Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Ok, so I am new to this blogging thing, but I thought I should chronicle my adventures in London for all my friends and family. I have now been in London for a week and I am ready to be done with my temporary housing in North London. It's in a great neighborhood (Islington) but the walls are thin and a large group of boisterous Germans arrived late last night. It's a good thing I found a flat yesterday. It is in a lovely part of town (Pimlico) which is fairly quiet but still has a ton of restuarants and shops. It is also near Victoria station, which makes cheap flights to Europe highly accessible. I will send pictures once we get settled.

I have a couple of funny stories from the last week that I wanted to share:

Tuesday, Sept. 14 -- this was the first day I arrived in London and it was basically a blur. My only advice is never try to travel by yourself with six suitcases...espeically through Heathrow airport.

Thurs, Sept. 16 -- I got my UK cell phone. I have never thought of myself as a phone person, but it was positively giddy.

Fri, Sept. 17 -- I explored Hyde Park in advance of the Pope's visit. It was much more enjoyable without the 100,000 people who showed up on Saturday.

Sat, Sept. 18 -- I saw Harriet Harman outside the Pimlico tube station. For those of you who are not UK political junkies, she is the acting Leader of the Opposition. It was very random! I had my second celebrity citing of the day in Chelsea when the Duchess of Cornwall's motorcade came by. The DoC is also know as Camilla, Price Charles' wife.

Sun, Sept. 19 -- I decided to make my way to the Fulham Broadway neighborhood to check it out. When I got on the train I noticed a ton of people were wearing bright blue. It turns out their was a soccer game between Chelsea (blue) and Blackpool (orange) and that the stadium was located at Fulham Broadway. Midway through the journey on the tube the Blackpool fans started chanting and jumping up and down so much it actually rocked the cars. The was my first time experiencing the British love of football in person. It was frenetic to say the least.

OK, that is all for now. I will try to make these shorter and more frequent in the future!

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