s much better. The worst part is being sick on the weekend! It meant that Saturday was pretty boring day at home. But at the same time was good to relax in the warmth and get some stuff done. On Sunday though we got to have lunch with Sabrina and Princely at our place!


Last week it snowed – which isn’t the first time since we’ve been here – the first was around the 23rd of Jan. The first time it snowed was when we were staying with Ben and Mel.





The next time was last week and we had to walk to the tube in the snow which was pretty cool. We got covered in it. It actually snowed non stop – even in the centre of London till about 10am.



Now as promised here are some photos from the UK and London that I have now been able to upload.


For my birthday, we had a lunch at Gwen’s house and we had a cake.





In the evening we headed to London and Tessa took me out for dinner.


On the next day after our recruitment agency interviews, we met up with Sabrina and Princeley and saw some famous London icons like Trafalgar Square, the London Eye, Picadilly Circus and Leicester Square.







We also caught up Tessa’s friend Alison and had dinner with Mel and Justine.


Over the days that Tessa was working Dylan went out and saw a few famous sights including Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s cathedral, Tower Bridge Buckingham Palace, the British Museum and even stumbled across a Mauritian supermarket in Soho!!









Our first weekend after a working week – last weekend – we spent Saturday around the market near our flat – about 3 min walk! And then to Docklands, and into Covent Garden market and Soho. In the evening we went out with Mel, Ben and some of their friends in Shepherds Bush.


On Sunday we went and took some obligatory tourist shots at Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye.





Then we went and caught up with Sabrina and Princeley at their house and had dinner.


Here’s a photo of our other flatmate Penny!


Looking forward to Jacoco’s arrival in the UK next week – for the weekend and we’re going to catch up.


One thing we’ve been most surprised about is how fast news travels from here – people were checking we were ok as soon as it snowed and the letter bombs went off. I think Australia is more interested in the rest of the world then the rest of the world is about Australia – we never hear much news about Australia – unless it’s about John Farnham having underwear thrown at him and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa not liking it……..


Stay in touch and I hope I’ve now fixed the comments section.


Tessa and Dylan