Flat Out of Luck

We did not get flat number 7 so it's back to the drawing board. We've set up appointments with two property management companies and one more half day of viewing with the company that was hired to "help us find a place" ...but by help us find a place they mean they can't show us more than 15 flats so once we hit that benchmark, we're out!

It's easy to look back and see what we would change if we could do it all over again; we would ship more so we'd have less bags to travel with, make a trip to London in September so we would have a place secured, and go into a bank and cell carrier on our trip over so that we would know all that needed to be done to set these accounts up. It would be so easy if we just did it all over again : )

Unfortunately, we had more bad news that our hotel is completely sold out on Saturday night so we will be moving places once again. Both of us are feeling unsettled and we just want to unpack already! We've been living out of suitcases for two weeks and have stayed at five different places... six if you include our change of residence this Saturday. That is a lot of moving around!

The one upside to all of our flat searching has been that we are getting a good feel for each of the neighborhoods by talking to people and hearing their thoughts. We've been able to see the outskirts of the city and learn what makes certain areas unique.

In between the stress of not having a place to live, we've also found a little time to have fun! We went to a delicious curry dinner on Tuesday night with Aaron's work friend and his girlfriend (who is British... It was so hard not to talk in an accent!). We also went to see The Book of Mormon yesterday and have started checking off places in our "Fancy a Pint?" book that is a compilation of all the best British pubs... so life isn't too bad : ) but we are hoping for more luck with a flat tomorrow and Saturday!