29/11: Last week of Work in London
The working week was very slow with the amount of work that I could actually do very limited. Most of my normal taskshad either been finished for handed over to someone else to look after.
On Wednesday, Tim from the South Coast office came up to London so I could do a hand over and fill him in on anything before I left. It was also a good opportunity to head out for a group lunch as I have worked faily closely with Tim covering the networks in London and the South Coast.
For lunch we grabbed most of the people within out London Team and headed to Leicester Square for some quick Chinese food. Our place of choice is Wong Kei's. Its not the flashest of restaurants but the food is cheap and above all always good. Located on the end of China Town , its one place we can usually get to and from within a lunch break. After eating my delicious mixed seafood with Uton noodles we were soon back in the office.
The rest of the week appeared to be mini lunches or at least that was a good excuse. Darren one of the work collegues was taking off for South Africa, so it was a last drink with him before he headed home for a few months. We happened to find another pub/restaurant that serves italian food. Its probably the closest pub to the office, but you don't realise it is there until you actually go inside. Its a shame we didn't know about it earlier as the pool table is decent and the place is never too busy so you don't have to worry about it being crowded. Maybe a little too empty for our liking but still they do good pizza's. (The Nelson)
Friday, we headed out to the Prince of Wales Feather for another lunch, this is the place that we rarely eat food at , as its usually cold or takes for ever to turn up. Once again the food was no exception, cold..
Friday night was my actual farewell drinks from work, so after saying a few good byes around the office to those who couldn't attend we headed off to 'The Green Man'. The pub itself was only a short walk from the office, which made it convenient. Usually when we have visited it during lunch it is empty, however on a Friday night it was packed full. Not a bad place for a drink of several. I put some money on the bar for a tab and continued to celebrate my finishing up of work with a a handful of people from the office. Several hours later we decided to head off to the Beeradrome in Holborn, which was a belgium beer cafe. I wasn't exactly a big fan of the belgium beers after drinking bourbon most of the night, but I still managed to have something called a dilerium.
Got home very early in the morning, which once I got home would be the last time I would have to walk have to walk home instead of standing at the bus stop freezing whilst waiting for a bus that would have for ever to turn up.
Felt strange saying bye to the guys from work, I'm sure some of them I will see again, who knows...
On Wednesday, Tim from the South Coast office came up to London so I could do a hand over and fill him in on anything before I left. It was also a good opportunity to head out for a group lunch as I have worked faily closely with Tim covering the networks in London and the South Coast.
For lunch we grabbed most of the people within out London Team and headed to Leicester Square for some quick Chinese food. Our place of choice is Wong Kei's. Its not the flashest of restaurants but the food is cheap and above all always good. Located on the end of China Town , its one place we can usually get to and from within a lunch break. After eating my delicious mixed seafood with Uton noodles we were soon back in the office.
The rest of the week appeared to be mini lunches or at least that was a good excuse. Darren one of the work collegues was taking off for South Africa, so it was a last drink with him before he headed home for a few months. We happened to find another pub/restaurant that serves italian food. Its probably the closest pub to the office, but you don't realise it is there until you actually go inside. Its a shame we didn't know about it earlier as the pool table is decent and the place is never too busy so you don't have to worry about it being crowded. Maybe a little too empty for our liking but still they do good pizza's. (The Nelson)
Friday, we headed out to the Prince of Wales Feather for another lunch, this is the place that we rarely eat food at , as its usually cold or takes for ever to turn up. Once again the food was no exception, cold..
Friday night was my actual farewell drinks from work, so after saying a few good byes around the office to those who couldn't attend we headed off to 'The Green Man'. The pub itself was only a short walk from the office, which made it convenient. Usually when we have visited it during lunch it is empty, however on a Friday night it was packed full. Not a bad place for a drink of several. I put some money on the bar for a tab and continued to celebrate my finishing up of work with a a handful of people from the office. Several hours later we decided to head off to the Beeradrome in Holborn, which was a belgium beer cafe. I wasn't exactly a big fan of the belgium beers after drinking bourbon most of the night, but I still managed to have something called a dilerium.
Got home very early in the morning, which once I got home would be the last time I would have to walk have to walk home instead of standing at the bus stop freezing whilst waiting for a bus that would have for ever to turn up.
Felt strange saying bye to the guys from work, I'm sure some of them I will see again, who knows...
