Last working day.

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Today is my last working day before starting a new life of travel and leisure.

As working days go today is going to be pretty good. Arriving a little on the late side, going for a long lunch and then leaving early to host my leaving drinks. I've worked in an investment bank Lehman Brothers in the City for the last nine months, but it isn't really what I want to do long term - I don't think I'm well suited to financial corporate life. (Hi everyone from Lehman's)

Lunch - first we tried the trendy city pub just behind Liverpool St. station, but no joy, huge queues and a 45 min wait for food. So we went to one of my favourite places in the area Old Spitalfields Market. Lots of (relatively) cheap food and market stores. A little bit like the Camden Town markets but a stones throw from the big financial institutions of the city. Recently a consortium of businesses planned to build an office block on the site, but part of the market has since been saved, see the website above for more details.

My leaving drinks started at five and finished at 11pm - which is pretty good going - we went to Hamilton Hall - a J D Wetherspoon's pub - I like the food there and the beer is pretty cheap and good, for the city.

Well here are some photos of the day ... now where did I put the paracetamol?

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Photos

Old Spitalfields Market
The huge indoor area - smaller than it used to be.

Inside Hamilton Hall
Bill and John and Me.

Leaving Drinks
Angelica and Tania.

Lehman Brothers
This is where I've worked for the last 9 months.

Comments

[expandview]

hi~hoho..
start to read your journals.... hehe~!!

[Dr.Pinaki Lahiri]

Reading your blog from Calcutta, India
If its you who has started this blog, then its a great thing that others have only dreamt of and you have done it. You must keep it up for the sake of others just because all good things later turn up to become public property stading high so that others could see and feel.

[Michelle]

I am jealous
I'd love to live a life of travel and leisure. How do you manage financially??

[Bryan]

Lehman Brothers
We are glad you left Lehman Brothers!

[rcm]

wow
i love your blog! so inspiring. I've done some travelling myself but of course not as much as you have. But I'm definitely inspired... hope I get do as much in the future...

[Ali]

The state of the interwebs...
11 years on (2013) I just took a look at the links I posted on this blog back in 2002, not one of the three are relevant now, Lehman is bankrupt, Old Spitalfields has a proper domain now, and Wetherspoons let the jdwetherspoons.co.uk domain lapse. Time to update the links.

[Home and Away]

Travel blogs have come a long way since your first Travelblog...
and TB has a long way to go still. Thanks for making this possible!