After finally finding a place to live this week, I settled in to….. find a place to live. Michael and I looked at the living space we are allotting ourselves with my chosen flat, and we think it might just be too small. Especially since we plan to have LOTS of guests (Right???). So set out to find something better. It is an arduous process because you never know what you’re going to find on the other end, and it involves a lot of walking, and frequently, you get a call a few minutes before you arrive saying the flat has been let to someone else. I found a few more good ones and I am going to try to visit them today

The good news is I found the Camden Markets yesterday, too, which were really fun. Tons of clothing stalls, food shops, toy stores and more. I also found Whole Foods, which is called Fresh and Wild here (my favorite grocery store). They has tons of veggie meats and soy products. I didn’t buy anything b/c I still had a good 3-4 hours of walking in front of me, but it is good to know it is there. I will probably head back today. The prices weren’t too bad, so that will keep Michael happy!!!! I had vegetarian Peruvian food for lunch, topped off by a cinnamon crepe. It was really hard to choose what to eat because everything looked so good. That is probably the #1 reason I want Michael to come out, so we can split everything and eat more food!

It was yet another perfect day in London – 75 degrees, sunny, light breeze…. I don’t know what all this rain is that everyone keeps talking about – I have only seen about 2-3 days in the month. I’m SURE it will be like this forever! I wandered back over to Regent Park, where I had spent a lovely afternoon 2 weeks ago. This time I found the boating lake – you can rent out a little rowboat and row around the lake (all for just 20GBP – $40 USD) for an hour. As I walked along the bank of the river, I saw swans, geese, terns, falcons, ducks, and herons. There were some people feeding the geese, and they (the geese) were freaking out… hissing and craning their necks around in the strangest way. I think maybe there were young geese nearby because you would think if they were getting food they would be happy…

On a happy note – Michael has his visa in hand, and will join me one week from yesterday. He is giving up his traditional 4th of July extravaganza, where, as you know, he dons his stilts and Uncle Sam outfit and parades around the neighborhood, all to to be with me. I can’t wait!