Breakfast Disaster

This morning's breakfast was really a failure..we had bought garlic bread from M&S the day before and i was looking forward to hot garlic toast this morning..

We happily went to the hostel kitchen & according to the instructions, we need to heat it up in the oven..we were looking high & low for the oven heating pans before we saw a couple of them hanging..but one look at them, we knew we wouldn't use them..they looked like they have not been washed for ages..we were quite disappointed as the rest of the cutlery were reasonably decent..

Without an oven to toast our garlic bread..we had only 2 choices - to throw it away or to try heating up in the microwave (which was not mentioned on the packaging). Being the giam gannas, we naturally went for the latter option. And so, we threw the bread into the microwave..

10 mins later, the loaf seemed heated up enough..it smells quite good actually..but when i tried to poke it with my fork, it wouldn't poke thru..not even the knife can cut thru..failure #1

Not satisfied with rock-hard bread, we attempted to make half-boiled eggs..threw 3 eggs into the hot water & the 3 of us power-stared at the bowl..

5 mins later, FAQ got impatient and cracked open an egg..still as raw as ever lor..cracked another one, still the same results..we waved our little white flag up & opted for scrambled eggs instead..failure #2

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FAQ was still not feeling too good(she really fa re..at last count, she had 7 ulcers) so she stayed behind in the hostel today..in the meantime, cordell & i decided to go out to Wells & Glastonbury..2 little countryside towns off Bristol..

While waiting for the bus to Wells, this guy starting talking to us..and since he was heading the same way, we took the bus together..wat a talkative guy! it's rather unusual for the english to be so chatty..so i was rather surprised by how much he can yak..he almost talked non-stop for the 1 hr journey..

He's quite a nice guy lah..been to Sg before..also had a working holiday stint in Australia..on the way, he also recommended us to skip Wells & head directly to Glastonbury..it wasn't too idea a suggestion cos i found Glastonbury to be quite a charming place..there's this little hill called Glastonbury Tor & the views from up there was quite nice..

Back at the hostel, we have a few decisions to make..where should we go next? Our initial plans were to head southwest towards Cornwall but FAQ & cordell were quite concerned with the bus tickets (they cost a lot more than what we expected)..or shall we settle down here for a while since there seemed to be quite a lot of employment agencies around here..?

Stayed tuned..