Hey hey! My first and probably last post from London. One week ago I was just lounging around my house and now I won't be home for four months. All through the last quarter at school and into the winter break while I was working I was so totally excited about going abroad, but then the week of my impending departure, I was very not excited at all about it. Then I didn't pack till the last moment, true to form.

The plane ride was very cramped but pleasant surprises at every turn. I'd never been on a plane with personal televisions so I got to watch The Forgotten, an episode of the Simpsons and an episode of Friends and most of the movie Confidence. I didn't sleep much and when we got the London the next morning I wasn't much tired either. We just wandered around the neighborhood near Paddington Station and now I've become a London pro, at least for this area. Today was fun, we took a bus tour and wandered and tried to see everything in one day.

London is very confusing. These darned "look right" instead of looking left when crossing the street still throws me off. And the shops closed at 7pm on a Tuesday. So all of that was very boring but I still can't get enough of people's accents. They're quite delightful. I even had somebody say "Cheerio." Hilarious! I ought to stick to stereotypes to and use the word "dude" as often as possible, being from California and all. Anyways, this keyboard pisses me off, cheers from London.