"Jolly Good" London

Well many apologises to all for the delayed blogging.
I would like to dedicate this blog to the inspired comments from Bec and Terri and Jack leading to the over burding feeling of guilt leading to this blog..

Well!! LONDON
Yip a slight change of plan to what I may have mentioned in the last blog. I think I recall saying construction was my next calling in life and I couldn't wait to start..Well shortly after that, I ended up flying to England, finding a job in a call centre and living happily ever after...

Yes I am one of those annoying people that ring you up and try to sell you broadband. Well actually for the last couple of weeks I've been stuck on the phone listening to you stupid people ringing me and trying to get to grips witht he new technological age of Broadband. But now,!! oh yes, I am pround to announce I now get to ring all of you and try and sell you my "amazing", "fantastic" "exciting" new offer!!!

As many of you may now, Melissa is the real reason I came to London. I can happily say that things are going well between us.

Since getting here, Melissa has been a fantastic tour guide, showing me around the various sights of this rather huge city. London is huge, its always busy, its incredibley happening and alive, plus FULL of every different ethnic group there is on earth. This makes it a little strange in a way. It has many English touches to it (as you'ld expect) yet does to me lack a real exotic foriegn feel to it. Perhaps it just me, but I feel it doesn't seem that different. In my limited expereince of internation cities so far, they always feel very very different to what I'm used to, mysterious, quirky and inherrently cultural. London, to me doesn't feel like this. It feels as if its the most Westernised city I've been to. It feels common, and lacks something. Like I said, thats just me speaking. It has got some great characteristics, very diverse, and the opportunities in a city housing 12 million or more poeple is just amazing. It has monuments and entertainment, it has pubs and clubs, it has just about everything.

Here are some photos that may interest you. Sorry that some have come out sideways...Havn't had a chance to edit and stuff. Love you all -RICK


Parlimentry building..can't remember offical name

Trafalga Square! just like in the monopoly game!


BIG BEN

Gaurd guy



Me and Melissa outside Buckingham palance (I think it was that palace..)



St Pauls Chapal!! Wow Paul I didn't realise the English think so highly of you. VEry nice inside the dome.