London

So Jason and I made it to London quite well. the flight was excellent! on a 767 we were two of 60 people. each of us got our own bench, and I slept quite well (though not much quantity).

Didn't have much time today to walk around london, but walk we did. this city is huge! after a long trip on the underground from heathrow to our hotel, we made a point of walking around as best we could.

All I can say about the traffic here is that it is really considerate of them to put notes on the sidewalk to look left or right for traffic. otherwise I would have been hit many times today. I totally lost my bearings and it was like following a trail of breadcrumbs (or fancy buildings) to get back to our hotel.

The contiki meeting went well. I did pick a bad day to be shy and jet lagged. for the first while it was just me and Jason, sitting there kind of bored. but as teh evening progressed, we got to meet a bunch of people who are on our trip and people who aren't.

Our accommodations are much like Lister Hall. two beds, like a dormatory. The rooms are very small, the hotel itself is huge - easily over 1000 rooms. I think I will be packing it in early tonight (beer makes me sleepy) as we have to be up and at em at 5:30 tomorrow morning. the agenda for tomorrow - travel to paris. Apparently it is going to take us a few hours on the bus to even get to the ferry to cross teh channel. so I can imagine that we will be bonding on the bus for many hours.

Hopefully next time there will be pictures. I am too tired/lazy right now to figure out how to put them on this computer. doesn't really look to have a SD reader - may have to rely on a USB cable.

I'll be keeping you posted as promised!!!!!