Globe Theatre at last!

Well Hi there all you back home, we've been pretty busy getting settled, but not really doing a great deal, although I have been to the markets & we did get to see Shakespeare, 'Comedy of Errors' at the fabulous Globe Theatre, £5 for standing in the slums/peasants arena, & sore feet after the 2 hour show, but worth the effort. It was so grande to be there at last & see this famous & magnificent place & the play was well done, with good acting, a comedy with some laughs, pleasant weather, (luckily!) and amazing history. We went with our new house mate who is an actor & played one of the roles in Spain, so she really enjoyed it for many other reasons. We'll be back there for more I hope, but with everything else we want to do we're pushing it!
The markets are fabulous & even though I don't/can't spend too much money, (saving for the bigger trips), I enjoy just walking around watching everyone & checking out the stalls. They have great Punk/Gothic/cyberdog/funkerelic/alternative spaces & it's a hoot just checking it all out. The cyberdog place was really amazing & the clothes, music & effects are a sight not to miss, expensive, but looking like that doesn't come cheap!
I ran into an expo, London New Designers Awards, & saw some amazing, interesting, inventive, crazy, different, bizzare & clever stuff. Lamp shade made out of wooden pegs which looked really good, a plastic trolly which folded into a carry bag, all sorts of fancy designed chairs out of any material imaginable, innovative furniture & clothes & some great art work, some from glass that really caught the eye & imagination. So that was a great avo without Kyle as he can't cope when I spent hours looking at this stuff.
We got to Cambridge, but found it a bit uneventful, lots of people shopping & lots of universities, but not much else.
We've got a couple of weekends at home while we buy a few essentials, (at the market!) & catch up with our lovely freeloaders who put us up & say thanks. We're also saving as we want to head to Ireland when I get my first break in a couple of weeks, looking forward to that big time!
We love the area we're living in, great cheap shopping with Greek & Turkish bakeries, delies & groceries, a few good cafes, close to a huge park, (Finsbury Park), & 30 mins by bus to the city & 30 mins to my work, I drive now as it takes heaps less time than the bus & is even a bit cheaper, (hard to believe but yes!).
Work is going well & settling in ok, lots of work to organise now that I've worked it out a bit but we're doing some great things in the class which also make it nice for us staff: we've set up a breakfast club & a cafe in our room so we get to chill out sometimes with a cuppa, all part of teaching living &social skills & communication, that's the way to enjoy work!
Couldn't post our pictures of The Globe Theatre for some unknown reason, try again later.
Until next time take care, HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY DADDY, HAVE FUN!!! Love Mazz & Kyle XXX

Living In London

Well it's been a while as we've been busy returning to Melb for visas, which was great to see everyone again & catch up & tell stories!
Now we're back in London living the lifestyle which is expensive, but we'll manage. As long as I can save so that we can travel as much as possible, which is the whole idea of being in this place.
So far so good, we're loving it & plan to be off every weekend possible to explore a new place, I really hope so, or we may as well be living back home.
Finding a place to live proved a little difficult, as Mother & son we didn't really endear ourselves to many vacancies, especially wanting to live in the same room together? Eye brows raised & silent questions not asked, but we know what they were thinking, (& me a teacher with a reputation to uphod!).
It took 10 days of searching, ringing & talking (or refraising my language to make us sound better), but we managed to end up in a really nice share house where they understood our plight, at last. So we're in Manor House, half way between my work & the city, so not bad. there are 7 of us living together & a great mix from all over the world, Spain, the Panama, Portugal, France, & us 2 Aussies, & a mix of proffessions as well, an actor, opera singer, cartoonist, chef, events manager & teacher & one unemployed youngster, (but he is looking - a bit half hartedly, but it's a start). And I can't be too hard on him as it's really his first experience & in a new country, but he wants to do so much & it all requires £.
My job is fantastic so far, I have 9 really high functioning young teenagers, who are all lovely & no real behaviour problems, so that's nice, 2 aids, now that's hard to get used to, we don't get that in Australia, & a teaching program that's already been set out in the curriculum so all I have to do is follow the steps basically, & add a bit here & there, so we should get through the year ok.
This weekend we're off to check out Camridge, not too far away, so at least we're putting our theory into practice & actually getting out to see the place, I'm happy about that.
Kyle has found his card group, (Yugio or whatever it is he plays) so at least he's starting to get involved & out as he's a bit bored, until he gets a job!!!
Out of time, so until I get back, take care all XXX