So we have been in London for a few days now. Heathrow wasn't pleasant -but it never is. One tip - dont split up to go to different visa lines! If your partner has a british passport or equivalent then you can go in the line with them. It's a difference between 30 mins in a line or an hour.
On Saturday we caught up with Chris and Danella – they have been in London for about six weeks. It was good to see them and we got to see their new place. They took us in to Covent Gardens to do some shopping – Chris went crazy at Lillywhites (sports shop – similar to Rebel Sports) and managed to get a snowboarding jacket and pants for 40 pounds ($120 NZD). We went to little china and had Yum Cha for lunch, which was nice – plus Chris and Nella shouted us – so that made it even nicer.
Later that night we met up with Bevan and some of his friends at the pub and then went to the Gourmet Burger Kitchen (NZ owned burger bar). The burgers were huge, and the served New Zealand beers Steinlager and Macs Gold – there were about 14 of us at dinner (all Kiwis) so that was pretty cool. The burgers were probably a little expensive 6-7.5 pounds ($18-20 NZD), but they were very filling!
On Sunday we caught up with Nigel and went to the Tower of London – spent about an hour looking around – though you could easily have spent half a day exploring (tickets cost 16 pounds). Watched a bit of the London Marathon – the weather was beautiful (sunny and warm) there were thousands of people taking part in the event and even more cheering the runners on from the side of the road. Later that arvo we went and played soccer in the park near where we are staying with Bevan and his flat mates – that was great fun – it was so nice to be outside kicking the ball about. Met up with Kirsty and her partner Brendan in Kings Cross for dinner and went to a lovely Indian restaurant (had the best Indian meal ever) and got to hear all about their wedding plans.
Monday saw us start to get into sorting out jobs – I had 23 messages on my cell phone from recruitment agents, all wanting a call back (one message for Carol – advising that she had been short listed for a job and they wanted to arrange a phone interview). We have a couple of things to sort out in London before we head up to Edinburgh. I went to a meeting to find out about contracting and setting up a company (for pay purposes) and Carol went to an event targeted at Public Relations people seeking work outside of London.
While Carol was at her meeting I wandered the streets to kill time and ended up at Trafalgar Square where they were trying to break the Guinness World Record for the Largest Coconut Orchestra event. The beat the old record of 1789 with 4382 - well done. After which they played Monty Python and the Holy Grail on the big screen - a great way to kill a few hours if you ask me.
0 comments:
Post a Comment