A Family Christmas in London

WRITTEN BY Julie

This Christmas we will be welcoming a load of visitors to London to celebrate a proper British Christmas. We are thrilled to have visitors, and cannot wait to show off our new city (and our seemingly effortless sense...

11.18.13

Driving on the Left

WRITTEN BY Drew

Last month, we decided to take a weekend trip to Wales, so I took a driving lesson before departing on my own with Julie and Basil in the car. Better safe than sorry. Here are a few interesting things. 1. They drive on...

11.16.13

Expat 101: The Paperwork Avalanche

WRITTEN BY Julie

When we made the decision this summer to become expats in the UK, the process seemed easy enough (we live in a global world, millions of people have done this before us, any potential difficulties would have been ironed...

11.15.13

Finding Our London Home

WRITTEN BY Julie

In August, after spending lots of time and energy doing apartment research on our own, communicating our wants/needs to the local agents and then finally spending a day seeing 15 flats, we were happy to find a place to...