Life in England

England is not an easy country...people think that it is so easy, but in fact jobs are scarce and life is expensive...If I were you I would try to find a job before you come here. I live in Lincoln a city of about 100,000 people...you could find a job as a carer for old people perhaps? Rent would be about £500.00 p.m.for an appt.
Peter

Yes, I would agree, the life is not what people assume here. Being from Athens where people are more jovial, hospitable and open (this was my experience), you would find it difficult to assimilate in UK from a psychological point of view. I am Russian and I find that British people do not open hearts and minds that easily.
Here is a poem by A. S. J. Tessimond that say a lot in a nutshell. Are you interested in poetry?

The British

We are a people living in shells and moving
Crablike; reticent, awkward, deeply suspicious;
Watching the world from a corner of half-closed eyelids,
Afraid lest someone show that he hates or loves us,
Afraid lest someone weep in the railway train.

We are coiled and clenched like a foetus clad in armour.
We hold our hearts for fear they fly like eagles.
We grasp our tongues for fear they cry like trumpets.
We listen to our own footsteps. We look both ways
Before we cross the silent empty road.

We are a people easily made uneasy,
Especially wary of praise, of passion, of scarlet
Cloaks, of gesturing hands, of the smiling stranger
In the alien hat who talks to all or the other
In the unfamiliar coat who talks to none.

We are afraid of too-cold thought or too-hot
Blood, of the opening of long-shut shafts or cupboards,
Of light in caves, of X-rays, probes, unclothing
Of emotion, intolerable revelation
Of lust in the light, of love in the palm of the hand.

We are afraid of, one day on a sunny morning,
Meeting ourselves or another without the usual
Outer sheath, the comfortable conversation,
And saying all, all, all we did not mean to,
All, all, all we did not know we meant.

Hi Albina, nice to hear from you and thanks for sharing that poem, I really liked it and how true it is! I come from Zimbabwe, Africa, have you heard about my country at all?I've been living in the UK for about 5yrs. now...I have some friends from Russia and they seem to be more open and trusting then the British, am I right? My parents were Czech and they went to live in Africa in 1948, so that is where I was born and raised...my email is pmsinek@aol.co.uk, feel free to write to me there if you would like to. where in Russia do you live, do you know a city called Volgograd?
dasvidenya,
Peter

Thanks for the information.
I know that it will not be easy for me.. Also first I will find a job and then I will come to stay in London..
I speak and I can understand english.. I have workd as an agent in a provider and I would like to find a job in some telephone provider.. Do you have any to suggest me, maybe a list of ISP that there are in England.

thanks,
an9ela