Day One

So I caved and have decided to keep a blog about my summer experience in London.

 

I started out my travels very early in the morning by flying out of the Midwest to New York. During my time not only did I phone home and to my LND expert but I also caught up on some much-needed people watching skills. It seems to me that once you leave the Lawrence Bubble it’s like seeing real people for the first time. The New York airport was full of a variety of people. I sat next to a family of four until they w

ent to Amsterdam and ate lunch with a golfer that was headed to Minneapolis. After a long 4.5 hours in the airport I finally boarded the plane but we ended up staying taxied for an hour before taking flight. As the LND expert told me the flight was easy and painless and I arrived at Heathrow before I knew it. The plane proceeded to exit and go through the passport line which only took another 1.5 hours because only 5 tellers were working (lets just say that the lines at Disney World were shorter and a whole hell of a lot more enjoyable).

 

After finding my bags I proceeded to attempt my first trip on the Underground. After talking with a very cute old couple form the area I spent my first pounds and got on. For the most part the ride was smooth and didn’t take as long as I had expected it to, which was a great relief at this point. I hoped off the station and went to check myself into the program. It was here that I received my room assignment Flat 6B (hence the name of the blog).

The building that I am staying in is right across the street from Hyde Park and I am already looking forward to exploring it in the next few days but today my main task was to get my luggage (which was very heavy mind you) up to my flat. Some of you may know that recently I had been complaining because my hall director wanted to put me on the fourth floor of my building next year (because I said it was too many stairs to climb). Lets just say karma is kicking my ass from the amount of stairs that I figure I will be climbing this summer. I was the first person to arrive to the Flat and easily found my room. I have a single and the other three ladies (from Santa Clara) are sharing a room. Unlike the rest of the people in our group we also have a personal sitting area, kitchen and two bathrooms (so I guess I should stop complaining about the steps). After a short introduction and tour of the surrounding area we ladies went go and get some food/supplies for the store and proceeded to eat dinner.

 

Sorry that today’s entry is long (and kindda boring) but I promise that in the future I will be having much greater adventures to tell you about.

 

Until then…cheers