Australians?!?!

Day 14

Today I planned an adventure for the whole crew! We planned to meet George and Anthony at London Bridge Station at one. He was shocked to find out that not 4 or 5 of us were going on this outing but all 16 of us were coordinated enough to attend a rather impromptu event. So the 18 of us get a little lost, as per usual, and end up at the London Bridge Pier.

Another of the multiple forms of public transportation available to Londoners is the clipper ships that travel up and down the Thames River. It just so happens that one of these stops is GREENWICH! Yes. The birthplace of TIME ITSELF. ...well, you understand. It is an adorable little place filled with tourists and ice cream trucks and a maritime museum. Not to mention, the view of London from the observatory is breathtaking. As we always do, the group gets split up and sort of lost, but we manage to make our way back to a Light Rail Station that will take us back to our neighborhood. I’m getting so good at this public transportation thing!

After the Greenwich adventure, Erin and I decide it is finally time to do some laundry. Enough is enough. So we pack everything we can into duffel bags and get lost on the way to the “laundrette.” It is a pretty classy place. Can someone tell me how much it costs to do a load of laundry? Anyone? Try £8. I have officially resolved to do my next load of laundry in the bathtub of my flat.

HOWEVER. Positive note. Erin and I are loitering outside the laundrette waiting for our laundry to dry when we see a very attractive man doing the same. View from the laundrette.

Once inside, a conversation is sparked and we realize that THE MAN IS AUSTRALIAN. And heaven shines upon us. He has no idea how to work the dryer and is a helicopter pilot visiting from Sydney...yadayada SO ATTRACTIVE. With our eyes, Erin and I have a silent conversation practically amounting to:

“I saw him first.”

“No, I will kill you.”

“Share?”

“Never.”

So we leave, knowing he will be gone in 48 hours to Paris. And all we get is that his name is John. John from Sydney. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE THERE ARE?

We do. We looked.