Thu, 07 Nov 2002

author Tim	location Beckenham, Kent, London, England
posted 22:06 GMT 08/11/2002	section Europe2002/Europe/UK/England/London/London 2 ( all photos )

Wandering around London ( 12 photos )

Well, we have done quite a bit in the last few days. To summarise:

• We have visited one of Margaret's old friends - another Margaret in Purley. Treated of course to the typical wonderful English hospitality, we saw her nice place and surroundings.
• I spent a few hours wandering around the Museum of London. This gives a great account of the history of London itself, right back to 450,000 years ago. Suffice to say there was too much to look at in one day, so we'll have to head back there at a later date.
• Liz has had a mild degree of success with her nursing registration and work. She went in to see them and had a good chat, and as a preliminary measure saying that she/we might like to work in Reading, with her friend Siobhan from Uni.
• I have applied for a couple of jobs, but heard nothing back. Talking to Jade (from uni, working over here) last night, she suggested a few tricks which may help out my cause. Intend to follow this up more soon.
• We ended up back at brb bar in Chinatown with Jade, taking in some more of those evil two-for-one cocktails. This was made yet more evil when Jade discovered that she knew some of the people behind the bar. It then became three-for-zero cocktails. We also met some interesting people who we had never found before, and ended up giving us a name and address in case we ever want to crash somewhere in London, along with some tips and help on finding jobs! See, drinking isn't all bad...
• Dinner has been at the local Indian restaurant, and Poons Chinese restauraunt just off Leicester Square.

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