London Town

We arrived in London safe and sound on Friday morning and headed to our hostel which is a tops place less than half an our from the city centre. We spent Friday and Saturday wandering around the city, particularly the Camden Markets and adjusting to the sound of English and Australian (so many Australian) accents.
Saturday night we were lucky enough to witness some crazy firework displays. We started with the staff (again mostly Aussies) at the hostel trying to blow themselves up by burying the fireworks before lighting them, and causing them to go off at ground level.
We then headed to the council fireworks at the local park. The council was charging £5 for entry so we joined most of theneighborhoodd at the fences and actually were quite close to ground zero. The celebrations included a 15m bon fire packed with explosives which scared the life out of some of the kids watching (and adults). The reason for all the fireworks was Guy Fawkes night which turns into Guy Fawkes weekend as it is the only time of the year fireworks can be bought without a permit! 1000 people were injured last year!
On Sunday we hopped on a topless bus tour and froze our faces on the top level seeing all around London. The tour included a boat trip along the Thames which we took just before sunset (which is at 16:30!) so the view of Big Ben and Parliament with the sun set behind it was just magic.
As we headed to check out Soho on Sunday night we were met by a police blockade on Leicester Square outside the Odeon Cinema. A film premiere, yay! Some of the people waiting had been there for six hours but we just walked up and got a spot one row back, Ha. The premiere was for The Prestige and we saw Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johanssen and Sir Michael Caine. It was the real works with lighting, flame throwers, smoke machines and magicians working the crowd. What a random thing to come across.
Since Sunday we have been bumming around the hostel getting organizedd for work, getting a phone number, bank account etc etc. What fun.
Photos: What a pretty sunset, Hugh Jackman