First Day and Friday

Where to begin? First off, I should start with my transatlantic flight.

I left SA at around 10:30 in the morning, which was fine. Made it to Atlanta around 1:30 that time. I was feeling a bit sad - so I called Ricky and my mom, had a little cry, ate some chinese food and boarded the plane. I sat next to a nice, quiet British lady and slept a bit. I also watched "Made of Honor," which I don't really recommend - it might have been a bit too much. I finally made it to London around 6:30 in the morning called my mom and Ricky - cried a little more - then grabbed my luggage (which weighed altoghether about 110 lbs.) and waited until 9:30 for Rachel, our program director to pick us up.

Man, was I tired! Luckily there were two other girls at the airport with me, equally as tired. One, Lesley is from San Antonio studying at Westminster here, the other is Katherine from Atlanta, also at Westminster.

We got on the bus and headed over to Heathrow airport to pick up the others. Once we did that we went over to the hotel, unloaded and grabbed lunch. Then we went on a bus tour of London - not one of those on a double decker, just a mini-bus, but I didn't bring my camera (shoot! But I figured I would be here for 3 months, so it was OK). And that was pretty much the day. The other girls seemed really nice, and two of them were living in the same building as I am, so that was good.

DAY TWO

I didn't sleep as well that night as I would have liked, so Friday seemed to drag on a bit. Jet lag, you know. Anywho, the plan for the day was to take a ferry and sight see a bit, then get off at the Tower of London for a little exploring. Both were amazing. It's amazing being in a city so modern, yet so old and preserved. The Tower was really interesting and a great bonding experience for everyone. I saw torture devices, where royalty lived and the Crown Jewels. It was awesome.

We then had a "Tube" lesson. Even though London a huge, really confusing city, their underground is really simple! And clean, the cleanest subways I have ever seen. So far I think I've gotten the hang of everything on the tube.

After that, to end the day, we all got together for a nice dinner at this restaurant called Grumbles - it was so nice! A really quaint pub-like place with excellent food. I decided to get something British, so I went with Cottage Pie. All it is really is mashed potatoes baked on top of ground meat. It was pretty good - and yall know how I love potatoes, so that was nice. And for dessert - yoghurt (Yes, with an "h"). And then we were off to bed! Stay tuned for the weekend!

P.S. My photos from these days are all on facebook, so if you can't see them, let me know and I'll set up another image account on Flickr so you can see everything!