This year in March is my 10 year anniversary of moving to London! Can’t even believe it has been this long. To celebrate I will be creating a “London Series”. I am sharing the highlights of each year in pictures.
On the 4th of March 2008 I moved to London with my boyfriend. We had no job and no bed to sleep in but we didn’t give up!
In March we had a couple of new homes after sleeping on the floor for a week at my auntie’s place. First one was in Kilburn and the second one in Willesden Green.

First bed in London

Second bed in London

Victorian window in Willesden

First snow flakes
Settled down in our new place, April was a month to explore Brighton and London.

Brighton

Brighton Pier

Cringe touristy photo

From the Brighton Pier

Snow on the 6th of April

Battersea Zoo

Carousel

Bumper Car

London Park Swan

Camden

St Pauls

Shakespeare’s Globe
In May we visited Windsor, had the crazy idea of going to France for lunch, got a tan in Hyde Park and spent a weekend in Southampton!

Windsor

Me in Windsor

Learning how to tan like a local in Hyde Park

Start of the Calais Trip

Leaving Dover behind

Escargot

Calais

Calais Lighthouse

Walking in Southampton

Weekend in Southampton

Calshot Spit in Southampton

Waiting to return home in Southampton
In June the Euro was on so we watched a fair bit of football and celebrated Portugal day at the park eating sardines.

An attempt of representing the Portuguese flag

Football kids

Watching Portugal vs Turkey outside in Stockwell

Sardines to celebrate Portugal

Saying goodbye to our Willesden home
In July we moved to Hendon, went on a day trip to Winchester where we met Tochas (a famous comedian in Portugal) and enjoyed another Summer day at the park.

Train to Winchester

Tochas

Taking a picture with Tochas

Our new bedroom

Hendon Park
In August we didn’t do much.

Shadow selfie

Cash machine in Hendon

Our new home

Tree in Hyde Park
September was a great month. We went back to Portugal for the first time to spend time with family and friends.

Quality time with my mum

BBQ in Algarve

Spending time with friends

Love toilet paper

Windy at Costa da Caparica

Ericeira selfie

Serious face selfie

Strolling at Ericeira

My brother Casper

My brother Mathias

Seafood at Ericeira

Selfie
In London we were tourists again and partied hard.

Waterloo Station

London Eye

Big Ben

Canary Wharf

Another selfie

Group pic at Cineworld’s party

Toilet selfie in Cineworld

Being silly
October was another busy month. I organised my best friend’s birthday, visited Oxford, went out bowling with friends from my new job, went to Southfields to spend time with André, went out for drinks and it snowed!

Bowling (or drinking) with Renata

At the bowling place with Disney

Bowling with André

Oxford trees

Oxford Canal

Oxford selfie

Wine at Renata’s birthday

Renata, me and André

Bron with the boys

André operating on Renata’s cake

Opening the wine in Southfields

Signature dessert

My grandma sent me some treats

Snow!

Out for drinks
In November we went to a Karaoke place with the Portuguese group and I went bowling again with the work lot.

Karaoke

Karaoke

Bowling

Toilet selfie at the bowling place
December was a busy month with all the festivities.

Guanabara with Renata

House party at André’s

House party at André’s

Secret Santa at work

Being silly at work
And we went back to Portugal for Christmas and NYE.

The love!

Table at my grandma’s

My little brother

These two!

Lisbon

Drinking tea the right way

Ready for NYE

Out at NYE for a meal
This was 2008 in pictures. It was a very special year. I really enjoyed this trip down memory lane and I am looking forward to going back to 2009.
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