Sunday July 12, 2009

Day 1 – USA to London

By Katie Habeck

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 Everyone made it on the plane even though it was over booked. (Lexi almost got booted!!) We all mostly slept on the plane over to London because some of their movie screens didn’t work and some were super tired. We all got to sit together in a big group in the middle of the plane. The plane ride seemed short for some but super long for the people who couldn’t sleep. All of our luggage made the trip!

First we made a trip on the subway to our hotel. It is really small but very cute! Me, Tay, and Hallie finally got to room together!!! J Sam got her own room. Kelsey, Macey, and Lexi are rooming together. And Lisa, Ashley, and Ellen are the last three rooming together. We then ate our first meal in London at a small café a couple blocks down from our hotel. We then rode the busy subway to the London Eye. It was a beautiful view of Big Ben and other places like Buckingham Palace. It started to rain for a little while. When we got off we went down this street filled with street performers. One guy posed our team into manikins, we all decided that it was Hallie’s calling. J

Next we walked more around London, the weather was getting warmer. We looked at St. Paul’s Cathedral. We went inside and it was beautiful! We then walked around for a little bit more and stopped to get dinner at Pizza Express. Curt generously bought us all our own pizzas and they were delicious! After pizza we to Piccadilly’s Square and looked in souvenir shops. Most of us got cool London sweatshirts! For dessert, Curt, once again, generously bought us all gelato!! Then we walked to the subway, went back to the hotel, and are looking forward to a nice long rest to begin tomorrow fresh and energetic!