I found a flat!!! I can’t believe it!!! Not only did I find a room for myself, but it’s only two blocks from Le Cordon Bleu!!!!!
It’s technically a room, but it’s spacious for one person, and it has everything that you could ever want in a single room. I have my own kitchen area with a sink, a mini fridge, and this amazing little Le Cordon Bleu Mini Kitchen (could anything be more perfect?) with a small oven and two electric burners!
Really, the only shared parts of the living arrangement are the bathrooms, of which there are more than enough!
The room is actually furnished! I have a double bed, a wardrobe, plenty of shelves and storage space, a table, a lamp, and even my own little space heater!
What else is included in a furnished room in London? Pots, pans, and cutting boards (I have three; two plastic and one wood), a double boiler, an electric tea kettle (well loved), and an ironing board with a steam iron! There is also a vacuum cleaner for the building to share! We have Henry. I went to the store; the options really are “Henry” and Hetty!” They arrive like this!
My location is absolutely unbeatable. The neighborhood is truly perfect.
This is my ‘hood:
“For serious fashionistas, Bond Street is the place to be seen in and to shop. Bond Street – formed of New and Old Bond Street – boasts one of the biggest and best concentrations of designer shops in the world, including Donna Karan, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Nicole Fahri, Armani, Versace and Ralph Lauren. Quintessentially English style can be found at Mulberry and Burberry’s flagship stores. Bond Street also plays host to Sotheby’s auction house and a number of antique stores and markets have popped up in the area. If you or your other half has a thing for diamonds, you should know that Cartier, Tiffany and Asprey are among the many very exclusive (ie expensive) jewellers on this exclusive, expensive street. New Bond Street is a few minutes walk from Bond Street Station and is linked up by the pedestrian-only South Molton Street. Old Bond Street is the short section at the southern end which joins Piccadilly.”
Right where Old Bond Street meets Piccadilly? That just happens to be exactly the location of my new job!!
I checked All in London to see a few of my local restaurant options. All in London lists a mere 119 restaurants within approximately ten blocks of my room.
There are also, of course, markets, grocers, millions of stores, and everything else that you might be in the mood for!
Things in London are coming together absolutely perfectly. Great flat, amazing job, all that’s left is LCB!!!
Up next: my phenomenal job!