Day 2

Well I've survived two days in London and it has been great. I think that it is finally starting to hit me that I am going to be here for more than a slight vacation. Not complaining though! haha We actually had a really good day for the first day even though everyone was quite tired. The nap didn't inhibit my sleeping for the night as I was pretty worn out still. It was just too hard to sleep on the plane from the excitement. After getting the bus to our townhouses from the airport, Dr. Pinger and his wife had made us sandwiches. It was really nice so we could go on with our day. At this point we took naps for a bit. Later that day, we got our tube passes set up. (Which is an incredibly simple system to use) The stations are set up so that every stop is announced and very clearly marked outside the tram. The bus system is very easy to use as well and is also included in our tube pass. We also took a bus over to the Westminster College where we will be taking our classes. Other than that, we were free to do what we wanted and most went shopping and searching for electric adapters or converters. Luckily I found out that my computer, hard drive, and camera are all rated from 120v-240v. This meant that I could buy two adapters for 2.99p (or roughly 5ish dollars) and run my components easily and safely. Moving on, I fell asleep at about 11:30-12 last night. Then, we woke up to leave at 8:30 to meet Lyndon Sly, our soon to be British Life and Culture Professor at W.C. to hear a little introduction and set up our student ids. Annoyingly, I was assigned into the last group which was due to process them at 11:10 when it was currently 9:50 at the time of group assigning. In the end, me and some of the others from late groups went to a nearby pub coined, "The Green Man" for coffee. (My idea) haha Of course I needed a cup of joe! I got a cappuccino , which was quite tasty, and relaxed and visited with the others for a bit before heading back. After going and getting our id's, we left and got in a larger group to go eat at, yet again, "The Green Man". Always Sunny in Phil. fans rejoice! I ate a "spicy beef", which I guess is their equivalent of a burger and some chips. (No, not Lays or Ruffels... Fries) Pretty good, but nothing special in the end. We then took the tube back to our flat to meet for a River walking tour by a man from the Anglo company. (The company that owns our townhouses) We took the tube down from Kilburn to Oxford and transfered over to the Central line, which then took us down to Holborn. This was an awesome tour that had so many great stops along the way! The man was an awesome tour guide who really knew his material. We started at Bloomsbury (apparently the area where Wendy and family from Peter Pan were to have resided) and traveled through around to Picadilly, Leicester, China Town, Charing Cross, The Shaftesbury Theatre, Temple Church, and over to Fleet Street. I got a lot of video footage, which I don't have done yet. Other than that, we went back to the flats and were free again by 4ish. I stayed around and messed with some video footage. Sorry for the delay, but I'm still adjusting to this awesome city and experience around me! Hopefully I'll have pictures and video soon! The Thames is just as cool as I thought it would be, although we only saw it briefly off of the Waterloo bridge. I'm going back very soon needless to say! Sorry for the somewhat long post, that really didn't give that much detail... I'll have better ones soon when I'm more adjusted. For now, Thank you for reading and I'm hitting the sack.