Woke up bright and early and called a taxi , took a quick shower and left Michaels house . He was already at work so we didn't get to say bye ... it was a 10 Euro fare to the airport which was in the middle of nowhere , there were farmers fields all around this airport and basically it is a former air force base that has been transformed into a smaller airport for budget airlines like Ryan Air . Rainer was stationed at this base when he was in the military , funny that the guy taking our tickets for Ryan Air also used to work at the base with Rainer and they noticed each other and had a laugh . Same as all other airports everything is overpriced even the duty free doesn't seem so duty free , shit was expensive ! We boarded our plane and as usual there were the lemmings that stand in line to get on the plane first ... funny part is that Rainer and myself both found rows for ourselves but settled to sit in rows with someone else and take the aisle seat . This is almost as stupid as the dummies that clap when a plane lands ....
We landed in Stansted which is about 1 hour out of the city of London . So we had to book our bus tickets which i booked and we were off to catch our bus . The bus dropped us off near the Baker St. tube and we didn't know where to go , i had to find some wifi ! First thing i thought was lets go to a pub , so we did and there was free wifi so i checked in and looked up our hostel address , then found the route to get there . We ate some food which was great and then headed off on the streets of London . It took us roughly 45 min to find our hostel and thank goodness for my ipod and its gps working for some reason ( usually doesn't work without wifi but it did on this day ) the route that we were sent on was not exactly a straight line ....when i got to our hostel i knew it was going to be a shit hole and it was .
Don't ever book or think of staying at the Central Hostel in London , for starters there are some staff that are working reception that can hardly even speak English !!!! you have to pay for towels here , and the wifi that is mentioned on the website is a computer in the "main lobby" , apparently they can get wifi in the building but i can pick up other signals and i even asked why is that on your webpage then ??? Regardless it was like 20 bucks a night ... you get what you pay for , but i have stayed in cheaper places with better amenities . just sayin :) Rainer decided to take a nap and i decided to find something to do ..... then i saw a walking tour called the Grim Reaper Tour and said lets go do this !
We went on this tour , the tour guide Mark Curtis seen above took us on a brilliantly described tour of London's underbelly in history . He showed us spots where public executions took place and all the spots where Jack the Ripper attacked his prey ... it was fun and Mark did a great job . The best part is that Mark is a fellow Aston Villa supporter and we hit it off . Rainer and myself were already planning to take the free walking tour of London which covers other aspects of the city and a whole other part of Greater London . Mark asked if i was going to take that tour tomorrow and told me he was doing the 1 pm tour which obviously i decided would be a great idea . I really liked the way Mark presented the city to us .
On a side note my jet lag is whooping my ass ! need to catch some more zzzz's
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