London Town

Hey everyone, so now that i'm back from ireland and still unemployed (an annoying and long story so i'll spare you) I'm back to filling the time. I've already put some of these pics up on facebook, but these are from a day I spent checking out the main touristy parts of London... the first one is a church (and the hotel i stayed in) aka the tower of london. They're very hospitable. Bit noisy every hour though. The second one is tower bridge, next is I believe the tower of london...I was confused for a bit because it didnt look very towery, but i think its the bit with the prison and where they used to execute people. Dont quote me on it though...by that part of the tour I was tuning out more than i was tuning in. The next pic is pretty cool...its big ben seen THROUGH the london eye. Nice! And the last is me in a phone box. Pretending to call someone so I wouldnt look like a nutter. Pretty sure i still looked like a nutter. I actually went on that trip before Ireland, but never got around to putting up the photos.

As for job prospects, its been an absolute nightmare getting all my registration organised...dont get me wrong, i'm all legal to practice, but its taking forever to regsiter with the NHS (who are the equivalent, albeit inferior equivalent, if that makes any sense) and most optometrists arent really interested in hiring me until I can claim through the NHS. Once i'm registered i've got jobs coming out of my ears, but until then, i'm pretty much chilling out. If this takes heaps longer I may even come back to Aus (was coming back for Johns wedding anyway) and chill out in rent-free bliss. We'll see. I am determined to make this entire thing worthwhile though, but as it stands, that may mean i'll have to stay 53 and a half years in order to make it worth the effort it's taken to get here and qualify. And to everyone who owes me money, now's the time to pay up :-)
On the upside the weather here rocks! Everyone keeps saying how hot it is but I reckon its perfect, lucky i'm unemployed so i can enjoy it...