My first report from across the pond...

Hiya everyone,

Well, I've made it almost 2 weeks. After a rough start, things are getting exponentially better by the minute. It really is amazing what new friends and internet access can do to improve moral!

For those of you who haven't heard the whole story of why I'm here, I'm working as a nanny for a housemaster at Eton College, a super prestigious private school for boys. Apparently, being in charge of about 50 teenage boys 24/7 is a pretty daunting task, so some of the housemasters here have nannies to make sure their own children are being taken care of. My lovely host family, the Fosters, found me on greataupair.com and after months of waiting, here I am. I couldn't have asked for a better job either, I work from 11:30 am to 5 pm Mondays through Fridays watching their two boys (3 and 6). Other than that, I'm free to come and go as I please, so my nights and weekends are totally free.

The location is pretty perfect also; the town of Eton is just 20 miles outside of central London, or about a 20 minute train ride. Though Eton isn't extremely exciting, just a 5 minute walk from my front door is Windsor, which is full of great shops, restaurants and pubs (did I mention it has a gigantic castle?) It's really nice being able to walk everywhere, something I definitely didn't ever do in Wichita (if you know me well you would be proud of how much walking I do!) Like I mentioned, London is just a short train ride away and I've found their underground system to be a piece of cake so I can usually get to where ever I want to go. It's a fun city to visit but London is too big for a little Kansas girl like me, and there's really plenty to do here.

Thursday night, one of the housemasters' wives arranged a dinner party for some of the aupairs here at the college and I was able to make some new friends. A few of us went out to a pub in Windsor last night and sat and drank wine for a bit (not exactly British, I know). Pretty soon, we were approached by a group of guys who wanted to know if we would like to go back to the Royal Castle for some drinks. Obviously we assumed they were drunk dudes trying to pick up some girls but, as it turned out, they live at the castle as professional singers for the Queen...no joke. Next thing we knew we were yelling out a castle window, pretending to be the Queen, ridiculing all the people down on the Windsor high street. This is all in stark contrast to my previous Friday which consisted of me wondering around by myself trying to find a spot with wifi, so like I said, things are getting exponentially better.

I have about a million pictures to post, so hopefully I can get around to doing that later this afternoon, and also here's some info on how to reach me, should you feel so inclined:

Address-
Hawtrey House
Eton College
Eton, Windsor
Berksire
SL4 6DR
UK

UK cell phone number-
(44) 750 166 7893

Email-
kelsea.rebecca@gmail.com

MSN Messenger Email-
kelseawoo@hotmail.com

There'll be many more posts to come in the next 6 months so check back about every week or so to hear the lastest from me,


Love love love love (especially to my parents, Liz, Brandon, and my bros)
Kelsea