Hello from rainy London
You may need a cuppa as this is ganna be a long blog!
Sorry i have not up dated the blog yet, but this is the first time i have manged to get onto a computer. There is a computer at my hostel with free internet access but every time i have gone to go on it there is always someone who has beaten me to it!
Well i have been kinda busy ever since i got here, going somewhere or another for sight seeing or somewhere else to get out of the rain. The rain hasn't been too bad, it's not hard or anything, just annoying enough to stop me staying outside and seeing what i want to see. The days are really nice and long though. It gets light at about 5-5.30am and only gets dark close to 9pm, so that really does make up for the rain!
So what have i been up to...
My flights weren't too bad, had two empty seats next to me on way to Singapore, didn't sleep much but flight was good. Singapore airport was amazing! So much to do in my 3 hours of transit. The flight to London was packed but luckily i was seated next to two older ladies, so they didn't take up much room and we all slept for a while so that was also good. Food was really good on the plane! I then landed in London at about 6.15am on Thurs monning and it only took me about half hour to get out... thankgoodness for my British passport cos the other passpoorts queue was massive i can see how it took Matty an hour & half to get out!!
The boys and I then went to a cafe inside the airport to catchup and have breakfast, they really needed coffee as they had to get up at 5.30am to come get me ;-) hehe.
We then went onto the tube and headed to our hostel, hoping that they would let us leave our stuff there eventhough it was earlier than we where suppose to check in. Luckily they did let us leave our stuff eventhough the room had not been cleaned yet.
We then went off, back on the tube to go see Harrods shopping centre as Ray had not been there at all since he's been here. Man oh man it is HUGE and quite posh!! We didn't have the time, or the energy, to go through every level so we just did the toys and sporting levels. I couldn't believe my eyes, nothing compares at all!! You will see the photos... The merchandising and displays are wicked, and the staff are continuously demoing products and then there is the amount of products!! I will definately go back again just so that i can see more without being so mind boggled!! Matty then had to head to work so we dropped him off at the train station and Ray and I then headed to his pub as it was now rain again and we had no umbrella. We were quite wet by the time we got there but luckily i had my jacket on. We were only going to stay there for a quiet couple of drinks, but then Danny text us and he met us there for a few as well before he had to catch the tube to Kings Cross and then a bus back home. The other reason we stayed for longer was that a Kiwi Maori guy got talking to us and started buying us drinks, he would not take no as an answer!! He was from Whanganui and has been in London for 16 years. At about 11pm Ray took me back onto the tube and to my hostel which is in Earls Court, if you know where that is, and then he headed back to the pub to his bed.
Man oh man i did not feel too good the next day!! Jetlag, sinus and hangover mixed together was not good!! Luckily Matty and I were the only people in our room so i could just veg for a while. At about midday i finally left the hostel to catch the tube (im now becoming such a pro ;-) hehe) to go meet Matt after work. He finished at 3.30pm so i had a few hours to kill before i met up with him. I got off the Tube at Green Park and he told me to go to Berkley Square... only problem was that i didn't have a map of London yet, so i had no idea which way i had to go. After walking a little while down the road by Hyde Park i thought i had better ask someone....Only in London do i need to ask three sets of people before i can find an actual Londoner who knows where things are, everyone else was as lost as me :)
Needless to say i was heading in the wrong direction but luckily not be too far so i changed my barings and found Berkley square (with Matt's hotel up one of the roads off the square). I still had an hour to waste so i decided to go for a wonder around the shops. Man oh man that area is so posh!!! I was too scared to even go onto any of the shops as they all had smartly dressed doormen and i knew i just didn't quite fit in, but it was fun to watch the people who did go in.
Matty and i then went to go for a wonder to Hamleys Toy Shop...WOW!!! 6 stories high of toys!!! Again it was as amazing as Harrods, in fact even better as there was more demoing going on and it was a lot busier, so the vibe was awesome. I just wanted to take heaps of photos to send back to Ab Fab, but don't worry i refrained myself as i would have not known where to start! I had to take some of Matt - the Robosapien, the Hotwheels car and the spidermen hanging from the roof!
After that we walked down to Trafalghar Square. Very cool place!! So many people around, then again it was Friday night at about 6pm so there were tourists and all those people that had just finished work. After some touristy photos we then continued on our wonder to find a pub as matt felt like a beer (i really didn't, as my handover was still slightly there, so i settled for an orange juice!) and we did need dinner. We could not find a pub with a spare table for ages, but we weren't in too much of a rush so we just continued to wonder down the street until we did find one quite close to rays place. The food was good, but man i HATE the fact that smoking is still allowed in pubs...bring on 1st July when the law changes!!!! My clothes smell like smoke and tryng to eat with smoke around is not that pleasant either! We didn't really stay for too long for that exact reason and we headed off back to the hostel for an early night that we both needed.
Saturday i was up early as the sun was out and Matty had work at 7am, so i got myself all ready for the day. Ray then came past and we went off to Covent Gardens for a wonder around and then into the Walkabout pub, which is a Kiwi, Aussie and SA pub, to watch the rugby as it was showing at 2pm our time. As you can imagine the place was packed with South Africans and Kiwis as it was the only pub around showing the games live... Although i won't speak anymore about the games! We were not happy chappies!!
We stayed for a while longer, had dinner and then wondered back home. This was the first night that someone else was in the room with us. But they were two girls and they were nice and quite so that was cool.
Today i have woken up to, yes you guessed it...rain!!! Again it is only drizzling, but annoying as i wanted to do Big Ben etc but i can't really with weather like this, so i'm off to the museums instaed once im off the computer.
Wow that was a long Bloggl, sorry!! But so much to tell!!
My UK cellphone number is: +447892716641
You may need a cuppa as this is ganna be a long blog!
Sorry i have not up dated the blog yet, but this is the first time i have manged to get onto a computer. There is a computer at my hostel with free internet access but every time i have gone to go on it there is always someone who has beaten me to it!
Well i have been kinda busy ever since i got here, going somewhere or another for sight seeing or somewhere else to get out of the rain. The rain hasn't been too bad, it's not hard or anything, just annoying enough to stop me staying outside and seeing what i want to see. The days are really nice and long though. It gets light at about 5-5.30am and only gets dark close to 9pm, so that really does make up for the rain!
So what have i been up to...
My flights weren't too bad, had two empty seats next to me on way to Singapore, didn't sleep much but flight was good. Singapore airport was amazing! So much to do in my 3 hours of transit. The flight to London was packed but luckily i was seated next to two older ladies, so they didn't take up much room and we all slept for a while so that was also good. Food was really good on the plane! I then landed in London at about 6.15am on Thurs monning and it only took me about half hour to get out... thankgoodness for my British passport cos the other passpoorts queue was massive i can see how it took Matty an hour & half to get out!!
The boys and I then went to a cafe inside the airport to catchup and have breakfast, they really needed coffee as they had to get up at 5.30am to come get me ;-) hehe.
We then went onto the tube and headed to our hostel, hoping that they would let us leave our stuff there eventhough it was earlier than we where suppose to check in. Luckily they did let us leave our stuff eventhough the room had not been cleaned yet.
We then went off, back on the tube to go see Harrods shopping centre as Ray had not been there at all since he's been here. Man oh man it is HUGE and quite posh!! We didn't have the time, or the energy, to go through every level so we just did the toys and sporting levels. I couldn't believe my eyes, nothing compares at all!! You will see the photos... The merchandising and displays are wicked, and the staff are continuously demoing products and then there is the amount of products!! I will definately go back again just so that i can see more without being so mind boggled!! Matty then had to head to work so we dropped him off at the train station and Ray and I then headed to his pub as it was now rain again and we had no umbrella. We were quite wet by the time we got there but luckily i had my jacket on. We were only going to stay there for a quiet couple of drinks, but then Danny text us and he met us there for a few as well before he had to catch the tube to Kings Cross and then a bus back home. The other reason we stayed for longer was that a Kiwi Maori guy got talking to us and started buying us drinks, he would not take no as an answer!! He was from Whanganui and has been in London for 16 years. At about 11pm Ray took me back onto the tube and to my hostel which is in Earls Court, if you know where that is, and then he headed back to the pub to his bed.
Man oh man i did not feel too good the next day!! Jetlag, sinus and hangover mixed together was not good!! Luckily Matty and I were the only people in our room so i could just veg for a while. At about midday i finally left the hostel to catch the tube (im now becoming such a pro ;-) hehe) to go meet Matt after work. He finished at 3.30pm so i had a few hours to kill before i met up with him. I got off the Tube at Green Park and he told me to go to Berkley Square... only problem was that i didn't have a map of London yet, so i had no idea which way i had to go. After walking a little while down the road by Hyde Park i thought i had better ask someone....Only in London do i need to ask three sets of people before i can find an actual Londoner who knows where things are, everyone else was as lost as me :)
Needless to say i was heading in the wrong direction but luckily not be too far so i changed my barings and found Berkley square (with Matt's hotel up one of the roads off the square). I still had an hour to waste so i decided to go for a wonder around the shops. Man oh man that area is so posh!!! I was too scared to even go onto any of the shops as they all had smartly dressed doormen and i knew i just didn't quite fit in, but it was fun to watch the people who did go in.
Matty and i then went to go for a wonder to Hamleys Toy Shop...WOW!!! 6 stories high of toys!!! Again it was as amazing as Harrods, in fact even better as there was more demoing going on and it was a lot busier, so the vibe was awesome. I just wanted to take heaps of photos to send back to Ab Fab, but don't worry i refrained myself as i would have not known where to start! I had to take some of Matt - the Robosapien, the Hotwheels car and the spidermen hanging from the roof!
After that we walked down to Trafalghar Square. Very cool place!! So many people around, then again it was Friday night at about 6pm so there were tourists and all those people that had just finished work. After some touristy photos we then continued on our wonder to find a pub as matt felt like a beer (i really didn't, as my handover was still slightly there, so i settled for an orange juice!) and we did need dinner. We could not find a pub with a spare table for ages, but we weren't in too much of a rush so we just continued to wonder down the street until we did find one quite close to rays place. The food was good, but man i HATE the fact that smoking is still allowed in pubs...bring on 1st July when the law changes!!!! My clothes smell like smoke and tryng to eat with smoke around is not that pleasant either! We didn't really stay for too long for that exact reason and we headed off back to the hostel for an early night that we both needed.
Saturday i was up early as the sun was out and Matty had work at 7am, so i got myself all ready for the day. Ray then came past and we went off to Covent Gardens for a wonder around and then into the Walkabout pub, which is a Kiwi, Aussie and SA pub, to watch the rugby as it was showing at 2pm our time. As you can imagine the place was packed with South Africans and Kiwis as it was the only pub around showing the games live... Although i won't speak anymore about the games! We were not happy chappies!!
We stayed for a while longer, had dinner and then wondered back home. This was the first night that someone else was in the room with us. But they were two girls and they were nice and quite so that was cool.
Today i have woken up to, yes you guessed it...rain!!! Again it is only drizzling, but annoying as i wanted to do Big Ben etc but i can't really with weather like this, so i'm off to the museums instaed once im off the computer.
Wow that was a long Bloggl, sorry!! But so much to tell!!
Overall i am having a good time, i don't feel too put of place anymore, but im still very much a tourist! London is amazing, so full of history and charactor and i still have heaps more to see!!
Matty has the next two days off so we will be focusing on finding a place to live and then on me getting a job. There are apparently really good agencies here who can find you a job within a day if you need. so i'm still not too worried about that for now. Finding a house is more important to us. I have also got in contact with Rob Ward, my old mate from school, so we'll go see him tomorrow if possible for a catch up and he can fill us in on some stuff we may need to know.
Hope this finds you all well and good!!
Matty has the next two days off so we will be focusing on finding a place to live and then on me getting a job. There are apparently really good agencies here who can find you a job within a day if you need. so i'm still not too worried about that for now. Finding a house is more important to us. I have also got in contact with Rob Ward, my old mate from school, so we'll go see him tomorrow if possible for a catch up and he can fill us in on some stuff we may need to know.
Hope this finds you all well and good!!
My UK cellphone number is: +447892716641
Love ya Lots
Big Hugs and Kisses
Kimmy xoxoxox
Big Hugs and Kisses
Kimmy xoxoxox
PS Matty is feeling a lot better, His sore throat is better - -that'll teach him for having big nights out smoking with Ray ;-) hehe
And he has managed to have some good sleep now that i'm here and that we have been alone in our room!
Looking forward to having a couple of days with him off work Mon and Tues!
PPS Pic of church is from outside our hostel window
5 comments:
Wooo an update!! Totally makes being up @1.30am worth it! :p
The pictures are awesome hun.. give Matty a highfive for rockin' the pirate ship! :D Arrrr!
When you become a rich pound making lass you should go back to the toy store and buy something cute! Oh & go to the snooty Prada/Armani stores and rock your socks off.. seriously there's at least 10 million people in London like they're really gonna care about the Hot Kiwi Blonde in the Saucy NZ Threads. ;)
Very cool to see you and Danny together.. with your drink-buying bro of course.
Glad both you and Matty are feeling better. :) Sucks that you aren't a grand richer though hehe.
Thankies for updating lavalava.
Be cool!
x
P.S Thx again for calling the other night too! Everyone was stoked to hear from ya :D
Love.
Don't forget the 'low five!' with Robosapian too.
That pirate ship was totally oar-some!
Hey Team Kiwi :-)
Well life over here carries on - it's raining here this Mon morn too - so you're not missing much.
Sounds like you fellas are having fun - yep Kim you definitely have to go back to the snotty shops. How are they to know you don't have 1 million in your back pocket!! :-)
Will drop you guys a text at some stage and give you a call when you're all together.
Missing ya heaps...
Hugs... Anna :-)
PS. The phone photo was awesome - thanks babe :-)
Hey Guys
Matty can ya please buy me that pirate ship, i need it for my room, just imagine all the good times and all the adventures i could be having in that ship.Captain Charlotte Killigrew aka Aimees pirate name)wants one please.Kimmy london looks amazin, and wow that shop looks absolutely fabulous, bet ya can spend days in it.Photos look awesome, matty looks happy and still sooo cute. Ray still looks like ray, love that guy. Missing ya guys sooo much, but i am very happy and excited for the both of you, make the most of it. Love ya so much.
Will send ya an email and tell you all about ben and mothers day.
love from Aimee.
Hi Matt & Kimmy!
You guys sound like you guys are having a blast! good on ya!! i'm highly jealous. Keep the piccies rolling in, it's great to hear your news!
Take care and keep smiling
Cheryl
:o)
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