Arrival to London

After, Ten and half hours, 3 movies, 1 book, and the worst turbulence that I have ever experienced….I finally made it to London. I didn’t do much yesterday, just tried to adjust to the time change. I hardly slept on the plane, so I was super tired when I got to the hotel. I walked around the hotel area and went to the gym for a little workout, but that was about it. Oh…they have ESPN here so I watched the Cal and USC football games!

Today, Sunday, I successfully took the tube to London without getting lost! I went to Regency street, which has a bunch of shops and restaurants. I went to the movie and saw “The Women”. I’ve never gone to the movies by myself before…but I guess that is something I am going to have to get use too! After the movie I got some lunch and walked around window shopping.

Tomorrow I go and look for my apartment. I am looking forward to figuring out where I will spent the next 5 months. I’m anxious to get settled. It is kinda hard being here alone…ok…maybe more than kinda! But I think that once I get into a routine with work things will get a lot better.

I thought I would share with you a few things that I have found to be different in the UK…

□ A British accent can make anything sound proper…even a toilet paper commercial. “When you have finished your bit, use the tissue that won’t hurt your bum”
□ Seeing a little kid sitting in the “driver seat” of a car. I have taken a couple double takes!Not use to seeing kids sitting on the left hand side of a car.
□ Street lights turn to yellow before they turn green.
□ Signs to show you where the bathroom is simply says “toilets”
□ Exit signs are “Way out”
□ Every stop on the tube (underground system) the announcers says “Please mind the gap” translation “Watch the huge gap between the train and the platform”

I forgot to take my camera with me downtown today, so I don’t have any pictures yet. But this is day 2 of about 150, so I have plenty of time to catch you up!

I love you all so much….and Miss you tons.