So you thought that London was the best city to visit in Europe? And you actually already thought about live here?
In the next months I'm going to be showing you facts about London. For future tourists or possible new neighbours of this lovely and cosmopolitan city.
What a girl with a name called Thaise would be doing in London? Possibly it's not an English name. Yes, that's right, but, if you know something about London, you probably know that 40% of the 7,5 million people that live here are not, unfortunately, English.
The fact is, when you visit London, you're going to find tourists. Lots of them, and it doesn't matter the season. Ok, in the summer it gets bigger, but don't think you're going to arrive in mid-winter and find the city dead. I have one big new, or old truth: London doesn't stop.
You're going to find English people, don't worry, not as much as tourists, but they don't hide as some might say. English people are not cold or unsociable, they do like a tourist and a mix of races. Touristic places such as museums, London Eye or Buckingham Palace, tend to have less of them, but stop in a pub for a quick break, that pub in a quiet street you just got lost in that particular grey day, and there they're, as “boozey” and polite as any characteristic English.
What people actually don't know when they come to London (be it to learn English, and that truly accent, or to have fun) is that, unquestionably, you'll find more people from your nationality than actually English. It seems there's a cosmic law around the city which makes people from the same origins to get together.
One of the possible reasons is that, there's always a friend of a friend in your town or in your Internet community who knows you're visiting or living in London. “Oh, I'm going in 2 months, would you be able to show me the city, help me with accommodation, be a touristic guide? I want to know everything about London's night, the best clubs, which bands are playing, what about the summer festivals?” Yes, it's boring, but, you won't let your fellow lost in London, specially if you're a bit lost too. With so many ethnicities, so many difference of cultures, of accents, of cuisines, of music, of bars… you're going to be dying to meet someone from your lovely country side, and feel that accent again. Have you ever noticed what a difference an accent can make in your moon when you're feeling lonely and homesick?
No, forget the, I'm going to party everyday. If you're going to visit London or live in London one day your money or your eagerness will end, and all you're going to desire is your quiet hometown back, with your house, your car, your family next door, your nice office, and etcetera. Unless you're extremely rich and then don't you bother with anything because life is a party anyway…
If there's no possibility a friend of a friend call you, don't worry. If you come alone, don't bother, because as soon as you know, someone from your home town or your region or your country will be in front of you reminding you about that street you used to play when you were young. It can happen in your school or university, at your work, your new flatmate, at that restaurant serving your home cuisine, at Mc Donald's (can you find a place more familiar than Mc Donald's in this big world?). And, yes, coincidences happen, more often than ever in London. You're going to find the ex girlfriend of your high school classmate at your door step, perhaps is just good luck, but, man, here, crazy things are just the beginning of a big adventure, always to come, and next…
You're going to fall in love… with cultures, and, perhaps, people as well. No matter what you're going to do in London, you can be only studying, or working experiencing, or starting a career, business man, a fashion writer, an assistant, a bartender, or the manager, whatever you're doing, you're going to find that the world is more than your big truths. Finding different cultures amazing at the beginning, and then realise you prefer yours, apart from that little “characteristics”...
I think that's one of the points that get people from same nationalities together here. There's nothing better than discover new concepts, when you're prepared for, or keep the old ones and come back to safety-home. When you come back though, depending on how big are the minds of the people around your sweet home, you're going to find you're more special than anyone that has never visited London, going to feel more intelligent, someone that saw everything in one unique city. You'll be able to talk about every foreign cuisine, and speak hi, thanks, bye or “those dirty words” in at least more than 5 languages. Will have pictures with people from the 5 continents, and apart from that, you can still say brother with the british accent that always catch everyone.
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