Spirited Adventurer

Bonjour from Paris. That is as much french as I know. Have arrived in Paris and staying in a fairly nice Hostel. Sharing with a San Franciscan who is a nice guy. Arrived on the Eurostar which only takes about 2.5 hours. Was great to see the countryside from the carriage and we went under the channel and saw no fish :)
On the train I sat next to a French lady who didn't pay me much attention - she was young and I think that she was shy! And why shouldn't she be with an outgoing Aussie next to her. So I went to the drinks cart and got chatting to a guy from Cornwall who was lovely. His name was Orlando and he was a puppeteer. Yes a puppeteer. LJ you would have loved him!
He helped me to buy tickets for the train, and I found my way here. Very daunting but I have angels all around me who help me along my way! So will see how the hostel's go this weekend and I bought a ticket back that leaves at 1:30 Sunday so regardless I reckon I will have a great weekend.
By the way I went to Madam Toussad's and it was suprisingly awesome! And walked through the live horror area and had the wits scared out of me - was so funny! Also went to St>Pauls Cathedral which was awesome and lit some candles for loved one's passed. A really spiritual place and amazing to look at!
So my voyages continue and looking to do the Louvre and Notre Dame tomorrow. Lets hope the weather clears a little.

Ok been a bit of a slacker with the blogging but hey, I get confused easily and when I send emails I think everyone should just know what has been happening. Staying at St Pancras YHA (I keep thinking it is St.Pancreas!) Great facilities, but not as social as I had pictured hostels to be. In a bit of a routine - I get up have breakfast and go to Tottenham Court Rd to a Mohammed Dodgy Dan internet cafe (but hey it is only £1 per hour) and do all my emails, check out accomodation etc. then off to Nero's for a coffee. Then it is off walking around London. Chris - the shoes I got from you are awesome - no tired feet since I arrived and that's after walking around for hours.
Today I am going to see St.Paul's Cathedral, and some wax people in Mdm Toussad's and the Planetarium (only planets here not wax people). Then to Greenwich to see a share place. So a busy day. Oh and the point to the heading of this BLOG was that I have been subjected to a lot of whinges about how expensive London is and my advice to travellers or those considering coming over (or for those who would love to visit their friend!) is have your budget in pounds not AUD! It certainly helps, and saves you spending time worrying about how much everything costs. Nothing is too horrendous when that is the case. I have an American in my room and I think she is unhappy mainly because for once she is on the losing team when it comes to conversion. Welcome to the world that Aussies live in!! That's my tip from the traveller!

Just a quick post to say I happy to read that Lisa was in the bottom 3 this week in Idol. Yay, that means she will be closer to going. But hey start voting for Jessica so she doesn't go - that girl has a god given voice. I assume that Bobby got back to being his fantastic self again which I wish I had've seen if he was singing Under Pressure.
Went to an interview with Michael Page. Have a job description I may consider. (not being choosy just don't want to jump at the first thing that comes along). Going to spend some time in a YHA while I consider where to live. And going to plan a trip to Paris this weekend for fun. Not much else to report.

Well, I didn't get to the pub to watch the game. But I went onto SMH and saw that we lost by one! Actually glad that I didn't see it now anyway! Went sightseeing yesterday in London. Saw Big Ben, Tower of London, London Bridge (the new one), went to Trafalgar Square, and went on a Da Vinci Code walk. All of it was awesome, especially going to the National Gallery and saw Van Gigh Sunflowers, his chair one, and Rembrandt, Michaelangelo sketch, Leonardo Da Vinci sketch, and painting and a few others - Raphael and others. Who knew Ninja Turtles could paint so well with only 4 fingers!
Then went on a pub crawl which was touted as a 'Ghost' tour. As Allan the tour giude said, he would only guarantee one type of spirits. I ended up getting home at 10:30pm, and was a little tispy. Glad that the trains/buses are easy here! Today started sunny but is now raining and even though I don't really want to I will go out to Sainsbury's and get something for dinner. Next thing is to find somewhere to live so John and Antonia can have their room back.