This is the third episode of London Calling, a series of posts about my experiences in London accompanied with a short soundtrack. Press play and start reading.

Last week I started with my job as a mobile executive at Unanimis. It was a dive into the deep end, as the mobile advertising business is booming. I am forced the learn everything in the quickest possible way. And I think that’s the best way. My colleagues are great too, they are really helpful and patient when it comes to employees from abroad. I also have a fellow colleague from abroad, he’s from France. It’s funny how much things you have in common when you’re both working abroad for the first time. So after seven working days and a company party I really feel in the right place. Although every now and then I still need to get used to some British things. Like having beer during lunch, that would probably get you fired in the Netherlands, but here in the UK it seems a common thing.

Last weekend I decided to go shop for some clothes. Since I could only bring one suitcase with a lot more than just clothes to London I needed some more. I also expected to wear a suit to work most of the times, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. The first time I wore a suit to work I was dramatically overdressed. So I needed shirts. But Saturday turned out to be the worst shopping day in London, of course I expected it to be crowded. But I felt like cattle on a train and it didn’t make a difference if I was in a shop or on the street. Although I escaped for a while, because I ran into one of Banksy’s most famous works in one of the streets near Oxford Street. His grafiti art piece is a statement against all the CCTV cameras in London (and probably the rest of the UK too). I also wrote an article at Spotlight Effect about the whole CCTV issue here in the UK (Dutch readers only). Banksy’s statement is pictured on the left, and if you’re interested in seeing more pictures I took in London (I warn you, there’s a lot), you can have a look at my Flickr photo page. While looking at my pictures, you can listen to the soundtrack below. Have fun!

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