I Woke Up Today in London...

So I'm finally here!! After an absurdly long, cramped flight, I have arrived in London, England. I have decided that hensforth...I will never travel coach internationally...its just not worth the pain.

Anyway, we arrived grumpy and sleepy at the University of London student center at about 10:30 am local time (meaning that my body feels like its 5 am...woo). It took us a good hour and a half of winding through metro London to get here and when I was spacing out and falling asleep, I was able to get a decent cross-section of the landscape. It looks just like the Harry Potter movies! Everything is very old and quaint. It resembles American cities in some ways, but in others, it has an air about a city that I've never seen before. That, or it could be that everything looks different when you're driving on the left hand side of the road and the traffic signs are totally strange.

As we pulled through Kensington and then the traffic-packed Picadilly Circus, I took note of the many names I knew...stores, auctioneers, restaurants -- I'd seen them all on television or in movies, but never in real life. Talk about surreal...but cool! Southeby's, Harrod's, you name it!

I can't wait till I'm no longer grungy and tired and can explore this amazing city. Everyone I've met so far is delightful...or maybe the accent just makes them seem so, I'm too tired to tell. Either way, I think this excursion in London is going to be a fun one!

More to come...

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