Thats where I am at. I’m on the outskirts of London in Deptford. I took the tube (underground train) from Heathrow to Kings Cross to London Bridge. From there, I rode the overground train to New Cross and walked to my hostel, Journeys Greenwich.
At Heathrow, before I could claim my baggage I had to go through customs. So the customs agent is asking me all these questions about my stay. He wants to know: how long I’m staying, where I’m going next, how am I going to support myself, do I know anyone here, what do I do, how much money have I’ve saved, etc. He actually started repeating the questions. So I asked him, doesn’t my story seem beliveible. He said yes, but he wanted to make sure he didn’t see me on the streets of London selling my art. Of course, I told him that wasn’t going to happen. He finally let me through.
I got some money and caught the tube (underground train) to King’s Cross. I switched to the Northern Line and went to the London Bridge Station. From there, I caught the overground train to New Cross. From there, I walked to my hoste, Journeys Grenwich. Hostelworld said it would be 5 min. walk. It wasn’t.
The hostel doesn’t look like much from outside. Actually it doesn’t look like much from inside. The guy who show me upstairs turned out to be one of my roommates. His name is Phillip. I’m sharing his surge protector and he sleeps under me. My other roommate from yesterday is named Enze. She is Italian and she is from Naples, Italy. She told not to go to Naples right now. So I think I’ll listen. This morning, I met my other roommate. His name is Nicolai and he is French. He is 23 and he loves to cook. He and Enze are here in London looking for work.
I have 2 new roommates tonight. Right now it is 8:35pm. The UK is 5 hrs ahead. Again, I have 2 guys and 2 gals. I’ve talked to the new female. She seems nice, but I didn’t catch her name. Now the guy, oh my gosh the guy. He just checked in about 45 mins ago. His name is Neal, he is from South Africa and HE’S IS HOT!!! We talked abit. He told me about South Africa, the economy, why he was here and I told him about the US. We stopped talking after Phillip entered the room, so my interest went back to the internet. Then he stands up and changes shirts. Now is it bad if I peaked? Because I peaked. And in the words of Borat; “Very Nice!!! I’ll try to get a picture of him. He leaves tomorrow.
Everything seems to be going ok. I’ll be leaving London on Saturday. I think I’m flying to Scotland. The train is way too expensive. I don’t know how long I will stay in Scotland. I’ll do London sightseeing when I get back. Goodbye for now.
