Flat hunting, one of life's few real joys...

Hi,

I saw your ad on the gumtree about the double room for let in Crickelwood. My Girlfriend and I are interested having a look at the
place. We are a Canadian couple looking to set ourselves up in London after having spent six months in Edinburgh, and the room sounds just like what we are looking for.

A bit of background to Shannon and Rory: Shannon has a degree in fine arts, and is looking to put said degree to work in the London area, but is not adverse to falling back on here extensive retail experience in order to fund her search for art-related employment. She also likes dogs and long walks in the park.

I (Rory) have a dual professional background that consists of IT and Photography/Video with a dash of bar tending on the side, all cooked in a white wine sauce. I have lived in London previously for a two year period, and I prefer cats and short walks in to the Surf (when I can find some).

As you may have gathered, we are both in the Job Hunt, so the temporary thing works for us, and once employment becomes more solid, then we might be interested in extending our stay in your wonderful household.

My Mobile number is 07960453459, please feel free to call at anytime.

-Rory

So we have returned to London after a fantastic two weeks in Greece! I'm still sorting through all the photos. We have only been back in London since Tuesday, and yet it's all blended together in my head, so I'm going to revert to the ultimate writers crutch: Point Form.

- We found the worlds best Pita gyros shop ever! It was a family run place, and the I have just been interrupted by a 17 year old who needs help picking up a German girl sitting next to him, we are trying various online translators, to a somewhat humorous but useless effect. whole family runs it at once, mom, dad, the kids, all of 'em. The walls are covered with notes thanking them for the good food. We signed the guestbook.

- I convinced Shannon to let me rent a little 4x4 quad bike for two days. Everyone, and there dog was riding around on scooters and quads, tourists and locals alike. The dogs ride in the foot wells of the scooters, it's pretty neat.

- The quad let us explore the two near by resorts, which are Hersonissos and Mali, not Harakilon as I said before. We also found a fantastic little town called Sisi. It's off the beaten-track, down the road from Malia. Sisi has a little harbor that is quite deep, and is really clear, so the swimming was fantastic.

- We spent took the bus to Agios Nikolaos, a Venetian port town about 45 mins east by bus. It has quite a skyline, as the town faces some desert mountains across a large inlet. The harbour is "bottom-less" as it's so deep that the true depth has never been established.

- Shannon was accosted by a small child at one point, and wowed tourists and locals on at least two occasions with her Karaoke skills.

London wise, we spent the day watching the F1 race at lunch time, then we went to the Camden markets, as Shan had never been before. Just the shear ammount of shoes alone almost blew her mind.

Anyway, I better get back to Hunting for a new life on the Gumtree...

EDIT: Some photos from Greece are Here