Man, Natalie sleeps so long every night. She can sleep 11 hours without waking up if she is allowed to. I just can’t do that! Anyway, while I’m waiting for her to get up so we can go to Bluewater or go skating or whatever we do today, I’ve decided to write a post about our day off yesterday. Most of the photos from yesterday are on Nat’s camera, so she will post them later.
Well, as per usual on one of our days off, it was rainy and windy and altogether horrible outside. So no rollerskating or heading off to Greenwich, or any markets, yet again. Instead, we spent the morning running errands, like writing Christmas cards, sending presents and cards home, and washing our clothes. We then decided to catch the bus and see where it went. The bus we caught took us down to Aldwych, which is right by Somerset House, where we took pictures of the ice skating rink and ate lunch. After lunch we took the train from Temple to Paddington to meet up with my new manager, who Natalie has been working for for the past 2 weeks. He took us out for a drink to get to know me and to say goodbye to Natalie (she is now doing the end of her training where I started out- Victoria). I’ll be working the afternoon to close shift tomorrow and Tuesday, have Wednesday off, then start at 6am the next few days. Ultimately, it looks like I’l be working from around 6 or 7 every day after that, which sounds good, so long as Natalie gets similar shifts at her new store.
After our drinks at Paddington station, Nat and I headed to Victoria Station in the hope that we could find the store manager, since Natalie had no idea of her new shifts. The manager wasn’t there, but we did go for all you can eat pizza, pasta and salad at the Fresh Pizza Company. The pizza, pasta and salad was pretty average, to be honest, but it was cheap.
Oh yeah, before we ended up at Victoria, there was a problem with the underground and we got stuck at High Street Kensington for a bit, so we left and went for a wander around the shops there. It was a surprisingly good high street, for one I knew nothing about, and it eventually led us past the Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens and the Royal Albert Hall, all of which we have seen, but not at night. We walked to catch the train from South Kensington, and stopped by the Natural History Museum ice rink to use the toilet.
I’m ashamed to admit it, but after we did all that, we headed back to Temple station and went to the Walkabout pub. We read TNT magazine and in the back section, which is a message section, there is always someone saying “you were that red-head chick at Temple Walkie. We shared a moment as we made eye contact, I swear! How about a drink there next Friday?” and other crap, so we thought we’d go, since it was so popular amongst Aussies in London….well, it was crap. The Australians were actually pretty annoying, we saw people drinking from jugs of cocktails with straws and it was expensive. Natalie paid more than 7 pounds for a drink. It’s in a good location- on the banks of the Thames next to the station and Somerset House, but it otherwise held no interest for us.
We went for a walk along the river to Waterloo, taking in the view, then took the train to Camden Town, where we went to Lock 17 bar and had cocktails that were 2 pounds less than Nat’s vodka and red bull. Even though we had no seat and barely a place to stand, it had a nice atmosphere and we’d like to go again. I like Camden Lock, it’s a cute little place and we can walk there from our place along the canal.
After a stroll down to Mornington Crescent, we headed for home and Natalie booked us a place to eat for Christmas. I can’t remember the name, so she’ll have to tell you. Also, she watched Jake’s band in the video. I was in bed so I didn’t see it, I’ll have to watch it today. Natalie says he was very good and she enjoyed watching it. I can’t wait. We wish we could have gone.
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