Day 1
I have finally made if to my trip. And after a rocky start, I think I'm starting to get my travel legs. I flew in Wednesday and was lucky enough to get an aisle seat with nobody on my other side, so I was able to spread out comfortably. Going through customs was a bit scary because the lady asked for proof of exit (ie: a return ticket) which I obviously dont have. She gave me a 10 minute lecture about how I should know better and how she could send me back home. After talking for a while, she stamped my passport and sent me on my way with a glare. I managed to get to my hostel without any issues, and while having a beer in the pub downstairs I met 3 people from California. After going back to my room I found another 2 people from California, although one of them lives in Paris now. The girl that lives in Paris now(Anna) and I went to get a drink and ended up on the rooftop of the hostel chatting away. We were both exhausted from flying in that day and we went to bed.
Day 2
I woke up today with no plans and total freedom....it was scary. Im so used to having my day planned out and following a routine that I didnt really know what to do. I decided to go find a museum, and started walking in that general direction. I ended up finding a ruin of a Roman Mithras temple, the Guildhall art gallery(with an excavated Roman colloseum in the basement from AD 50), an outdoor concert performance, and the London museum. I ended up hitting a bunch of sights, but not the one place I had originally planned on going, which was the Tate modern art museum. All in all I walked probably around 16 miles and didnt really eat that much. If this keeps up, I'm gonna lose some serious weight on this trip :)
I had a bit of a panic attack later that night about being lonely and missing my friends. I am so far away from everything and everyone that I know. It is scary jumping this far in the deep end and I felt like I was drowning. I called Kim and talked to her for some time, which made me feel a whole lot better. I eventually got to sleep and slept like a log after such a big day.
Day 3
I woke up today to the glorious sounds of jackhammers right outside my window at 7:30 am because I guess 7:30am on a Saturday is the correct time to do road construction in London. After laying in bed and trying to drown out the sounds, I got up and found Anna, who is actually in the same hostel dorm room as me. We discussed what we did the day before and what we had planned today. She was meeting some friends from Sweden and going to a market a couple blocks away. I tagged along with them and had a great time. We had kangaroo burgers, fresh rasberries, fresh apple juice, a brownie from a German bake shop and delicious ice cream. The market was giant, with everything you could ever want, I am officially in love with Boroughs market. After parting ways with the friends, I am probably just going to chill and relax here before I get on the train tonight. Im heading out tonight to catch an overnight ferry to the Netherlands. This time tomorrow I'll be in Amsterdam. Im really looking forward to being in the Netherlands for the World Cup, it should be quite an experience. Its still really hard for me being on my own, but last nights talk with Kim was really helpful. Im just going to keep going and hopefully it will get better and better. Thank you again Kim.
P.S: I will upload some pictures on all of my posts, but the majority of my pictures will be stored on Flicker. You can find it here at:
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P.S: I will be uploaded pictures here later when I get to computer that will allow it, until then, please see the Flickr page for pictures.
