Yes, indeed! Grab a hot cup of tea and join me, Alice, in my daily musings out and about London.
I am a (relatively) young Italian girl who, after much thought, countless hours without much sleep and lots of prayer, decided to make the biggest step in her life so far and move to London.
I have come to this wonderfully big city following a nice job offer and I am planning on recording bits and pieces of my daily life: from how things are going at the office to the many museums, places, parks, exhibitions I'm planning to visit (I am quite the history/literature/art geek!), my baking/cooking adventures and all of the other things which make me happy.
I come from a teeny-tiny village in North-East Italy where life is quietly surrounded by fields and trees as far as the eye can see. This is just a small glimpse of it:
Sadly, as beautiful as Italy is, the lack of suitable job opportunities and the difficulties in finding anything to support myself have led me to the overwhelmingly big city of London.
I have moved here in late October 2014, graciously hosted for the first two months by another dear friend and former roommate of mine at university. After I got here, I had several job interviews and in a matter of weeks I managed to find an exciting job opportunity as a customer care advisor for the Italian market at a major English language course provider. Funnily enough, my dream is still to be a language teacher, so I am kind of slowly getting there (eheh!).
Right before the new year 2015 was about to start, I decided that a small blogging project was just what the doctor ordered! As I sat in my friend's house thinking about captivating blog names, I decided that Kensington would simply have to be included, as it is such a fancy "Londonian" name with very much of a royal flair to it. The cookie crumb part, well... it was the perfect figure of speech for a baking enthusiast who is leaving small bits and pieces of her story on the world wide web.
Little did I know that it was exactly where the Lord would lead me! A few days into 2015, I was scouting the web for a small and cozy room to rent in a comfortable apartment not too far from where my office is located. I came across several advertisements and went to have a look at a few places.
Needless to say, the first few were all well below my "minimum requirements", and the search seemed to be getting more and more difficult by the second! However, on a fateful Monday evening in freezing January, I did manage to find the perfect little spot for me, just a stone's throw away from the office and from The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea!
I have been settling quite nicely in this new routine and in this new life, even if at times it has been quite difficult. Being away from my family, my friends and all that was so familiar and secure sometimes made me feel extremely sad and overwhelmed.
But the comfort of prayer, of knowing that the Lord is with me at all times, no matter what, and that He is actually laying His protective hand over my every move, decision, thought, is such a heartwarming feeling which helps chase the less positive feelings away.
Aside from rambling on about my life, I have also many interests: cooking and baking are at the top of the list, closely followed by reading. Jane Austen is a favorite author of mine, along with Lucy Maud Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Agatha Christie and many more!
I also enjoy knitting, cross-stitching and a little bit of sewing. I like ballet, classical music (anything Strauss would be my favorite choice), listening to history podcasts, hunting for vintage cookbooks at charity shops, just to name a few.
Being a history buff, I find myself fascinated with anything related to British history: the Victorian and Edwardian eras are my favorite.
Most of all, I value friends and family, trying to make them and the people around me happy, being true to what I consider to be my higher calling of having a servant's heart, no matter what.
Mind you, I am not a people pleaser, who will simply tell people what they want to hear in order to be appreciated. I am striving to be a loyal daughter, friend, cousin, sister-in-Christ, a kindred spirit with a lot to give and a heart to serve.
Finally, after having probably bored you to tears, here I am:
I hope you will enjoy reading my updates and please, feel free to drop me a line anytime!
