After leaving Australia late
on a Thursday night the flights over here were pretty much uneventful. However
I did learn that ladies in Qatar like to spit on the bathroom floor. I realised
this once I had reached to front of the line. However I did not want to risk
the walk to the toilet once I realised how much saliva was on the floor.
Stacey and I arrived at our
accommodation near Kings Cross Station. The room was tiny (1m of space on once
side of the bunk bed, no space at the ends) and the Eastern Europeans next door
did not help us get over our jet lag. Especially when they came home drunk.
Needless to say we were happy to leave and head to Putney.
The one night in Putney was
so that we could use the hostel address to open a bank account. After a couple
of walks around Putney and visiting McDonald's for wifi we headed to the
cinema. This was to help defeat the jet lag that was still plaguing us.
Watching "The Hunger Games" helped us to stay up past 8pm.
The next day we headed out to
Bayswater to stay in a room with our own bathroom. Luxury! Over the next few
days we did some classic tourist things. These included heading to the West End
for the theatre ("Rock of Ages" - awesome!) and going on a hop on -
hop off bus tour of London. Also included was a trip to the Tower of London to
see the crown jewels and where King Henry VIII liked to help people remove
their heads. We headed out to Stonehenge on the weekend. It was smaller than I
thought but still awesome to see.
Also during this time I was
given a short contract (1 week) at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. Stacey
also had some success on the job front - one month receptionist job in Putney.
So that is where I'm up to at the moment.
Will give an update soonish (once I have some news to update about!)
