Many young NZeder's spend a couple of years living in London (reasons for doing so range from the need for excitement, the experience you get from living in a metropolitan, the desire to live somewhere that has more people than sheep) and when they arrive on this tiny country they spend the first couple of weeks...umm...months with their friends who have fled the country before them. They all do it - Nigie spent 5 (1,2,3,4,5) months on the living room on his friends couch and this summer was his turn to pay it forward. And I being the dutiful girlfriend that I am, had to quietly go along with it. And I did, not one disgruntled word ever crossed my lips.
Doug and Jade arrived the first of July. Despite my fear they would break Nigie's record for couch surfing, two months later they left and moved into their own flat on the east side. As a side note - the east side is turning out to be a little New Zealand haven. It was a fun, sometimes tense but interesting couple of months, it was what I thought a frat house filled of Kiwis would be like. Lots of stories of New Zealand and great food. While they were here I indulged in delicious dinners by Jade (pikelets yummm), conversations about music and Mad Men and shared some good laughs. As a house full of the unemployed we tried to make the most of Summer in London. We took a trip to Somerset House, drank in the park and had impromptu get togethers. The day they left I felt the same way my grandma did when I went off to university. Sad to see them go but happy to have my house back. The flat hasn't been the same since - I still can't figure out how to make those pikelets. They truly are a fun couple and after a long day you can always count on Jade to share a glass of wine with you. Thanks to Doug and Jade for keeping Nigie company while I was in Scotland and Portugal. He loved it! I look forward to sleeping on their couch one day.
Nxx
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