This is just an update on our London Living social networking site.  Our membership continues to grow and as of today consists of 142 Londonistas standing proud

London Relocation Ltd. created London Living as an interactive resource for you if you’re relocating to London or have already moved here and are looking to network with fellow expats.  It’s a one-stop shop that houses feeds from our blog and Twitter profile, as well as connects you to the London blogs authored by our Londonistas for further resources on living in London.  Our discussion forums are open to any London-related topic you wish to chat about, from things to do to essential moving advice.  Going forward, we’re adding a feature in which Londonistas can share what upcoming plans they have that others are welcome to join in on to supplement the socials we organize and London events we post, and we’re adding to our offering of apps for fun schtuff like chatting with other members and playing online games.

If you join us at London Living, you will also get your own profile page to pimp out with apps, photos, texts/feeds, and a comments section where other Londonistas can post messages to you.

As a growing network, we’re happy to evolve to meet your needs as a current and future London expat.  There’s a lot of possibility within this friendly community, and you and your ideas are very welcome here

Raise your hand if you love the UK!!!  [my left and right hands are enthusiastically punching at the sky]

If you actually listened to me and obeyed my command, then Anglotopia is the site for you!  And what a fun and comprehensive one it is.  This site is purely devoted to all-things-Britain and its loyal Anglophiles.  Are you an Anglophile? Let’s refer to Anglotopia’s definition:

“The strict definition of Anglophile is someone who loves England.

However, we use the term in a more far reaching capacity and use it to define anyone who loves England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We also include any country that Britain has touched in its long history and we regularly feature articles on Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and much more.

This website started out as a place for all the people out there that are perfectly happy to spend a whole weekend watching a British Comedy marathon on PBS. It’s for all the people that dream of traveling to Great Britain or have been there and wish to go back. It’s for all the people fascinated by British Culture, British History and above all the British themselves.

If any of those things appeal to you – then you’re an anglophile and you’ve come to the right place!”

Meet the criteria?  What I think is brilliant about this website is that it’s not just for those already living in London.  Perhaps you do live here, or maybe you’re in the process of relocating to London.  Or maybe you are like the many Anglophiles who track this site simply because they fancy England and visit it in their dreams if not in actuality.  Hence, even if residing in London is not a reality for you right now, this is your quick fix of what you enjoy and a means of getting to know the culture better in case you are preparing the big move.

It’s difficult to know where to even begin with what resources you can find on this site.  It’s bloody everything!  From expat life to vacationing to history to tracking the local news as well as television programs.  You can even find a glossary of British slang to supplement my series of posts on Speaking the Queen’s English

If I weren’t at the office, I’d be raising a pint of room-temperature, honey-colored lager to Anglotopia for their brilliant efforts at maintaining this site for Anglophiles worldwide; in lieu of that, I’ll just send out an “Oi!” on behalf of Britain’s other biggest fan, London Relocation Ltd.

London Living's main page

Our London Living social network has shocked us in becoming a successful online community in just three weeks since its inception!  Present and future expats have already been asking relocation or other London-related questions and sharing quality responses amongst each other on our online discussion forums (topics including where to live and where to play), and some members (including myself) have already started meeting each other in person at local cafes—I’m meeting with another fabulous “Londonista” tonight, in fact, to co-plan our first London Living social outing, scheduled now for Saturday, February 20th.  The specific venue is to be determined, but Londonistas on the forum have chosen the neighborhood of Camden by popular demand–seems to be a locale everyone is curious about getting to know better, as one always hears of the active and diverse night-life to be had there.

When you join London Living, you will be able to create and maintain your own personal profile page where other Londonistas can post comments directly on the page or send private messages to your Inbox (very much like Facebook, but this profile can be specific to your London life).  You can post your lovely photos in and around London, announce local events to members, and add any number of other applications to your profile.  The main page also contains live feeds of our London Relocation Ltd. blog and Twitter tweets, so it’s like one-stop-shoppin’ for all your London curiosities!

Joining London Living in no way obligates you to use London Relocation Ltd.‘s services.  The creation and maintenance of this social network is simply another way in which we wish to help out folks moving to London from the U.S., Canada, or any other nation on the globe outside of England—as well as those already living here who are in the process of settling in, or are settled and simply want to meet new friends and find cool new stuff to do around here!  If there are any questions we at London Relocation Ltd. can’t answer, there’s surely someone on London Living who can.

Cheers to you and your new life across the pond–plan it, live it, and love it!