London

March 26, 2007 - Monday

london I've been in London for about a month, and my fan suggested that I write a blog to prove I am here and have not simply run off again with the Swede again... thanks Mum... I arrived at about 7pm one night and went to find a place to satisfy my tatsebuds which had been a little bored for the last few months. I found myself drawn to the golden arches and a burger from heaven, it was a moment. I met up with Andre an Irish guy who was kind enough to put me up for a week or so on a 5 star couch until I could find some accommodation of my own. The Irish guys who lived there were all Lawyers and therefore a whole heap of fun, we played spin the litigation... Kidding... it was great to be able to have a place to go and people to show me how London works. I went to Andre's Church in the city, I was amazed to realise that this was by far the oldest building I had ever been in. The church was called St Helens and was many 100's of years old and full of just as old dead people's coffin/grave/crypt things. The people there are great and I have been hanging out with a few of them which has been a good lot of fun. After staying there for a week and a bit I found a cheapish place nearby to stay for a month or two. The price is £65 a week which sounds alright except if you translate that in to Aussie dollars. Its about $150 a week and only for a small room with a slightly broken bed, unfortunately that is about the best you can do on a budget. Speaking of cash, for comparative purposes a bigMac meal is £4 which equals $10au compared to the normal price of $6 back home... but all in all London is an amazing town, seeing the history of the country that founded Australia is quite cool. There are a million things to do and alot of great people to meet. I've been to a couple of bands playing in the local pubs and it feels alot like home. Finding a quick job came to be slightly harder than I anticipated, I then got introduced to the wonderful world of medical trials. For 2 weeks "work" I am getting paid £1400 or $3300 for basically doing nothing except for taking a asthma medicine once a day, giving a bit of blood and a heart test thing. So instead of working twice as long for half the money I have the most part of the day free and girls in nurses outfits keep telling me to take my shirt off. Overall I'm happy this came up, I was a little worried about dying on the street due to lack of funds. It seems God is still looking after me which is always a good thing. Once the payment comes in for this i plan to be doing a bit of tourist like activities around parts of Europe, the air fares here are ridiculous. I can fly to many European airports for 1penny and £20-£30 tax. I am looking to visit a friend in France right on the German border, I am looking forward to that. Thats that for the moment... James