Making Progress . . . .

Great News!!!
My predicted busyness yesterday was correct, so far I have :

• Collected my tickets
• Got Insurance to cover everything I will and may do
• Cancelled TV licence
• Made a doctors appointment
• Called and made enquiries about my mobile (need to call back before I leave to freeze my account)
• Cancelled my rent payments, and the flat has been re let
• Paid of my Topshop card, which I've ignored for the past 3 years!!!!
• Got my Australian Visa

How busy was I!!! And I still managed to meet up with a friend at London Bridge for drinks to celebrate and learn any unusual lingo in Canada. Apparently if I tell someone to get on the pavement it actually means the road!!! Wierd. And . . they have a coin called a loonie.

While I was waiting for her to finish work I decided to explore the area, pretending of course that I was in Sydney as it was slightly sunny!!! :-) and I was completely amazed as to how much stuff I'd never actually seen before.

I used to get the train from London Bridge so thought I knew the area. Nope! I found the most amazing market, Borough Market, which is full of food that smells great. Olives, cheese, bread,pizza, fresh fish, meat, burgers, cakes, jams, pies . . . . . . etc. And I randomly saw something being filmed for TV, a chef who I didn't recognise wandering round the market talking and being filmed. Apparently Dr Hilary Jones is there all the time!!!!! After I stumbled out of this in amazement onto the streets behind, I found a small historical boat docked, Mary something or other, would have taken a picture if I was on full tourist mode and had my camera, and I found some lovely pubs with ourdoor seating areas along the side of the Thames. It was great!!! OOOOhhhhhhhhh and get this . . . . . . I was shown where Bridget Jone's house is!!!!! How touristy is that. I took a picture so when I work out how to get it from my mobile to the computer I'll show you!!!!!

I think this little adventure made me realise that even though I've lived here for 4 years I haven't really seen and discovered everything as you see too much through a bus or train window!! People who take the tube a few stops when the could walk much quicker really are missing out on a lot in some areas!

Anyways, off to discover Bromley today, well the contents of Topshop and Oasis anyways :-)

16 days to go!!!!