Getting Across and The First Day

Despite Minneapolis to London being the longest flight I have ever been on, it was actually quite enjoyable. There were fancy TV computer things in front of everyone where I got to choose from a ton of movies. So, though I probably should have been sleeping, I watched movies instead.

I had heard that no one knows how to cue quite like the English, and my very first experience was the very intimidating and long line to get into customs. But I am getting bored just writing about it, so let’s skip ahead to the fun parts.

We had quite the experiences on the tube today, from squishing people into the tiny cars to getting stuck on elevators. It sounds bad, but everything has really gone quite smoothly. We walked around at Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus and then to Covent Garden. All of these places have a lot of shops and it reminded me a whole lot of New York City except the buildings were shorter, prettier, and a couple hundred years older.

So, a lot of very stereotypical England things happened, we ate fish and chips, almost got run over a couple of times, and saw an endless number of awesome looking pubs. Overall, it was not a bad time, but I think I have not realized where I am yet.

This place looks like a shopping center across from my dad's office. But instead of being 50 years old, it's more like 500.