My dream life in Cornwall turned into a nightmare! I gained weight because you have to drive anywhere, the cafe only offers Cornwall pies, which is impossible, and the nearest Zara distance

Although London may be the center of some, there are too many bustling capitals for Anya Kuvarzina.

Dreaming of living a quiet life next to the sea, walking on the beach, and digging up local country shops, one decides to uproot his life with his partner and move to Cornwall in 2021.

But the idyllic seaside town of Penzance quickly dreams of art agents and illustrators.

Instead of joining the local cafe at the beach and quaint coffee mornings of new friends, Anya finds herself isolated and lonely.

Instead of expanding her horizons, she relies on cars to complete even the most mundane daily tasks such as supermarkets and stores.

Locals complained about her relocation and told her to return to London. She can’t go shopping at Zara or Marks & Spencer, her weight is because you have to drive everywhere – all of this is trying to find a cleaner or any businessman to help her make her new home.

Five years later, Anya told MailOnline that she finally settled in her new home, but considering taking action to prepare for an idyllic start, warning others.

Anya, 36, originally from Russia, moved to the UK at the age of 16 and lived in Walthamstow, London for many years.

The artist loves going to the theater and pops up in one of five local coffee shops on high street on Oxford Street and on windows.

But during the lockdown in 2020, Anya found herself trapped in a London apartment like a newborn baby and a noisy neighbor.

“I just want to escape, run as much as possible,” she said.

“This is everything with your neighbors, only childbirth, it is painful. So for some reason, I think if we run away, it will just solve all the problems.

So in 2021, Anya and her partner went on vacation in Cornwall and fell in love with the quaint fishing village.

“I always thought it was incredible and so beautiful and different from London,” she said.

As a result, the couple sold their homes and were able to buy nearly five times the size of apartments in northeast London.

Although it was adorable the first few weeks, Anya said she didn’t realize how isolated she would be in a remote area.

Illustrator spent the theater, cafe and shopping in London and was shocked to discover her nearest Zara distance

Anya and her partner went on vacation in Cornwall in 2021 and fell in love with the quaint fishing village they prefer their small apartment and rough neighbors

Although it was cute the first few weeks, Anya said she didn’t realize how isolated she would be in a remote place and instead worked hard to make friends

Anya explained that she had expected to spend a lot of time on the beach, but between doing a house and caring for her daughter, she had no time to enjoy his relocation.

“Working online every day, caring for kids, cleaning the house and solving daily problems. And, we didn’t even really think of the moment I would imagine surfing every day.

“I just got more and more isolated and actually hit the bottom of the rock.”

Anya said she struggled to move out of London without the amenities she had liked before.

She said: “I always like to go to restaurants and eat out. I like to go to art galleries and show, I like to shop, I completely ignore that, and in my opinion, I created this idea, it’s just that I’m happy by the beach.

“The reality is, we don’t even have stores here.”

The artist’s agent revealed that if she wants to go shopping, she has to do this online, as brick-and-mortar stores like Zara, Primark and Marks and Spencer will be a two-hour train ride.

Anya said: “I love cool stores, I work in an independent clothing store in London. I love all the quirky brands, but I can’t get any wise shopping here.

Artist agent revealed that if she wants to go shopping, she has to do this online, as brick-and-mortar stores like Zara, Primark and Marks and Spencer are two-hour train trips

One mother said she even needed a car to drive a weekly supermarket store and her home was too far away to take a walk anywhere, which made her gain weight on her first move.

“I gained weight here because to go anywhere, you need a car and then go for a walk when you get to the sea, you need to drive a lot, so I found myself not going out the way I did when I was in London.”

Anna also revealed that she couldn’t even get a weird harvest of her takeaway, explaining that it took them a long time to arrive and that there were limited options.

“In London, I always order something on delivery and you can get whatever you want in 15 minutes, but here you have to plan.”

Waiting for takeout here can take you two hours, and Driveoo has nothing to do. There was nothing to eat except McDonald’s Cathedral, and this wasn’t what I’m going to order.

Anya also admits that she strives to meet new people without the chain brand she is familiar with.

‘In London, when you’re in a coffee shop, you’re with like-minded people. You’ll see other families like you, and here we don’t even have Costa or Starbucks. ”

‘There are some coffee shops, but not so many. You actually need to work hard to get in touch with them, some of them are half an hour away.

One mother said she even needed a car to drive a weekly supermarket store and her home was too far away to go anywhere

Penzance locals also explained that she hadn’t considered the number of tourists before moving and found that many local businesses were targeting the influx of summer tourists.

For example, she said she would never find a regular bakery and would have to fight among crowds of tourists, just greeted on a row of Cornwall pies instead of French bread with sourdough.

Anya said: “Everything is aimed at tourists.

But the Londoner told MailOnline that while she felt like a local, she didn’t always treat it like a person, and recalled an instance where the neighbor was told about her parking lot.

Anya explained that once she started apologizing, she was told: “You shouldn’t be here, you’re a tourist, go back to where you came.”

Other barriers to Anya’s assimilation include not participating in local gossip, and the Londoner revealed she was not aware of so much rural life on Facebook.

Since Anya is not in the local group, she finds it difficult to find a cleaner or businessman to help her use her new home.

She explained: “It is impossible to get cleaner. They just want to do Airbnb, they don’t want to do it for private clients.

Now Anya is looking at the positive side and admiring the slower pace of life, disposable income and her new circle of friends

The mother added that the businessman had a similar attitude and it took her a long time to find the property, due to the short-term price and short-term sales of tourists.

After trying and not making the most of her new moves, Anya moved out of her own with her daughter and set up her own commercial arts lab agency.

She said having her little girl was a godsend, and although the first few years were difficult, Anya managed to make friends and attend routines since her daughter started school.

Anya said:This really helped me to go to school with my daughter and I was meeting more people through class.

“I’m meeting people and the more I talk to them, the more I actually realize that someone is on the same page. I met some people because they escaped their own demonsI actually found a group of friends who were in the same situation as me.

Now she is on the positive side and appreciates the slower pace of life, more disposable income and the new circle of friends she has.

“It’s not like super perfect, but, on the other hand, it does give me a lot of stability, I have a circle of friendship right now, which is really supportive and very friendly and very calm,” she said.

She advises others want to document it in London life, including basic life like shopping or going to a café, and then see if it can be copied on vacation in a more distant place to see if it works.