I’ve two thrilling items of reports at present. First, I’m celebrating 15 years of dwelling in London. Second, I’ve a giant announcement to make. An enormous one, in reality. You’re going to need to learn it. Scroll down for the information.
15-12 months Anniversary of Dwelling in London
I’ll begin with the anniversary. It’s laborious to imagine I’ve been dwelling in London for a decade and a half. In some ways it seems like I simply arrived. That mentioned, after I assume again on my early days within the metropolis it seems like a very long time has passed by.
Talking of these days, after I first acquired to London I assumed I might solely be right here for 2 years. I noticed my time within the UK as a enjoyable break from “actual life” again in San Francisco.
I needed to see as a lot of the UK and Europe as I might, and I spent most of my weekends making that occur. From day journeys to multi-day getaways, I crisscrossed Britain and the continent to take all of it in.
I threw in journeys to far-flung locations, too. Madagascar, South Africa, Namibia, Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and lots of different international locations stamped my passport in my early years in London.
However 2 years later I felt like there have been nonetheless so many issues to do in London and round Europe that I didn’t need to go away.
The A Woman in London weblog was additionally at a degree the place I used to be able to give up my day job and switch it right into a enterprise. The mix of these issues led me to renew my visa for an additional 3 years and decide to dwelling in London long-term.
At 5 years I acquired Indefinite Go away to Stay within the UK, and at six I acquired UK citizenship.
With my new British passport in hand, I had the chance to remain in the UK for so long as I needed.
The next years have passed by unbelievably rapidly. The A Woman in London weblog has grown to grow to be one of many high journey blogs within the UK, I purchased a flat in London, and I’ve traveled to 100 international locations (and past…I’m at 112 now!).
In brief, I’ve lived a life I by no means imagined again after I was an analyst at a hedge fund in California.
It’s been an awesome journey.
However…
I’ve grown more and more homesick through the years. I’ve all the time felt like I had one foot on both facet of the Atlantic Ocean, however not having the ability to go dwelling for 2 years throughout lockdown made me notice simply how treasured California was to me.
After I was lastly ready to return to San Francisco a yr in the past, I made a decision I needed to make a degree of returning extra typically.
So I went again once more in December. And once more in April. And once more this month. I had such time I began to surprise if I needed to maneuver again. I additionally met a man on the market, which helped nudge me in that route.
However how might I presumably go away London? My mates have been right here, my flat was right here, and my enterprise was right here. My entire life was right here.
Then an thought struck me: why select? Why not do each?
So I made a plan. I made a decision to do one thing I’ve all the time talked about doing however by no means had the braveness to do.
I made a decision to begin splitting my time between London and San Francisco. However that’s not all.
I additionally launched a second weblog referred to as California Wayfaring. Not like A Woman in London, which is about journey all around the world, this weblog is about only one place.
It covers nice escapes within the Golden State, and it has a deal with all issues city, nature, and meals.
When you’re thinking about California journey, I’d love so that you can go to, subscribe, and comply with me on social media (Instagram, Fb, YouTube, Pinterest, TikTok, Twitter). When you’re not, I wager you recognize somebody who’s. I’d love so that you can inform them about it.
I’ve been working laborious on it, and I’d respect any assist you’d be keen to present now that I’ve formally introduced the launch.
So what does all this imply for the A Woman in London weblog? It’s nonetheless going to be the identical because it all the time has been. You’ll proceed to get the perfect of pretty London and delightful journey right here and on my social media channels and publication.
I’m enthusiastic about this new chapter, and I need to thanks for all of your assist alongside the way in which. The A Woman in London weblog wouldn’t be the place it’s with out you, and I respect all you’ve completed for it over the past 15 years.
Right here’s to the following 15 and all of the thrilling issues they’ll carry!
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