tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288846142011-07-14T14:26:41.545-07:00The story of moving from San Jose to London for a year.Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-5281317577791131252007-09-25T17:35:00.001-07:002007-09-25T17:51:35.109-07:00

So I think we last left our readers as we were hanging out in Berlin, still suffering from some fairly poor weather. Thankfully, that at least got better while we were in Germany - it hardly rained at all! We, however, were a bit "done" with being tourists. On our first day we walked to the Brandenburg Gate, went to the Checkpoint Charlie museum, and wandered past remnants of The Wall. After that

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-28819164055235269942007-09-13T09:52:00.000-07:002007-09-13T10:25:43.788-07:00

We've not had really consistent internet access since we left Vienna, so thus the two-city summary post.We departed Venice one evening, and arrived in Vienna the next morning - just like magic! OK, not that glamorous, but it was pretty easy to catch the night train between the cities. It was even more comfortable than I'd thought. Hank is standing here in front of the beds, and the other side of

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-84586499954601172012007-09-07T11:03:00.000-07:002007-09-07T11:22:03.856-07:00

Italy is filled with artwork. Jam-packed, I'd even say. The subject matter, however, is a tad limited. Our first full day in Florence had us visiting the Uffizi gallery, home of major Renaissance and Gothic artwork. Most of the remaining time in Florence can be boiled down to shopping, pizza, gelato, more shopping, and some more gelato! We found THE awesomest gelato place in the world just across

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-13843255215298677522007-09-03T13:41:00.000-07:002007-09-03T14:20:02.955-07:00

The last couple of weeks have been a haze of packing, organizing, scheduling, and stress, but we've survived and are now ostensibly homeless, wandering through Europe (sounds romantic, eh?) But let's go back a few days and start from there.Last Thursday was possibly one of the single most stressful and downright worst days I've had in a long time, possibly ever. Bleh. I'd had to reschedule the

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-21756842462841189292007-08-24T08:16:00.000-07:002007-08-24T08:56:36.548-07:00

So a week from today, Hank and I fly to Florence to begin about 2 weeks of vacation. I have such a hard time believing that it's really been a full year we've lived here! It's especially hard to believe that it's the end of summer, because we really have had a crappy summer in England. It's winding up to be the wettest summer on record... lucky us!!In terms of the actual process of moving, this

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-72089527794899814112007-08-13T11:54:00.001-07:002007-08-13T12:16:05.481-07:00

For Hank's and my 5th wedding anniversary, we splashed out a bit and had a lovely long weekend trip to Paris. We found a really great deal on a 4* hotel in the area just by the Eiffel Tower, surrounded by quiet streets, tons of boulangeries, and gourmet cafes. I don't think we would have had nearly as good a time if Hank hadn't started eating fish a few weeks ago, however -- it's not a

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-47459342565723673062007-07-25T07:24:00.000-07:002007-07-25T07:25:45.594-07:00

OK, so I know I've been complaining to everyone that this summer has been raining constantly. I can count on one hand the number of times in the last 2 months that we've seen two non-rainy days together. We'll occasionally get a sunny afternoon, or *gasp* even a full 24 hours without rain. But then it turns back into truly crappy weather.London itself (at the moment) isn't under the water that

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-74408602831135513872007-07-23T05:16:00.000-07:002007-07-23T05:36:16.372-07:00

I know that Hank and I have mentioned to several people that we were looking at trying to get my assignment extended by work to stay here a bit longer. After being in limbo for about a month, we found out last week that the director of my department decided not to extend me out here. As California is the main home of the company, and we're a pretty small team still out here in London, there is

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-30554297791901415532007-07-20T00:11:00.000-07:002007-07-20T00:13:01.875-07:00

"...Six to nine hours of torrential rains..."And now back to our regularly scheduled summer...??

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-64354119151820076602007-07-18T01:54:00.000-07:002007-07-19T00:44:33.642-07:00

Dear Tourists in London,I'm glad you're here enjoying this great city. It's awesome (except of course for the rain we've had every day since June 1, how hot the tube gets when the temperature goes over 75 deg F, and the fact that everything here costs 2x as much as it does anywhere else in the world). I love this city, I hope you do too.However, I have a couple of suggestions/favors I'd like to

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-42390484821226417492007-07-12T09:09:00.001-07:002007-07-12T09:35:56.457-07:00

Hank and I opted for a beach holiday this time, and we got some great recommendations about the Algarve area of Portugal (the very southern part of the country from the coast all the way to Spain). We've been doing so much city touring that having some time to just sit and read books (or play our entirely-too-addictive new PSP game) was such a treat!We stayed in a beach town called Armacao de

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-32063201501639453982007-07-04T07:25:00.000-07:002007-07-04T07:33:55.468-07:00

To all our friends in California (or Massachusetts or Illinois or where ever), we hope you have a nice Wednesday. It's yet another rainy day here in London, with no flags, no bbqs, no fireworks you illegally smuggled back from the next state over that sells "the good ones." Anyway, we hope you're enjoying your no-frills-here-in-England Wednesday however you like, as they try to repress the sad

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-18784236265546426832007-06-25T07:17:00.000-07:002007-06-25T07:26:16.989-07:00

I've been meaning for ages now to post my photos from the Chelsea flower show. I took about 150 that day, so I finally had a sec to cull the list down to the ones I liked best. A lot of ones from the indoor show didn't turn out as good as I'd intended (macro zoom + flash = very challenging), but I'm overall really pleased with how lovely some of them turned out. I could have been using crayola

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1565415707661027582007-06-19T05:49:00.000-07:002007-06-19T06:06:54.976-07:00

Walking down to Portobello Rd this past Saturday for a haircut, I passed by a school that was holding a Summer Faire. There was a jumpy castle, bbq, games for the kids, etc. Nobody really seemed to be having that great a time, however, as it was POURING down rain.Summer in England doesn't necessarily mean summer weather. There was however, a bit of sun on Sunday between 1pm and 2:15pm, which has

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-72961946356181965532007-06-07T12:59:00.000-07:002007-06-07T13:19:17.382-07:00

I've been blogged! A friend (and co-worker) and I did a presentation about the new feature we've recently launched. I was so excited Astraware was there, since, as they mentioned, I AM a total Bejeweled addict. (Those who don't know what it is really have no idea what they're missing... it really shortens those long tube journeys!)

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-17210650730020447922007-06-04T06:22:00.000-07:002007-06-04T06:31:21.876-07:00

The weather finally changed for the better this weekend (horray!!) I attended a friend's piratey birthday party at a bar next to the Golden Hinde ship on the Thames. We all dressed up to varying degrees, had a good assortment of noise-making plastic cutlasses, and said "Arrrrrgh" quite a lot. It was quite a photographed event (and not just by those of us attending the party), and garnered a fair

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-61325263095725653732007-05-28T10:40:00.000-07:002007-05-28T11:02:16.502-07:00

Ok, before I talk about our recent Amsterdam trip, first I have to whinge (complain) a bit: it's the 2nd bank holiday (3 day) weekend this month (yay) that it's been miserable and rainy. I mean, it's like a week away from being June, and I was wearing my heavy wool coat and hat today, and I could see my breath at like 1pm. Global warming, my bum.But last weekend Hank and I took a spontaneous trip

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-57065225259378974542007-05-14T05:47:00.000-07:002007-05-14T05:48:33.065-07:00

Feel free to check 'em out here.

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-11444606540237636642007-05-08T08:58:00.000-07:002007-05-08T09:24:17.212-07:00

We had another bank holiday weekend (meaning Monday was a holiday), so Hank, our friend Matt from work and I set off for Shakespeare-land: Stratford-Upon-Avon. (My favorite quote of the day, not to tease Matt too much, was, "So, anyone know what river this is?")We managed to find a couple of plays that the Royal Shakespeare Company was putting on... there were a couple of requests for "The

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-66283836765549853782007-04-04T03:20:00.000-07:002007-04-04T04:16:06.236-07:00

So as hinted at in the last post, Hank and I hopped continents last week and headed to Morocco. We left very, very (painfully) early on Thursday morning, but arrived in Marrakesh and had most of the day to spend walking around. We stayed at the Riad Houdou in the Medina, the oldest part of the city. The streets there are completely mind-boggling: tiny alley ways criss-crossing and turning into

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-37627507697502180622007-03-26T12:38:00.000-07:002007-03-26T12:57:01.810-07:00

Having a tiny bit of free time this evening (and a cat fast asleep and dreaming of something that's making her paws all twitchy) I figured I'd give a bit of a post between trips, house guests and the normal chaos of work.The day after I got back from Cali, our friend Annie came for a visit. Mostly she museum-ed herself out, as Hank and I were busy with work, but we had a few great days together.

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-42925514533066738902007-02-26T16:36:00.000-08:002007-02-26T17:37:28.594-08:00

I've got about a day and a half before my flight back to London, and I've been busy trying to figure out exactly how all of the stuff we bought will make it back to London. :D Hey - it's all so cheap!! I've stocked up on yarn (not like I don't have miles and miles of the stuff in London, but after going to the knitting convention and buying all these new cool patterns, I can't be expected NOT to

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-44855765258075976632007-02-20T13:31:00.000-08:002007-02-20T13:45:47.403-08:00

Apparently I chose my dates to visit California pretty perfectly. It's been alternating between usual London-ish type weather (cloudy, and some pretty strong rain) and beautiful, sunny, fabulous days of 70 degrees F (21 C for those who who care). The difference in the strength of the sun (when there *is* sun to be seen in London) is pretty dramatic. I've managed to get in some time lounging

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-71472509240439122172007-02-03T09:57:00.000-08:002007-02-03T10:38:10.384-08:00

Sorry for the long delay between posts. I'm back in California right now, but sick in bed, so it seems like a good opportunity to update the last month or so.For Christmas, we were adopted by our friend Amy and various sides of her family. Christmas eve dinner was at her mom's, and they made three wonderful pies for dinner! I made sticky toffee pudding, which I was relieved got rave reviews (

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1167647591749790462007-01-01T02:31:00.000-08:002007-01-01T02:33:11.770-08:00

Hank and I welcomed in 2007 with 8 zillion of our closest friends watching the London Thames fireworks show last night. We hope you rang it in with friends (maybe a few less than we were joined by), and that the new year brings you everything you hope for!

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1167086110886942452006-12-25T14:30:00.000-08:002006-12-25T14:35:10.896-08:00

...and it's almost good night for us. We're currently sitting back drinking some nice port to cap off a lovely London Christmas. We have the webcam (handy gift from my bro) setup and have been chatting with friends and family most of the afternoon, so it's almost like being at home! But to those we haven't spoken to today, we hope you're having a wonderful Christmas and look forward to seeing

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1166636362022917532006-12-20T09:15:00.000-08:002006-12-20T09:39:22.033-08:00

December is always a busy month, and moving to London hasn't changed that at all. Work always tends to go a bit manic, and right now the only thing keeping me from working 29 hours a day are the actual fun things happening! We had a work engineering party that included a visit to the Science Museum's video game exhibition. Seeing all the games that I grew up with behind museum glass tends to make

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1165156848316259292006-12-03T06:07:00.000-08:002006-12-06T00:48:45.053-08:00

I tasted a few different Belgian ales while living in the states. Local stores had a few of the more well known ales in stock (Chimay and Duvel).Our trip to Brussels was a chance to find some less known and hopefully more exciting brews from small family breweries.After our trip to Bruges, Danielle was in dire need of a nap (editors note: Danielle is napping at this exact moment in time), so I

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I'll be celebrating today, being Thursday, by going to work (had to wait 30 minutes for the tube this morning... so it was like a holiday schedule, but it's not because it's Thursday), going home, stopping by any number of open stores that aren't having massive sales to pick up some food, and cooking some dinner. We might watch some football (although I believe it's referred to as "soccer" in

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1163889272978431232006-11-18T14:30:00.000-08:002006-11-18T14:34:32.986-08:00

... but photographic proof shows otherwise. Such naughty kitties we have! Hopefully they've been well behaved for Auntie Amy this weekend. Apparently they have already tried to get into the shower with her (and then went into the litterbox with wet paws and then running throughout the house)... so I'm not holding out much hope.

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1163803344107342452006-11-17T14:28:00.000-08:002006-11-17T14:42:24.136-08:00

Hank and I took the Eurostar from London to Brussels on Thursday evening - it's incredibly odd to be in a different country across a body of water with no major jet lag and never having left the ground... and it was all in under 3 hours!Our adventure today took us to a city called Bruges (or Brugge, depending on what language you're speaking). It is a stunning city with quaint little cobblestone

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1163689544392157562006-11-16T07:01:00.000-08:002006-11-16T07:05:44.400-08:00

The girls finally arrived last night about 8:30pm! They seemed as relieved to get out of their kennels as we were to see them. They walked right out and let us give them some hello snuggles, then proceeded to wander around for the next 2 hours just taking in the new sights. Our friend & co-worker Amy was over to meet them, and both Taka and Neko let Amy give them some head scratches. Taka meowed

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1163522301439270802006-11-14T08:34:00.000-08:002006-11-14T09:02:30.086-08:00

I was hoping to post a very happy note that the kitties had arrived, however there's a problem with the very stringent requirements they have to meet before being allowed into the UK. Unfortunately the vet in the US neglected to give them one of the required treatments. So they have arrived to the airport safely, however they are stuck for another 24 hours until the treatment can be

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1162068817395019902006-10-28T13:26:00.000-07:002006-10-28T13:53:37.406-07:00

So, what's London like? A massive ball of people, cars, shops and buildings. Since I mostly speak English (American at least), things have been fairly easy.London is a city of discovery, which really appeals to my ADD addled mind, which leads to many hours of just roaming around the city in search of something interesting. Walking in London can lead from aged churches to sex shops in a matter of

Hank Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122940229553882764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1161080990295596652006-10-17T03:28:00.000-07:002006-10-17T03:29:50.306-07:00

... do you see a developer riding a Segway to get something from the printer down the hall.

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1161032491562886942006-10-16T10:58:00.000-07:002006-10-17T02:41:36.050-07:00

Stuff - we have it now. Specifically our stuff, at least most of it... our surface shipment with the rest of our clothes, shoes (ooh, how I missed my boots), DVDs, a zillion of Hank's CDs, and just a *few *cooking items arrived this Saturday. I swear I was unpacking this one large box of cooking tools for a solid 40 minutes - it was bottomless! Unpacking took up the majority of the weekend, but

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1159206880985000242006-09-25T09:34:00.000-07:002006-09-25T10:55:33.120-07:00

Hank survived his first week of work. He sits about two desks away from me, and surprisingly his messy desk hasn't quite reached its way to me yet. *duck*We had quite the busy weekend - the weather was forecast to be nice on Saturday but rainy on Sunday, however it ended up only raining Sunday morning, so we really had two lovely days of wandering around. Saturday we went to Greenwich, toured the

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1157563302427850932006-09-06T10:15:00.000-07:002006-09-06T10:21:42.693-07:00

What a week it's been - phew! Hank and I are now living in our London flat (they finished working on it about 3 hours after we showed up to move in...). We have all the basic furniture/TV/DVD/stereo that came with the flat, plus whatever we crammed into our *ahem* small amount of luggage that we'd brought on the plane. Even though I have a thing against driving in London (Dave & Julie remember it

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1156970313974932552006-08-30T13:13:00.000-07:002006-08-30T13:38:33.986-07:00

The movers/packers showed up bright and early this past Monday morning, and left us an empty house around 4pm. (Photos to follow in a couple of days.) Hank and I had spent the better part of the weekend sorting things into air (5-15 days arrival), surface (4-6 weeks arrival) and storage (don't see it till 9/07) piles. We only got 250lbs of air shipment so we really had to figure out what

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1156470739891740892006-08-24T18:52:00.000-07:002006-08-24T18:52:19.900-07:00

We have a flat! OK, so we sorts 'had' the flat before, but I've finally received all of the documents and lease agreements for it. It's the last really major portion of our move that hadn't been truly signed off on. We'll be living in an area called Westbourne Grove. It's a 5 minute walk from two separate tube stations on 3 different tube lines, which makes it really easy to get anywhere else in

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1156201413233128542006-08-21T15:39:00.000-07:002006-08-21T16:03:33.776-07:00

So we're 10 days from leaving. The number of to-do items on my list seems to grow at exactly the same rate at which it's shrinking. We're itemizing, sorting, estimating, tossing and donating. Addresses are changed, VOIP setup (we'll still have a working 408 phone number), documents signed, checklists re-checked. And with our friends, we're dining, hugging, and saying "maybe we'll squeeze in one

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1155241311653886072006-08-10T13:15:00.000-07:002006-08-10T13:21:59.850-07:00

One of my recent debates has been whether or not I bring my KitchenAid mixer and food processor with me to the UK and buy a step-down power transformer. The transformer converts the 220v to 110v, but European wattage runs at different cycles than US appliances. Using the power of the internet, I've found just as many "it works great for us" stories as I'm seeing "we tried it and it blew out the

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1154889185355111862006-08-06T11:25:00.000-07:002006-08-06T11:33:11.646-07:00

So, now that I'm back in California, the bulk of the relocation work is starting to kick into high gear. I've had the moving company come buy to estimate how much we'll be air shipping and how much will go by "ground" (a 20' sea container). I'm really glad to have the flat figured out and know what furniture/cooking supplies/other miscellaneous junk we'll need to bring with us. The flat will only

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1154543218491906112006-08-02T11:08:00.000-07:002006-08-02T15:31:31.536-07:00

We've got a flat! We're still finalizing the paperwork with the letting agents, and I'm in a sort of weird limbo state with the US and UK bank accounts, but for the most part we're there. It's nice to have a major piece of the puzzle figured out. I've posted a couple of pictures on Flickr, but I have to say, it was definitely the kitchen that sold me. ;) The building is still being built - the

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1153770741347703832006-07-24T12:51:00.000-07:002006-07-24T12:52:21.360-07:00

I know I’ve been in London a whole week and a half and I haven’t updated yet… part of the reason is that I’ve been waiting for something interesting to happen. I’ve been busy working and interviewing scads of people last week. A few folks were in from the Mountain View office to help, so we had a few group dinners (I highly don’t recommend figuring out how to split a bill 20 ways, with some of

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1152875147670956582006-07-14T04:03:00.000-07:002006-07-14T04:05:47.676-07:00

I arrived in London Thursday morning and was checked into my hotel by about 1pm. Unfortunately the guy on the flight next to me who was insanely fidgety and the turbulence, I didn't sleep much at all. I slept for about 12 hours last night so I'm feeling pretty decent today, thankfully.The hotel I'm staying at is in Kensington, and I haven't had much time to explore the area yet, but there are

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1151125551583788572006-06-23T21:51:00.000-07:002006-06-23T22:14:09.133-07:00

I've had the pleasure of gaining some understanding of how confusing taxes are when you're an expat. There are specific residency rules for California, the US and the UK - depending on the number of days you work in a certain country you're eligible to pay certain taxes, etc. The bonus is that I get out of doing my taxes for two years! Woo! I'm heading to London for 3 weeks starting the 13th, and

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1149477234373167502006-06-04T19:57:00.000-07:002006-06-04T20:13:54.380-07:00

Hank and I are jet-setting a fair bit before we move in September. We're heading to Kentucky next week for 5 days to visit Hank's family (and I'm hoping to taste some really excellent BBQ!). I'll be in London for work/flat-hunting from July 12 - Aug 3. Although Hank is invited to come with me to look for flats, I think he's opting out of the trip. I mean, being cramped into uncomfortable plane

Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892458481202661164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28884614.post-1148839802650867832006-05-28T10:37:00.000-07:002006-05-28T11:31:19.186-07:00

I've been asked by work to head to London for a year to help build and get my team started across the pond. Woot! It's something I've been wanting to do for years, and Hank was willing to make another huge move for me, so here we go! My start date is September 1, 2006.I will post to this blog periodically over the next 18 months or so to document our moving process, our adventures living in the

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