The Flight and Arrival in London

Well what a whirlwind last 36 hours of my life, started with a delayed flight out of auckland but once we got under way we were all good.  I managed to sleep a large part of the leg from brunei into dubai and then a portion of the part from dubai into heathrow...I got sat by a young girl that went to cant uni and is doing a similar trip to me so that was good to chat to someone for most of the journey, she was heading onto dublin so was a big day travelling for her.

Geoff met me at the terminal and once i breezed through the customs check, this place would have to be the easiest place ive ever been to get into the country, just walk in no bag scans or anything..  Rush hour on the tube for my first taste was a good start, we took 2 tubes and a train to get to geoffs.  He headed off to work i sat down watched telly for a while and then showered up and went for a wander down to clapham junction down the road from his place, set up a bank account and then got a phone, also setting up with a teaching agency for some work next week.

The first bank i went to rejected me for some reason so had to go to another and get sorted, no biggy though, we got there.  So now im sitting in the impact teachers wreaping there free internet before i head off again, i managed to bump into a rat a guy who did forestry at canterbury on his phone outside so ill give him a text and might go catch up with him for a bit before heading back to geoffs via the supermarket coz im starving..i have to get through this afternoon without going to sleep so i can sleep properly tonight, im doing surprisingly well to be honest.

The weather here is real grim, snow on the side of the road and drizzly sleet but its all good i have to remember im here to enjoy it, its all really exciting at the moment, looking forward to getting out to monks and getting settled, got a job interview there next week for the gym managers job so will see how that goes..