I have lived in London on two occasions for two years total and I want to shed some light on the things that people may not be aware of when moving there. Things I wish I had known…
I feel that throughout my life England has been glamorised, after all it is home to the Royals, the Beckhams, the World’s Game: Football (soccer) and James Bond. Any whisper of a Spice Girls reunion and we are the first to be informed. I’m not sure where this obsession of London sprouted from… morbid curiosity maybe… and if I was the cat my curiosity had killed my soul (for a little while).
Big Ben, Parliament, The historically beautiful side ^^
London has two sides to it; the historically and architecturally beautiful more wealthy side, and the more realistic grey concrete jungle side. Both can be avoided if you try. I first experienced London as an over-enthusiastic backpacker in the summer of July 2014. I literally spent 18 months prior, reading EVERYTHING there was to know about the place in order to best prepare myself. Nothing prepared me for London. In order to secure some kind of job we signed up with one of those companies that offer a pub job and accommodation for like $800 and we got a job the day we flew back from Barcelona. My advise to you, do not bother with these companies, it is very easy to get bar work especially if you have experience and most are immediate start, so get your local sim card sorted then apply for everything within the area you want to be living. There is a certain order in which things have to be done when you move to London;
