Staying in London has been interesting, I'm staying in a "suburb" called Acton. It's basically NYC's Queens/Brooklyn with a funny accent and approximately 497 more kebab shops. My friend that I'm staying with, Kat, works in a pub and it's really interesting to see the SAME people everyday at like 1pm in the afternoon drinking the day away. I thought I was the only one getting away with not working! ;)
Learning the lingo has been interesting and I've caught myself saying "Put some pants on" and getting giggles from old men cause here, pants are underwear, not shorts with legs. Confused? Me too. They also call fries chips which everyone knows, but fuck I'm tired of saying chips when I mean fries and crisps when I mean chips....overload.
I went out to a pub called the Red Back on Sunday and said "We're only staying for an hour".....5 hours later I could barely speak and was trying to hit on this really hot rugby dude who tried to shun me for not following rugby. Dude, I'm American, do you follow American football? Didn't think so. Funny story about him, I asked him his name, it was Liam, and for some reason I couldn't for the life of me remember it. I asked my friend D to ask him his name DISCRETELY and so Danny says, "Hey dude, she forgot your name again, what is it?"
Hand to face moment.
Luckily he still talked to me after that, but I doubt I will see him again after my drunken memory loss and non-rugby-followingness. Damn the luck. So I moved on to a short English dude with crazy hair. His name was Dean...I think.
Terrible decision ensued...oh well. No more drinking, til Friday :)
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
So It Begins
So I decided to start blogging again so that I can tell all of you at the same time what I'm doing/where I am.
This new "journey" (so cheesy, sorry) has taken me for a spin. When I was growing up I remember thinking all I ever wanted to do was work for corporate America (Stoooopid), live in New York City (greatest decision of my life), and see the world (doin it doin it and doin it well).
So here I am. I'm sitting in a pub in London thinking about how amazed I am that I have finally decided to do this. After my Contiki tour in March I knew that I couldn't imagine going back to a 9-5 job in any city and be happy. New York was everything I wanted it to be but for some reason I always felt so restless and kept thinking that "This CANNOT possibly be it." Maybe I'm ungrateful, maybe I'm crazy...or maybe I just know the secret to life. ;) j/k
It's really hard to explain to people who don't want this type of life (No home, no car, no job..etc) but in a nutshell...I've never felt so free in my life. Sure, there are days when I'm in a pissy mood, I'm tired, I'm hungover, I'm sad....blah blah blah all the negative things are still present, but in the end I know that I'm doing the right thing for me. I'm still happier than if I would have stayed put and just settled.
I have already met some of the most interesting and amazing people you could imagine and I can't wait to meet more. After going to Greece last week I was 100% sure that this is what I need to be doing. There were so many people there who had been traveling for so long and were so happy with their decision. Numerous people were parking it in Santorini for the summer to work and play and I think that next summer I shall do the same.
I leave for Sydney on the 30th so I have like 10 days here in London and can't decide what to do with myself. To be honest I'm a bit exhausted and want to sleep for 10 days, but there is an offer for a trip to Scotland and then an itch to head to Spain...all so freaking cheap it makes me sick. $60 plane ticket to both (give or take) and hostels for like $10 a night. Then again, I'm going to be sightseeing Sydney for 2 weeks and then moving to Brisbane so wont be "settled" for a while so I'm thinking I should take this time to rest up.
Hope you are all doing well, and I hope that you all keep reading my blog. I will try to update as much as possible with any interesting stories.
This new "journey" (so cheesy, sorry) has taken me for a spin. When I was growing up I remember thinking all I ever wanted to do was work for corporate America (Stoooopid), live in New York City (greatest decision of my life), and see the world (doin it doin it and doin it well).
So here I am. I'm sitting in a pub in London thinking about how amazed I am that I have finally decided to do this. After my Contiki tour in March I knew that I couldn't imagine going back to a 9-5 job in any city and be happy. New York was everything I wanted it to be but for some reason I always felt so restless and kept thinking that "This CANNOT possibly be it." Maybe I'm ungrateful, maybe I'm crazy...or maybe I just know the secret to life. ;) j/k
It's really hard to explain to people who don't want this type of life (No home, no car, no job..etc) but in a nutshell...I've never felt so free in my life. Sure, there are days when I'm in a pissy mood, I'm tired, I'm hungover, I'm sad....blah blah blah all the negative things are still present, but in the end I know that I'm doing the right thing for me. I'm still happier than if I would have stayed put and just settled.
I have already met some of the most interesting and amazing people you could imagine and I can't wait to meet more. After going to Greece last week I was 100% sure that this is what I need to be doing. There were so many people there who had been traveling for so long and were so happy with their decision. Numerous people were parking it in Santorini for the summer to work and play and I think that next summer I shall do the same.
I leave for Sydney on the 30th so I have like 10 days here in London and can't decide what to do with myself. To be honest I'm a bit exhausted and want to sleep for 10 days, but there is an offer for a trip to Scotland and then an itch to head to Spain...all so freaking cheap it makes me sick. $60 plane ticket to both (give or take) and hostels for like $10 a night. Then again, I'm going to be sightseeing Sydney for 2 weeks and then moving to Brisbane so wont be "settled" for a while so I'm thinking I should take this time to rest up.
Hope you are all doing well, and I hope that you all keep reading my blog. I will try to update as much as possible with any interesting stories.
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