What is London like??

London is a reall busy city: think lots of traffic, many people and just a fast pace of life. There are many nice things to do there and good restauants/ famous nightclubs and so on, but to be honest it is just like living most other places, there is just more variety. The nice places to visit in the day, e.g. all of the sites, are not things you could do regularly as many are of the ‘if you have seen them once, you hyave seen it’ kind of thing, where a second visit can be pointless. The magic of seeing Big Ben looming about you and Tower Bridge will be lost once you have been there a little while, although I am not going to deny it is really good at first. The parks are good, but it can be a bit of a walk to get to some of them and the weather in London most of the year is not really weather you would want to sit in a grassy landscape in to be honest.

There are some good colleges in London, such as King’s College, but they are not rated too much more highly than others in the country. The most prestigious are Oxford and Cambridge- these are both on train routes that mean you could travel to London regularly if you wished.

I would recommend an extended visit to London to really get a feel for it. It is a really expensive place to live, busy and cramped at times. I personally would like in a nearby town and get the train in every day.

Spitalfields market is great for shopping and you can go and find many vintage items around there. Oxford Street is the heart of shopping and holds many of the flapship stores for Topshop and other high street brands. The food varies: you can get whatever you like, but again it may be expensive as there are wuite a few fancy restaurants.

It is a nice enough place, but personally I do not relish the thought of living there, even though I will have to get a job there one day if I get into the industry I want to. Hope you enjoy it if you visit :)