Hyde Park

I literally live half a block away from Hyde Park in a really ritzy area. It is so great to just go walking in there. It is huge and has a pond full of swans, fountains, statues, Kensington Palace and bikes you can rent, where the first half hour is free! I love London already. There is so much diversity here!

In Hyde Park there is an art gallery full of Yoko Ono's work. It was super weird but I really liked the wish tree she had outside. Any visitor who wanted to wrote a wish and put it on the tree. 

Hopping the Pond

Well I have officially been in England for 5 whole days and I love it! I'm starting now to recap what I have been up to so far and, let me tell ya, it is a lot. 

This is me, all packed up and ready to go obviously, before making the trek to Calgs. Look at how adorable I am....

Me and the kid. We were super Canadian and enjoyed some Tim Horton's before my departure.

At takeoff on the plane, I almost starting freaking out, but there were small children on the flight. I thought, if they can do it, so can I...and I actually even looked at the window as we went up and it was a hoot!

Somewhere in Canada. The flight was long but not unbearable. I didn't go to the bathroom because I was in a window seat and two large men sat next to me sleeping the whole time. I know, TMI. I watched three and a half movies, including Mirror Mirror which I thoroughly enjoyed and found myself laughing out loud to. 

ENGLAND

The long creepy hallway to the Tube!

I was so happy to have no trouble getting into England and I found my luggage very easily. I got some cash and their money is colourful too! They also have one and two dollar coins. I wish I would've have taken more pics on my way over to the Center but I was just stressed that I would get lost on the Tube. It was surprisingly easy (albeit a little bit sketchy) and I got here by 12:30. As soon as I got here they forced me to go on a walk around London for one of my classes and go get an Oyster card (which is like a bus pass for the Tube).  By the time I got home at 5-ish I was sooooooooo tired. But after that first day I haven't actually been that tired from jet lag, more from just going, going, going all day long! 

Sorry for the letdown...

Okay so I had big plans to blog tonight but the wireless is being too slow so i will have to go and do it somewhere else. At least I tried! I'll fill you in on some other stuff too. So I am 7 hours ahead of home, which really hasn't phased me yet. We get breakfast and supper every day and we can make ourselves a sandwich for lunch or go to a store/restaurant. I have class every Monday and Thursday from 9 to 12. We are going on our first big trip to Canterbury and Dover tomorrow! All of the girls are soooo nice and we are all friends already. I have been eating way too much bread...hahaha. I love London. It's very hard to describe but it's nothing like I expected. Today I hit all the big sites: Big Ben (which is actually the name of the bell inside the tower), parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. I also saw the London Eye from far away. Some people from my group rode on it for 18 pounds and loved it! There are so many different people and languages all around and the Tube is a hoot!