48 hours in London...

48 hours it's too short to have time to visit London. So let's do it since the begining!

Departure from Southampton at 3 pm... I was at the station at 2 pm... how borring is it to wait! So I decided to go to the shop closed to the train station. I bought a sudoku book - expert level of course - and a bottle of fresh water. Maybe you won't believe me but on Monday it was really hot! I was well dressed - I think - according to the weather. Then I get into the train and did sudoku greeds during 1 hour then I slept... God save me, Waterloo station is the last stop! So at 16:30 pm I was in London. I didn't book a room so I decided to go as soon as possible in a hostel in which some rooms were available on the Internet one day before.

So I took a taxi and I had time to see the landscape. I must admit that my taxi driver drove like a crazy man!!! Finally I arrived safe at the hostel. I booked 2 nights for £24 in an clean and friendly room. It's a share room with 3 twin beds. I met Alyssa and Bonnie, 2 lovely Australian ladies! It was so good to chat with girls about girls' staff! So we took time to meet each other. It was very friendly. Then it was time to have diner... Could someone imagine that I have eaten a spicy Indian curry? I did it!!! Then I cried a long time but it was a good experience!

Wake up Julie!!!

On Tuesday I get to the Centre Charles Peguy, but they couldn't register me because of my soon departure so I must come back next Monday to have an other appointment to evaluate my knowledge of English! So I get back to the hostel to let my staffs and I decided to walk in London. I wanted to go in Hyde Park but finally I get in an other one... and I don't know its name. But the best part of this day was in the evening! I thought I would have a drink with the Australians but in fact there looked so tired that I didn't ask them if they would like to go to the pub. So I get outside, set on the stairs smocking a cigarette. Then I heard 2 men closed to me speaking French. So we chatted, one of them left to sleep. A few minutes later, Olivier and I were chating when a man stopped us to ask us if we are French so we began chating with him, Alex an American man. It was about midnight when we decided to have a drink. But the pub closed soon and the barman asked us "nicely" to go out... So we did! Then we continued chatting and Olivier left to sleep. So I staid with Alex and we walked in a little part of London. Then he told me if I can rollerblade... No I can't but I tried! Julie rollerblading in London at 3 in the morning with a stranger... I didn't really try in fact, he tracked me! ^^ I must admit that it was really funny! If you read it, thx Alex for this funny night, it's the funniest moment of my trip until now. By the way, it's true there are foxes in London city!!!

So you may imagine that it was really hard to wake up at 10 when you get to the bed at 5... Nevermind, I will have time to sleep when I will be dead, not now! So I get to the Café du Coin to have a breakfast. The manager of the caffee is Algerian and he has a perfect French!!! He told me how he did to go in London. In fact he was just in holiday and after one week he decided to stay in! What an amazing story!!! Concerning my breakfast, I took a fresh orange juice and a croissant on the terrace ^^

Finally I was very soon at Waterloo station... 2 hours!!! grrrr...