So I’ve been back here in London for a couple of weeks now trying to get settled in, get a place to live and find myself some work.

I got myself a nice new laptop (Samsung R700) so that I can keep blogging, do some work and take advantage of the free wireless in my new place, that’s right I also found somewhere to live
It’s a studio apartment in a share building so to speak, most the places in London are like this (where they convert a house into a heap of separate rooms. It’s good cause I have my own kitchen and bathroom too, but get to meet people as well.

Unfortunately I am still looking for work, hanging out for a good job I think, I have an interview tomorrow so I hope that goes well. If not I think I will just have to bite the bullet and take a shit job until I can find something better.

I did a little sight seeing when I first arrived as you can see above I visited the Buckingham Palace during the changing of the guards, that was pretty sweet….loads of people and it took forever.
I also checked out London bridge and the London tower which were also really nice. Once I get a job and some money I will check out the things that cost like Madame Tussards, The London Dungeon & The London Eye.

All in all I am still having a good time here, it reminds me a lot of Melbourne but that’s properly just the weather…totally need new clothes once I get a job too.

Leyton is sending me a HDD with TV shows and movies I have missed so I am really excited about that because going to the cinema here costs a friggen fortune!

Well that’s it for now, I know I have said this a lot but I will try to blog more often….I know it will make my Mum happy

_B

After a 7hr bus ride and 2hr ferry I have arrived in Corfu, Greece’s most beautiful island!

The island is a lot bigger then I expected the taxi took 30mins and €30 to get to the hotel, but it was on the top of a hill on a beautiful white pebble beach with clear water in the foreground and mountains in the back….very picturesque. The hotel has breakfast and dinner included and was only €20 per night

I hired a car on the second day so I could get around a bit, the hotel is nice but because it’s off season it’s really dead and the pool bar kinda sucks.
Tiny, windy mountain roads, crazy Greek drivers and right hand side driving rules…it felt like the first time I ever got behind the wheel. I only drove a little but boy I was petrified. The next day I didn’t drive and sat by the pool as I was still kinda nervous about driving so I just had some cocktails and a swim

On the following day it was overcast so I went for a drive again, this time around the island. It was pretty bad but I calmed down and it all started to come back, by the end of the day I was sticking it into the corners and passing the slow tourists on the bends like a local.
The next 2 days it was pretty shite weather and rained most the time so I watched DVD’s and staying in a bit.

I finished the trip with a few good days of sun so i managed to getr some beach time in, however people beaches kinda suck compared to sandy ones but it was still really nice. The water on the other hand is beyond freezing, I doubt anyone could stay in it longer then 10mins or so.

Back to London tonight, I got a cheap flight with EasyJet so it will only take a few hours. As most of you that I have emailed or chatted to know…I am now broke as, so I am going to be working pretty hardcore once I get to London. I plan to get a laptop so I can keep up to date and do some web work from home and finally get my photos online.

I hope everyone has enjoyed the first leg of my World Tour (as if anyone really reads this crap anyhow) and I will hopefully speak/chat to you all personally soon.

Cheers

_B

Come visit Greece in a few years, they should be finished by then!

Seriously though all the buildings are half finished or are open but the 2nd floor is all exposed cement and steel…very strange, maybe they ran out of concrete, it looks like they use a bit.

Had some really nice food here in Athens, better then I expected as the entire city is dirty and decrepit. The people however are really wonderful and very helpful. Everything obviously is in Greek and unlike the other countries they are a different alphabet so trying to find a street would be impossible without asking someone.

On the second day I visited the Acropolis and a few other local monuments and ruins. Sure they were great but either I have seen too many now or they just don’t stand up to Rome because I was not impressed. They were doing a lot of restoration work and most things at the Acropolis were covered in scaffolding, so it kinda took the wow factor away.

I did visit the original Olympic Stadium from the first modern games of 1906 and it was pretty much in pristine condition…because it was all concrete.

I head for Corfu Island soon so I really can’t wait for that, I know all I have been doing is holidaying but I am beat. A week in the sun will do me good before I head back to London.

_B

Just finished my 16hr ferry across the Mediterranean to Greece and then train ride to Athens.
Arrived in Bari, Italy late and didn’t have long before the ferry left and the cabbie knew it, he raced through the grid locked town pulling his mirrors in and racing along small streets with only centimeters to spare. I gave him a sweet tip for his troubles

Ferry was pretty good, but there was about 30 students on board and wouldn’t shut the fuck up all night so I didn’t get any sleep until the morning when I had to move out to a chair….was not happy at all.

I totally should have got a cabin.

_B

Flying into Rome was such a good idea, the flight only took 1.5hrs from Barcelona and although it was on a budget airline it was really comfortable. The thing that freaked me out though was when everyone clapped and cheered once the plane landed as if landing was a rare occurrence. Leyton had told me that they do this in Brazil but I guess it’s one of those situations you really have to see for yourself.

So after the 30min train ride from the airport and a few metro changes I was at Saint Peters Square (Vatican City), but not without first seeing the funniest things ever happened on the Metro.
I had just stepped on the train and the doors started to beep and close, out of no where a man jumps from the platform into the train and the doors caught him BAM! right across the chest. He had his head and one bag inside and the rest of him outside. I stood there trying to pull the door open and he kept trying to get in not out, as I stood there i couldn’t help but notice the below sign on the same doors this man was stuck between and to completely top this off the man was Sudanese.
Eventually a guard pulled open the doors a little and yanked him back out but I wish I had my camera ready as it would have been a wonderfully ironic photo.

So the next day I needed Internet to organise my Athens and Corfu island accommodation so planned to just have a catch up day however as I believe I mentioned before the Internet cafe sucked. So I gave up and headed for the main event…The Colosseum.

The wonders of European countries are their metro systems…as I step out of the Colossus Station I took the photo below.

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