11 Hours IN London! (well in an hour, but just for continuity)

So We are here! No baby from hell on the plane ride over and as soon as we landed it was a new day! The minute we arrived at the baggage claim the luggage was already there, in fact the second i walked up my bag was in front of me, so that was very nice. Greg and Mindy met up with us at the Exit of Gatwick and we boarded the bus for an hour long ride into the City of London.

We're staying at the Holiday in at 97 Cromwell Road. We couldn't check in at the time of our arrival, but i'm in now. The rooms are quite small and compact but they will do, I'm just happy the internet vouchers i bought are working in the hotel room.

So while we waited to check into the hotel we all took the "tube" to Leicester (prounounced Lester) Square and then split off from there. Me, Mollie, Patty, Cassie, Adam and Forrest went off on our own in search of a Fish and Chips place off the beaten path. In the process of doing that we stumbled upon the National Gallery which was Beautiful, and i'll post pictures a little later, it takes a while to load. I might end up redirecting to Flickr, but we'll see. So we ate at a pub and had lunch and we all had a pint along with it. I enjoyed a glass of Guinness, my first, and it wasn't half bad. Very different from any beer i've had before, but i'd drink it again.

Unfortunately during our pub visit Patty got her wallet stolen, so her and Adam went to go file a police report. I kind of got tired of waiting so me and Cassie broke off from the others and went and saw the House of Commons, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and St. James Park. After that our feet were starting to get tired so we headed back onto the tube and got back to the hotel, checked-in and now we're all pretty much back and relaxing until we go out for dinner. 7:15AM wake up call tomorrow so i can get ready eat breakfast and get to the lobby by 8:45. We are going to just go over a few things within the group and then i believe we have a city tour at 2PM.

I'll write about my experiences tonight on my next post. Till then!

Tyler