We're back!!...

Despite having a population of 9 million, London can surprisingly feel a little lonely sometimes - especially if you're new to the area or the country. What seems so simple (Making new friends) can feel a little difficult, a little scary, a little awkward - especially if you're not lucky to have a socially encouraged platform to do so.

This is where this Meet up Group comes in - designed to attract like-minded people to meet up and get to know each other. Through thought provoking conversations (Not just the standard, normal ones but fun questions which give a real insight into who you are and what you think), simple yet exciting games and hopefully many laughs - you'll be interacting and making new friends very quickly. All levels of English are welcome!

The group originally ran between 2016 and 2019 but due to COVID we paused the group. However, I believe it's the right time to return. Previously, many friendships were made and we often did activities together outside the meet up. At the moment, we have our limitations but as time goes on, hopefully we can explore and do different things together.

The Meet ups are held in Stratford for a few reasons:

1) I don't charge anything to organise and host the groups, so to save me losing travel costs we do it in the area where I live :D. This has advantages because I know how to find people if they get lost and also where places, toilets, etc. are if people need them.

2) It has a big lovely park for us to enjoy on sunny days. It also has a huge Westfield shopping mall for people to visit after the meet up. So if there are certain errands that somebody needs to do during the week, they can save it for after the meet up as they'll already be close to the mall.

3) It has over 120 restaurants and places to eat, so if people want to continue after the meet up to get a bite to eat, they can do :)

4) It has really good transport links. Stratford is on the Central line, the Jubilee line, the Overground, the TFL, the DLR, the High Speed South Eastern and soon Crossrail. From Oxford Circus, Camden Road, Waterloo it's less than 20 minutes and from Liverpool Street only 7 minutes. It's closer than the tube map indicates. Oh and and buses!

About your host:

My name's Luke and I'm a comedian who's (as you'll soon discover) fascinated with philosophical conundrums, the romanticism of love and entertaining people. I also enjoy encouraging you all to achieve more than other people think you can. Whatever dream you have, chase it. Today.

And if you want some proof of this comedy I speak of, here's a 13 minute film I created a couple of years ago on my Youtube Channel:

https://youtu.be/1iu_ha3ghK8

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