It's been a whirlwind 10 weeks for Eva Olid since she became manager of Manchester United.
Her surprise appointment at the start of August after Marc Skinner's departure meant she joined one of the biggest clubs in England just a month before the Women's Super League season started.
When we meet in a Manchester coffee shop - an unlikely setting for someone who doesn't drink coffee - it is her first real pause in a schedule that has left her with little chance to discover the city she now calls home.
"It's been good but really busy," Olid tells BBC Sport. "It's just been work, home, work, home."
Olid, 41, enjoyed exceptional success in her previous role at Hearts - taking them from bottom of the table to Scottish Premier League champions within five years.
Despite that, she was relatively unheard of south of the border, so top of her to-do list when she arrived at the team's training base at Carrington was to explain to her players what she was all about.
"My first day I showed them what I did in the past and who I was," she says. "I tried to be myself from second one. I showed that I'm a person before a coach.
"I didn't have time to be aware of where I was. I just went there, be myself trying to transmit to the players how I see football, to work hard, that I'm going to be there for them, that I want to make them better players. Trying to transmit the key messages that I wanted the players to take from the first moment."
'That week was difficult - a lot of emotions'
Olid's introduction to life at United was far from straightforward.
She inherited a thin squad and new policy of prioritising developing academy players over making signings, while also wanting to implement a new attacking style of football.
It was a big ask. Perhaps too big. In her opening two games, United lost 2-1 at London City Lionesses before a galling 5-0 home defeat by Chelsea.
Olid believes that humbling loss to a title rival - in front of United's own fans - proved to be a turning point in her relationship with the team.
"It was a difficult week," she says. "There were honest conversations. I took responsibility for a lot of things. I think that was a good starting point for the players.
"I was confident. It's crazy to say, I was confident because I knew what the problem was. And when you know the problem, you can change that."
Olid - a defensive midfielder during her playing career, who took pride in doing the simple things well - decided to strip things back.
"I spoke, they spoke, and we knew what we had to do," she says. "That week was difficult - a lot of emotions - but going to Arsenal, we fought for each other, there was hard work. I think it was the perfect starting point for a good moment."
A 1-1 draw at the Emirates was the start of a five-game unbeaten run during which they have climbed from the bottom of the WSL to seventh.
Olid says there is more to come.
"When you are in Manchester United, you need to find a way to win," she says. "It's a challenge - how you can win and at the same time develop players and at the same time implement a new style of play.
"You need to find the balance of all that together. And I think these last weeks, we got to that point."
'The tapas bars are not authentic'
Now Olid has settled into her role, she is keen to explore what Manchester has to offer, starting with finding some decent Spanish food.
"I have to say that the tapas... sorry, but some of the tapas bars are not 100% authentic," she says.
"I had this experience in Scotland and I needed time to find a good tapas bar. Because you want it to feel like home. A little taste of home."
Olid admits she has yet to embrace driving on British roads but has become a fan of public transport.
"I was not brave [enough] to drive here," she says. "In Scotland I was moving a lot by bus and here I need to find the ways to move by tram."
And there is one Manchester landmark Olid has already visited: Old Trafford.
"I came 13 years ago to a game - as a fan of football, and what I remember was amazing," she says.
"On Saturday I went for second time and they showed me the changing rooms. The day that we play there this season, I will feel the happiest person in the world, like really like a dream."
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