my brief background

As my first blog, I will give you a little of my background to my arrival to the UK.

I moved to London in 2000 after graduating from a university in Boston. I had received a job offer in Chicago, but I was determined to make a transatlantic move to London. Prior to my job interviews in Chicago, I had also applied to a post-graduate course in business studies at the LSE. On the day that I received my job offer in Chicago, I also received my acceptance letter from the LSE and I knew straight away what my decision was going to be.

The LSE only starts its course in October, so I had a few months prior to the start date to do something useful with my time. I was able to get an interview with a European bank for a summer internship. The interview was very last minute and held on a Friday over the phone. The interview went well and they asked me to start straight away on Monday, which meant I had to sort out my accommodation very quickly in London.

If worse came to worse, I would stay in a cheap little hotel, but after spending some time searching on the internet, I found a hostel tailored for students in Earl’s Court. It was hard to determine if it was nice, but at that moment I was just happy to find a room in a good location. The hostel turned out to be well run and was very clean.

All the other guests were foreign students studying English for the summer in London. So needless to say, I didn’t have much conversation with them as they were beginners of the English language. I didn’t mind too much as my internship was keeping me very busy and I was very excited to explore London on my own in the free time that I had. I knew that the LSE would start soon and I would make friends from my programme.

I want to use this blog to share with you some of my experiences of London and the great places that I found along the way.