First 30…..60 days of moving from India to the UK

Ashwini Meena
3 min readFeb 18, 2021

*Answer biased towards London*

Photo by Jurica Koletić on Unsplash

Day 0:
- 100 Pounds from the airport to my airbnb place ! Note to myself — No black cabs ever
- House Sharing ! Jeesh — reminds me of college days
- Google Maps : Let me find the route to office

Day 1–5:
- Whew, Day starts pretty early ! Got to brace oneself !
- Everyone seem to be in a hurry
- Ah Oyster card ! Finally
- My Gosh — Super crowded tubes ! People were not kidding about this ! — What are the peak-off peak times again?
- Super quiet office ! Feels like am part-working part-meditating :)
- Wow ! All this walking is gonna make me fit
- Which part of this is really ‘summer’? …. Dreading ‘winter is coming’
- How do people walk in high heels ?
- What are these Zones again?
- Most Visited page : Home — Transport for London
- What is the right response to ‘You doin alrite?’

Day 5–15:
- Tube Culture : So many people in close proximity making no noise and bent over smartphones/paperbacks — this is beyond my level of…

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Ashwini Meena
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Perennial Wanderer : Lived in 9 cities - 3 countries. Proud LBS -Bits alum. All that 'overanalyzing' in my head pays the bills now - Data Science Professional !