I arrived in London at 5:30am on Friday. Barely got looked at by Customs at Heathrow, except for two questions - how long was I planning on staying, and what the conditions of my visa were. I was expecting more after the grilling I got when I arrived for a holiday back in 2001!! Because of the time, I couldn't check into the hostel, so left my luggage at Heathrow and went into the city. Did some sightseeing, got my ATM card for my UK bank account and sorted out my UK sim, generally lazed about. Checked into hostel at 2pm and by the time I got my luggage sorted it was time to crash!! Hostel is OK - I am in a 6-bed dorm, three of the other girls were Australian (one from Mt Waverley!!),
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