Saturday, January 17, 2009

First London Post

Today was my first full day in London. Things are really hectic right now, and we haven’t even started school yet! (But we have 90 pages of reading due Monday, so I guess tomorrow will be devoted to that.)

Yesterday wasn’t the greatest. It was nice to get to London, but the flight over was long and uncomfortable and I got a cold that got worse when we reached the Highbury Centre (the guesthouse where we’re staying) because it was really, really dusty. But I cleaned part of Adam’s and my room and went to bed at 8:30, so that helped. And we had a lot of issues with internet, but we got that more or less resolved too.

Today, we spent the whole day walking around London. It was pretty cool. Actually, it was VERY cool. We went on the Underground and got to go through King’s Cross!!! (We didn’t get off, but we went through the station.) Then we saw some sweet places like St. Paul’s cathedral. We even got to ride on the top floor of a red double decker bus! Then we had lunch in this one park. Steve, Zeke, and I split a loaf of bread and some cheese, and I also had an apple and a Dr. Pepper (which tastes slightly different than in America). After lunch, we went across the Thames and saw the following places (but didn’t go in any of them):

The Globe Theatre
The Houses of Parliament
Big Ben
The London Eye

So yeah. It was pretty fantastic. We ended the day with a photo shoot in front of Buckingham Palace. It feels really weird to type that, by the way. Seriously. I didn’t bring my camera with me because A), I wanted to see these cool places for the first time without looking through a tiny screen, B) I knew we’d revisit all these places several times later on and C), I left my camera in my room at the Highbury. Oh well. Even if I had it with me, I wouldn’t have taken pictures for reasons A and B anyways.

So far, I’ve got mixed feelings about this whole London business. On one hand, it’s ridiculously exciting, because we get to do all these awesome things. On another hand, it’s ridiculously depressing, because I miss Emily, my family, and my friends, and I have limited access to them for a long time. It’s ridiculously terrifying, because we have all this work to do (like 90 pages of reading due Monday). It’s ridiculously exhausting, because we’ll be doing a LOT of walking. And it’s ridiculously interesting to learn new things. So basically, it’s just ridiculously ridiculous.

Well, right now it’s 10:54 and I have a lot I want to do tonight, including getting a good night’s sleep. So that’s all for now. I’m sorry if you wanted a more substantial post, but this will have to do for the time being. I love you guys, whoever you are. I miss you too. I’ll talk to you soon, I promise. Sometime in the next couple days, I’ll update this with pictures of the Highbury Centre, assuming my internet lets me. So keep checking. Later.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Dan! Sounds like you're having an amazing time over there! I hope you have the time of your life soaking up all that London has to offer. Keep in touch when you can, stay safe, and I can't wait until you come home again. Take care. Love ya bro!

Anonymous said...

sounds great so far
guess we'll have to wait for some pics
thank goodness for skype
love dad

Anonymous said...

Love your first post. Can't believe you're seeing all the things that are pictured in our London book. It's surreal. Love talking to you via Skype. Thank goodness for technology! Love, Mom

Rachel said...

Glad to hear that you're seeing some exciting things! I hope the reading went well, and that you're feeling better.
~Rachel-help-me

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