I’ve had the week off as I was only available for three day due to appointments and our long weekend so the school I was at decided I might as well finish on the Thursday. It turns out his was quite lucky as it is always an ordeal trying to pack up all our possessions and hiding them around the hostel. Even though I didn’t work I was kept quite busy with socializing and getting ready for our trip to Spain.
Damien had organized dinner with one of the other Teaching Assistance from his school, Beata. She is a very nice Polish girl who has been living in London for around 6 years and knows where to get good food. This is vital information in London as there is so much bad food. We had a lovely Vietnamese meal after being harassed by children in a South East London park. Unlike Melbourne the South East is not a very nice part of the city.
Wimbledon has started so we decided this would be the only chance we would get to see it. Mel and I met Damien after work and were shocked to see the length of the line to get in. It was about 6pm when we arrived and the last games starts around that time. We were told we would be in line for about two to three hours. This made the decision to have a picnic and watch the local tennis courts much easier. This tennis was very entertaining but I’m sure in a very different way. When the sun had gone down, the entertainment had left and it was getting cold we headed home. We were interested to see the lines of tents being set up. These are for people who are very keen to get tickets for the following day, they camp over night, get woken at 5 or 6am ready to pack up their tents and to stand in line ready for when the gates open, crazy! When we got home we sung Damien happy birthday early and had his customary ice-cream birthday cake for dessert.
Summer in London is the time for picnics and seem to be just about all we eat for dinner. We had a meet and greet session with the tour company we will be working for in Spain but were unsure if food was provided so met up for a picnic in St James Park. This is one of the prettiest parks in central London and you are always guaranteed to see squirrels. From there after eating way too much we headed to the PP office where we discovered they expected us to eat, opps. After a couple of drinks we tried to get into the Walkabout to watch the Australia World Cup match. We couldn’t get in there but eventually managed to find a pub with the right match on with some space for us. After meeting the girls we are really looking forward to working in Spain but it is a bit of a worry that only 4 of us showed up. I wonder what the other 20 odd staff will be like.
Damien had organized dinner with one of the other Teaching Assistance from his school, Beata. She is a very nice Polish girl who has been living in London for around 6 years and knows where to get good food. This is vital information in London as there is so much bad food. We had a lovely Vietnamese meal after being harassed by children in a South East London park. Unlike Melbourne the South East is not a very nice part of the city.
Wimbledon has started so we decided this would be the only chance we would get to see it. Mel and I met Damien after work and were shocked to see the length of the line to get in. It was about 6pm when we arrived and the last games starts around that time. We were told we would be in line for about two to three hours. This made the decision to have a picnic and watch the local tennis courts much easier. This tennis was very entertaining but I’m sure in a very different way. When the sun had gone down, the entertainment had left and it was getting cold we headed home. We were interested to see the lines of tents being set up. These are for people who are very keen to get tickets for the following day, they camp over night, get woken at 5 or 6am ready to pack up their tents and to stand in line ready for when the gates open, crazy! When we got home we sung Damien happy birthday early and had his customary ice-cream birthday cake for dessert.Summer in London is the time for picnics and seem to be just about all we eat for dinner. We had a meet and greet session with the tour company we will be working for in Spain but were unsure if food was provided so met up for a picnic in St James Park. This is one of the prettiest parks in central London and you are always guaranteed to see squirrels. From there after eating way too much we headed to the PP office where we discovered they expected us to eat, opps. After a couple of drinks we tried to get into the Walkabout to watch the Australia World Cup match. We couldn’t get in there but eventually managed to find a pub with the right match on with some space for us. After meeting the girls we are really looking forward to working in Spain but it is a bit of a worry that only 4 of us showed up. I wonder what the other 20 odd staff will be like. 
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