Day One

Wow. After all the prep and anticipation I am finally here.

It's 6:30pm and I am in my flat kicking back, relaxing and catching an episode of The Simpsons.

There is so much to describe already but my jet-lagged brain is so exhausted that I am having a hard time organising (picking up on the British spelling) my thoughts enough to adequtely caputre what I have see up to this point.

When I left the airport I took the Gatwick Express, a non-stop train, to Victoria Station. The ride to the train station was about 40 minutes long. The most noteworthy thing I saw on the ride were these areas (about the size of a football field) which appeared to be community gardens or something. There were many little plats of land which were all in various stages of gardening. It was a little different, I wish that I had a picture to show you what I mean.

After the train ride I took a short cab ride to the Study Centre in one of the famous Black Cabs. The cab driver was very sociable and was pointing out various sites such as "The Ole Girls House" (as he called it) Buckingham Palace and different theater attractions. He asked me about whether I had a chance to see the Queen when she was over in the states for the Kentucky Derby -- I told him that was pretty far away from Florida. Then he started asking me about The Hamptons since his neice was moving there and I told him it was the same situation as Kentucky -- only farther.

After I got to the Study Centre I took a nap and then went out to eat at Burger King which is on Oxford Street (a couple of blocks away). The major differences between the food here and there is that they don't put condiments on the burger and they call the condiments Sause. In addition thanks to a terrible exchange rate my burger cost me $9.00.

Afterwards I went to Stainsbury (the local grocery store) and I bought 3 items...some chocolate, a small box of cereal and a VERY small milk. Total cost: $11.00.

I am sorry that this first blog is so boring. I walked around and took some photos today but I didn't bring the right cable to upload them to my laptop so I am not able to post them here. In addition I didn't proofread this because I am too sleepy.

I promise to write something more interesting soon!

Have a great weekend!

<3

~Jenn