Hostel Highlights.

I came back to the Hostel again to start my life without a place... Bold. But mostly it was fun.

I went to the Green Man on Edgware Road after James recommended it to me.  I cant recommend it enough. The staff are wonderful.

Ive been there on and off for about 2 months, and because ive started this blog 2 months late, Im going to do the highlights!

I met a dude called Riccardo, he was sleeping in the bunk next to me who also had a guitar. He was learning English but we managed to hold conversations and it was lovely. He let me borrow his phone charger. After him finding out i was a singer, he whacked out his guitar and we had a jamming session that he recorded on his phone! It was great fun. I sang Eric Clapton and Amy Winehouse. Were looking to do an open mic at some point. 

I also met a guy called Rob who i kept in touch with too. It happened purely by accident, we just started chatting over a smoke and soon it turned into a fun evening. We bonded over neuroscience and red wine. He bought 2 bottles and shared them with me. People joined and left in and out through the night and it was a great night. I was in my pyjamas. 



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Towards the end... at 5am, when everyone filtered off to bed, i was allowed to control the music! And the bar tender (its 24 hours) Gave me like 6 cups of free tea. It was banging.

Not entirely sure if this was a highlight or not, but... I also got locked in the shower. It was about 2 am and after a lot of frantic knocking, a guy came to my rescue. He asked me if i "i was decent" and sorted out the lock with a coin. I thanked him, blushed, and hastily walked back to my dorm room. I heard him call out to me after and i turned around to see what was up, and he pointed to the floor. There were my dropped pants in all their glory. Only me.

I also met a guy called Uri. He was great, 19 i think? So enthusiastic and full of life. He goes to uni and thinks hes dumb because everyone knows history in depth and he has no idea. I told him not to worry and everyone is winging it deep down. He was staying at the Hilton. Told me to stop by his work whenever i wanted for a coffee.

And last but not least, in the morning, someone set their alarm for about 7. Relatively reasonable, if they turned it off. Eventually, after it going off every 5 minutes for 30 minutes, everyone was awake - apart from the person who it belonged to. We all started laughing though and someone asked them to "Close that sound"
So. Cute.