Gotta love the trains in England!

Trip Start Apr 23, 2007
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Sunday, June 24, 2007

another gongshow of a trip getting somewhere! at least i had company this time... it always makes it easier to see the lighter side of a shitty situation when you've got company!  Filip and i caught our bus no problem from Street to Bridgwater... then we get to the train station and make it just in time for the 12:08 to Bristol... but wait, we're in England and nothing runs on time here!... so we wait... and wait... then the 13:31 gets cancelled... but apparently the 12:08 is still coming... sure sure... so at this point we need food... well, Filip needs food, i just need a drink! so as we are walking trying to find a restaurant that is serving not just alcohol, but food (quite a hard thing to come across on a sunday in small town somerset!) we meet Marketa who was waiting for the train as well... she informs us that the 15:32 should be on time... great... we got time for food, drink and good company! a few pints of cider and a jacket potato later we've all had a good time and now its time to run back to the train station to catch the train.. view from my hostel room in Brighton
view from my hostel room in Brighton
 . it arrives and finally we are on our way to london... from London, me and Filip part and i continue my trek to Brighton...
 Brighton wasn't too bad of a city... i just didn't have the greatest timing or luck... i got in fairly late, got some dinner and took a shower and got some rest cause the next day was job hunting day! on top of the dozen CV's i had emailed out, i handed out another dozen... not a single person seemed really that interested in giving me a job... they'd take my CV but really that was it... so here i am thinking, well, shit, if i don't find a job in the next day or so, i'm screwed... there weren't even beds at the hostel for the weekend... and at £17 a nite that was pretty steep anyways... so i decided to go back to Edinburgh.. it was the last day my train pass was valid and so seemed like the best choice... the beds were aplenty and only £10-£12 a nite... and besides i knew there were jobs!
 on top of having a hard time finding a job, there was a wikked storm that blew in... very random, starting as suddenly as it stopped... the winds just gusting away and rains were just pounding down... i couldn't even walk along the sea front back to the hostel cause the wind was so strong... it was like walking in slow motion... kinda funny actually... i had to weave through the alleys trying to get back to my hostel... pretty crazy...
 so in all the job hunting frenzy, i hardly even got to see the city... the view from my hostel window was beautiful... right on the water, with the wind the waves were bigger than i have ever seen in real life... it was so kewl.. the hostel was right close to the pier too but i didn't get a chance to walk down it... i did walked around the royal pavilion and the lanes a bit... i'll have to come back and see the city under better circumstances...
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