Bring on April

So this past week was quite interesting.  I somehow survived the month of March on only 200 pounds (which in London seems to be amazing considering how expensive it is).  But it was good practice since my pay check was roughly 250 pounds short, which after rent is paid leaves me with  200 pounds to survive the month of April.  However, they have recognized the mistake, so as long as it doesn't get rolled over to next month's pay I'll be fine; it they do that then at least May will be one hell of a fun month and April will be interesting. I have my trip to Cairo on the 17th and a couple days ago I set up a a short 4 day trip to Cardiff to see some cousins and explore half of my roots.  So 2 trips in April will definitely make up for the boredom that was March.  There may also be a possibility of extending my time off following my Egypt trip and have a quick stint in Norway (possibly some national Vball championships).  So there's the itinerary for April, so far (as always it's subject to change).  Another good thing that came of this week was finding out that once I get back from Wales I'll be full time in the restaurant part of the Albert so finally I'll be making some tips.  To finish the week off, once I got paid I went to meet some friends from the Globetrotter (a hostel I stayed at) and it was our friend Tim's turn to choose the bar.  So for the first half of the night I found myself at a gay club in Soho.  But that's another story... stay tuned.

17c Fairholme Road

This would be my new address as of March.  Located in a nice quiet and safe area just 2 mins from West Kensington Station and a short 15 min tube ride to central London.  There's the subliminal advertisement for anyone who would like to move in at the beginning of June as I'll be leaving London and moving on at that time.

Anyway, there's 6 of us sharing 3 rooms.  2 of Junior's Mexican cousins (sorry Junes, that joke is more for Onya) share the first floor room, 2 Aussie girls that Jenna has probably partied with at school in Melbourne share the room across the hall and I share a room with a kewl Kiwi named Joe.  I've never shared a room with someone before but so far it's not too bad since everyone mainly hangs out in the living room, which has a balcony attached.  However, that's nothing compared to the rooftop patio Joe and I have off our room.  All in all it's a good place with some fun people, brings me back to the 45 Tupper boys. 

Cheers 

The Albert

This is one of the oldest and busiest pubs in London.  Just a few minutes walk from Trafalger Square and many of the most popular tourists sites.  This is also where I work, and that being said it really makes me miss working at the Lions.  If ever working at a bar or pub in London I'm sure somewhere in the fine print of your application it reads, "Work like a dog, get paid like a bitch"  It's not what I wanted to do (for reasons I understand even more so now) but it's the easiest type of work to get and

London - Round 2

This time was much a much better start, mainly because the city wasn't shut down under 4 inches of snow.  However, this time I realized how expensive the city really is, it's ridiculous.  The first hostel I stayed at basically stole from you legally.  Once you get there you're given all sorts of vouchers, one of them being free internet time on their computers.  You soon find out that half the sites

Edinburgh

This city was by far the best part of Scotland.  How often can you walk out your front door and be greeted by a castle.  It was definitely an awesome city, how can it not be with a with a castle in the middle of it.  That being said

Prestwick

For those who don't know (and I assume most), Prestwick is a town on the west coast of Scotland about a half hour from Glasgow.  If you don't know where Glasgow is, well believe it or not your geography is worse than mine... and that's pretty bad.  First thing I noticed

First Day in London

The first half of the day was boring, I wandered around the airport, had lunch and just killed time until my next flight (to Glasgow). I go to check-in and find out it's been cancelled along with dozens of other flights due to bad weather.  I look outside and it doesn't seem too bad, "Must be pretty bad in Glasgow".  Oh well, now to find a place to sleep,

Getting to London

Well to start, the airport wasn't all that bad, kind of a neat place actually.  The plane itself also wasn't bad, the process of the whole thing was pretty smooth and the plane was comfortable. Take off: That made me nervous as expected, did not expect, however, to look out the window and see