First week posting...

Hi all, this is your favourite Londoner writing. This is being spell checked on UK Word so you may see some funny misspellings. Well, I’m officially done with training and reported to my business unit today. There are about 35 of us here in the Capital Markets group mainly from the United States and Canada (also known as USA Jr.). The office here is fabulous. There are EY employees originating from over 70 countries and they speak more than 130 languages. Talk about diversity!

For those of you who haven’t heard the word, Angie and I found a flat in the West Kensington / Sheppard’s Bush (tee hee) area of West London. It’s a fabulous 2 bedroom 1 bath and should have ample space for “guitar hero flat parties” (by the way it just took me two minutes to find the “ on my keyboard so I hope you appreciate it).

At every pub I’ve been to I keep in mind whether or not it can accommodate a BarLympics. Unfortunately, I have not found an establishment yet that can cater to the hard core sporting events that we’ve come to know and love. Not to fear though, Angie and I will keep looking in our new neighbourhood for a suitable location.

I’m seated in a window seat here in the office and its absolutely brilliant outside. I can see the London Bridge and the London Eye from my cube. I can see a bunch of other stuff too but I don’t know what it is (it looks really old and important though). Literally nobody in the office gets a proper office. We’re all in cubes which have very low partitions. It makes things difficult for the Americans because we have no idea who is a partner and who is an admin and furthermore you can’t even fart without someone knowing.

Last night I also came to the realisation that beer hits you harder here. First and foremost you get a larger beer than you would in the states. Second and secondmost there is more alcohol in their brew. This may not be true, but it’s the rationalization I came up with to help myself not feel like such a girl for feeling tiny from so few beers.

Well, that’s it for now. I'll try and get some pictures up soon after this weekend. Hit me up and say hi when you get a chance.