Christmas Card Message

Well I started writing my christmas cards a little late so in an effort to get them in the red mailbox, I scimped on the news and this will be the poor substitute.

This year has flown by. I don't think I could possibly have imagined the past 10 months. Moving over here has been everything I wanted it to be. And yet the coming year holds so much more possibility. My highly skilled visa application is coming together and I'll submit that in the next month or two. All going well, my life here will be uninterrupted. I have high hopes for getting to know London better, seeing more of Europe and challenging myself more at work.

I've met some lovely people here and made some new friends, and not in the least developed an amazing friendship with my bosom buddy, Laura which has made living in London all the more enjoyable.

Some London favourites for the year
- having access to so many different cultural experiences: especially the wildlife photography of the yr exhibit, avenue q musical, frost/nixon and rock n roll plays, seeing the tate modern, and everything at the V&A
- eating out at so many great places
- strolling the borough and portobello rd markets
- and just for being completely new: turkish baths at bayswater, tennis in marc's shared back garden, sitting on a couch in a cinema with a bottle of wine, going to the biggest street party (Notting Hill Carnivale) in Europe, and touring castles and palaces

Travel highlights
- visiting Kayoko in Tokyo
- easter in Cornwall
- summer holiday in Croatia
- weekends in Brussels, Florence, Paris & Isle of Wight
- paris for lunch

Top 5 gigs
- the kooks
- bernard fanning
- flaming lips in hyde park
- V Festival for radiohead, dandy warhols, magic numbers, xavier
- lemonheads - the setting at Somerset House has a lot to do with this making it!

I hope you all have a great Christmas, that you get all the pressies on your list and you can relax over the holidays. Best wishes for 2007 to you all. I hope I have the chance to catch up with some of you during the next year, and look forward to hearing from you all regardless!



With love,
emma xo