Back to work! (Long Post)

Back to work!

Oh yes, back to work, although I could have slept so, so much longer. I was tired and sleepy, weird actually cause the last few days I have been good. But okay, I went and work did me good. I had such a slow start though, after 12:00 I actually started to feel like, 'Alright here we go.' I was glad that I had to work just one day, now it's the weekend and upcomming Monday we have a day off too, nice! It was nice being at work again, the fellow workers wished me a happy New Year, it was nice seeing them again. Even the Boss came up to meto wish me the best wished, nice of her. A little update about my work: My Boss and my counselor from Reha had a quick talk yesterday and the talk ended quit positive, I can stay untill 1 Frebruary and after 1 Frebruary there will be a talk again about if I can stay or not.

They couldn't say it now cause there wasn't enough work at the moment, kinda normal though cause the year has just started. I have a good feeling about this though, for the same reason my Boss could have said, 'you can go cause there ain't enough work.' But instead they wanted to wait, cause maybe in Frebruary there is more work. But I know aswell they can't keep me on the line, working fro free.I have a few things this weekend, on Sunday there's the first appointment at the radiostation and on Saturday I might go to my Dad. About the radiostation, I will have to be there at 1:00,  I can stay as long as I want , the idea is that I will have to look with another DJ how he goes to work.

Another guy is doing the technique for the DJ, he will teach me a few things, I'm looking forward to it, but aswell feel a bit nervous. About my Dad: I have the feeling that I have to visit my Dad more often, I'm feeling being pushed aswell by my Aunt, and that's a nasty feelin, I dislike how she pushed me and let me do things her way. I told about my Aunt yesterday. How do you ban someone from your thoughts that would make my life a bit easier? Ugh! Anyway, I came up with the idea to visit my Dad once a week. I will buy him every week a little bunch of flowers, the flowers are for my Dad, just a nice gesture. But aswell to let the people know at my Dad's place that I have visited him, specially my Aunt.


Day three, London. 

Oh my God, this breakfast is heaven here, I really like this buffet. I really have that 'vacation' feeling whit this food. This morning I tried a plane donut with a fried egg, it was filling my stomach fast though, I tried aswell some of the cruesli with raisins and milk, yum I filled my belly well. I didn't sleep that long cause I was late in bed last night, I slept five hours that's good enough for today. Day three already, time flies when your having fun! All the passengers gathered around again for our next atraction, it was almost 11:30 am, five minutes later and there we went. Some passengers stayed in the hotel cause they had other plans, they didn't pay for the upcomming atraction aswell. We were heading to Windsor Castle, I really had no idea what to expect. I took place on my favorite seat, all the way in the back, the seat on the right. This seat seemed to have the best space for my legs. The bus wasn't so full that made it a bit more cozier too. Passengers were talking more and more with each other, so did I. A guy who was always sitting in front of me with his girlfriend came up to me and he asked me if I was alone, and I told him, 'yes.' we started talking further.  I saw this guy several times in the hotel and in the bus, but we didn't had a talk yet.

I told him that I was okay being alone while traveling and being here now, I told him aswell that this is my first time to travel with a excursion, I didn't even think of that I was alone while I payed for this trip. It's all fine with me. It was a nice talk we had, it felt good. Windsor castle wasn't that a long drive, we arrived within a hour. First the busdriver went to the entrance to tell that we arrived,ofcource  we couldn't walk in just like that with 124 passengers. The busdriver came back and leaded us to the entrance, there we got a entrance card and we all walked further. Windsor castle looks nice from a distance, never been here though. That's why I like these kinda excursions, you come on places where you never been, or usually never go. We saw lots of tourists and we were with 124 passengers, wow! The castle was a great place to visit, with lots of nice vieuws. The best thing was that we could go inside aswell, inside the castle was so much to see. Think of lots of royalty stuff, thousands of paintings, lot's of kitch and gold, lots and lots of rooms, stairs, and hallways, we weren't allowed to take pictures, to bad! You really have to see it to experience it, I walked there for atleast one hour and a half. 

Windsor Castle!

 I bought me a coffee and a few sandwiches aswell, not even ten Pounds. While I was sitting in the eating area in Windsor castle, a few older passengers came sitting next to me, They were sitting next to me aswell in the bus but I didn't had a chance to talk to them yet. They are two older ladies, it was nice sitting with them. We talked shortly about our lifes and our daily things, there very nice ladies. After 30 minutes we both continued our Windsor castle tour. Still I had time left cause the bus will leave again at 3:15 pm, just like we have been told by the busdriver. After visiting Windsor Castle we were free to go inside of Windsor, Windsor is a nice small touristic village. I didn't walk that much outside cause it rained pretty much, I needed a coffee first to warm up and to kill some time. I bought inside this little mall near a little trainstation again a coffee, the coffee cup was huge! I figured out that with 20 Pounds each day I can have a good lunch and a good dinner, I always try to eat something what is under 10 Pounds. It's day 3 now, and I can say I'm doing well with spending money on the lunches and dinners. You wanna hear something funny? I don't even realize it's 2012, yes I celebrated New Years but it past by just like that. It feels weird thinking of that it's 2012 already, these fives days are busy, I celebrated New Years like it was just a fifteen minute thing. Celebrating it, and then continuing the trip. 

A knight on a horse at Windsor Castle.

I can't even describe it, sometimes some of the passengers come up to me to wish me a Happy New Year, then I think a few seconds and say, 'Oh yeah, it's 2012, Happy New Year to you too.' At 3:15 pm everyone gathered around again and hopped in the bus, it was still raining. Next thing on our list was the London Eye, eeeeek!! I'm not nervous but I had that akward feeling, two times I was standing in front of the London Eye and two times I turned around. From a distance this 'Eye' is high, and I thought, 'oh well, let's just do it!' But this Eye gets higher and higher when you come closer. The weather was bad aswell, lots of rain non stop. When we arrived at the London Eye I looked at it, and yeah it's again high, so high! I thought I will just join the Family who I celebrated New Years with, cause the Father of the Family told me that it was his first time too, his Daughters insisted him to go. When I aproached the 'Eye' with the Family and the other passengers I didn't wanna look up, but I did. Dear God, it's so high, don't look up, don't look up! In one capsule of the 'Eye' fits 25 people, eek! We stood in line, well stood, we walked further and further, cause it went pretty fast. The London Eye doesn't stand still, it goes round and round very slowly, when you enter one of the capsule you have to kinda make a little jump to get in, eeek! 

Almost our turn!

After our little jump I realized I'm in the London Eye, lol. I'm in! I kinda got dragged in in my thoughts by the Family, that's why I wanted to join a bunch of people who I knew to get on this frigging high thing, lol! The whole ride will take 35 minutes, that's long enough for me. The Eye went higher and higher, in the middle of the capsule there was a option to sit down on two benches. I sat most of the time down, cause my legs asked for it, I felt a bit safer aswell sitting down. So now and then I got up to take pictures, don't look down! Don't look down! The whole capsule is mostly made of thick glass, the two glass doors frightend me, lol. It has a sign on it, "Do not lean against the doors." I surely will not do that, I stayed as far away from these doors. We almost reached the higest point, and that's for me the scariest part, lol, it feels like your in a little spaceship free flying. Looking up it made it look even higher. Although In was a bit frighten, it was nice aswell, what a great vieuw! Sometimes I stood up to walk around or to take some pictures, it wasn't that easy to take pictures cause of the rainy windows. The 35 minutes went pretty fast, we had already the highest point. I was thinking, 'Okay I been in the London Eye, it's been awesome but doing it again? I don't know yet! 

I'm in, safe and sound!

After the London Eye we were free to go for a few hours, the bus will pick us up at 7:30 pm. It was a nice time for dinner I thought. All the passengers splitted up again and I was looking for a place to eat, and prolly take some nice pictures. It wasn't so easy to find a nice place to eat for cheap, concidering that I was on the otherside of the Thames (left side) wasn't that a good idea. The most shops and restaurants are on the right side of the Thames, where the Big Ben is. I looked around a bit and asked someone how I get over the Thames, cause I saw the bridge yes, but didn't know how to get there. A friendly guy with a Brithish accent told me where to go, 'Look mate, you cross the street here and go up the stairs, cross the street again and you'll find the bridge on the right, right? Okay, thanks mate, LOL! I wondered around on the otherside of the Thames and ended up by McDonalds, my first visit to the Mac, I haven't been at one in the last days. And again under ten Pounds I had a nice meal, chicken burger, french fries and a milk. At 7:30 pm the bus was packed again with passengers, the busdriver wanted to do a city light tour, it was all fine with us. Looking at important buildings or statues all light up is always nice. 

The Thames all light up, what a beauty

The busdriver really knows this place, he drove by all the importants buildings, House of lords, Towerbridge, Harrods, ect, ect. Sometimes the busdriver stopped so we could get out to take some nice pictures, sometimes hard though cause parking a huge doubledecker isn't that easy in London. The City light tour was nice, but was just a bit to long in my eyes. I wanted to catch some sleep, last night was a late night too. Another thing happened aswell today, my cellphone died and I have no charger with me. I used the cellphone actually daily, I used it as a alarmclock or just to look what time it was. I don't have time in my hotelroom. The cellphone makes a beeping sound when the battery is empty, so I had to take the battery out. I think I will buy a little souvenirs clock somewhere tomorrow, cause I need time in my room. I can aswell use TV-text on my TV in my room, but a little clock is better. The bus tour ended and we went back to the hotel, a nice time back, 11:45, I went straight to bed. Wow, the days are going fast, can't believe tomorrow is already day 4. The time flies.