I had just got off the double decker bus in London after a rain storm & walking along the street I notice the guy in front of me start to run (he got out just in time) as I see a truck come around the corner & through a huge puddle which splashed up & covered me from head to toe in mucky, dirty street water. Yuck!!! It all happened so quick & I had no-where to go, stuck between the road & the building. It was a good laugh for all those who witnessed & what else can you do in those situations except laugh!
That night I had to clean myself (this was before we found showers at Kings Cross station) so we found a lane way & Kyle punched holes in a plastic water bottle & tipped it over me while I washed myself, a real bush shower, it was very funny, especially when some-one walked past!
Trying to live on £20 a day in London is quite a challenge but a good exercise for future travel & living experiences. Thank goodness for Whetherspoons & their cheap meals, 2 for £5.50, so 2 meals a day & a bus ticket each & the budget's gone. So lots of sitting in parks, reading & juggling (I'm getting better, slowly!).
It's certainly a good time for Kyle & I to really get to know each other! I think that's good.
We lost our fantastic sleeping spot we had found in a quiet dead-end lane where we spent a week of uninterupted nights & mornings until the neighbours confronted us & told us we had better move on or they'll have to inform the authorities. It was a shame as we were very comfortable & felt safe in our little corner of outer London.
It is really hard to find a good sleeping spot where you don't get woken up early by the local traffic, I'm always waking Kyle saying, "we have to get going there's too many people" & he replies, "where I havn't seen anyone", "No that's cause you're asleep!"
He hates waking up early & hates me draging him off to see stuff, (that's because the only stuff to see has to be free & that's more galleries & museums!!!) & I've said it before "there's only so much you can see & take in".
But I want to make the most of London while we're here!
We did get to the TATE MODERN, (I see where Inveresk, (Tas) got their achitecture ideas from, it's exactly the same, nothing's new is it?) & what we saw of it was great, some really interesting contempory art.
Next I hope to go to Shakespeare's Globe & for £5 you can stand for 2hrs & see a play, but I reckon it would be worth the experience, if my legs hold out!
& I'm still to get to Portobello Market, gotta have a look!
We went & hung out at SOHO, gay paradise! Some nice little boys there! & managed to have a fantastic avo tea in a fab patisserie that worked out to be $30 AUD, you just can't convert when in London it's too scary.
So we're slowly working our way around London & getting to see all different parts & working out the bus system. This place is so huge but doesn't seem to be or register as it's made up of all these little sections/boroughs.
I made a mistake earlier when I said Paris was more expensive, it was only because we were doing so much & had to pay for everything. London is definitely a killer & the money flies out of your pocket while you're standing still!
I love the fact that there are so many nationalities living all together, you can hear 10 different languages in as many minutes. Us Aussies brag about being multicultural, but it's nothing compared to London.
Not enough cheese for Kyle & he's been days without it, I'd better rectify that before he has serious side effects.
All for now, Mazz & Kyle. XXX
