American Dining and Starbucks Galore

So I woke up from a glorious nap and feel extremely refreshed, despite the fact that the bed and especially the pillows are rock hard. Oh well I’ll manage. A bunch of us went to a pub down the road and of coarse I got the most American thing they had on the menu: Cheeseburger. Don’t worry I’ll get into the culture soon, but it was bar food so not too much to choose from. Steve of coarse got desserts for the table…

We walked around for a bit to see what the neighborhood is like. There are SO MANY restaurants! Thank god. We also found a shopping center with a grocery store and a lot of boutiques including FCUK, so I’ll definitely be doing that in the very near future. Faryn and I are planning to go there around 10 AM tomorrow morning to get groceries and some window-shopping. Did I mention there are 2 starbucks within 3 blocks of my studio flat?! Yea, so good. (by the way, the place I’m staying at is a studio flat, not a hostel like I said in my last post).

So it’s almost 11 PM and I’m exhausted so I’m just relaxing in my room. Faryn is video chatting with her boyfriend and they’re playing Chinese checkers against each other (so cute). I’m trying to load last night’s episode of desperate housewives but it’s taking forever to load!!

Tomorrow we’re supposed to meet Patsy (Patricia Culbert, Theater Professor from Union) at Leicester Square I believe it’s called? We’re supposed to meet around 1:30 and since I am so afraid of getting lost I want to leave at least an hour in advance (it’ll also leave time to shop more!). I’m so afraid of getting lost because Patsy isn’t staying in the same place as us, so it’s our responsibility to get there. In addition to the many instant messages I have going on my screen right now, I’m just going to do some last minute computer stuff then get to sleep early for an early start in the morning. So far this trip is looking good.

Oh and I love Mike Jacobson, just throwing that out there ;)

I have Arrived!

The trip has officially begun! I am currently on the plane in seat #59D on Virgin Atlantic Flight #46. Our flight took off right on time which is always a great start. I am sitting with the aisle to my left and Steve to my right and Randy to his right.

So the first movie of the evening with my oh so delicious airplane dinner (not going to lie, the brownie for dessert was excellent) was 500 Days of Summer which was great because I’ve been wanting to see it. I really liked it, I thought it was very cute and I love Zooey Dechanel so that was a plus. I LOVED the point of the movie, which was basically that everything in life is a coincident and that there are no miracles; things happen the way they are meant to happen. I’m going to keep that in mind…

17 Again is the best movie .. Zac Efron actually said as a guy was giving his wife carnations, “Carnations? What a dooshbag!” Ahhh! Love it, so good. I actually got choked up at the end of this movie, it was so cute :) steve is watching it too, I find that very funny.

Someone 2 rows up is watching the west wing…

Bandsland or whatever the movie is called with Aly Michalka and Vanessa Hudgens was cute but I didn’t finish it before the plan ride :( Anyway, we landed, and I am officially in the UK! Of coarse it is raining… The group of us on the plane consists of myself, Steve, Faryn, Randy, Emily, Amy, and Kamara. We split up into 2 cabs; the cabs are so cute and different, and the driver was kinda a jerk and I couldn’t understand him… the other driver called him a wanker (first slang word since being here)

The drive to the hostel or whatever you call this place, it is called Endsley Garden, took an hour and I kept sleeping on and off until we got here… the trip cost £80 for 4 of us, so we each payed 20, not terrible. I converted $300 and got about £160 in exchange just to start off with. I’m finally in my room. Its not bad, there's a bathroom and a bedroom and an extremely tiny kitchen. I don’t plan on doing a ton of cooking to be honest. Faryn, Steve, and Randy just left to go to startbucks even though it is about 5 AM in our minds (actually 10 AM here), but I choose to stay in and sleep since I haven't gotten any. I need to get a pay as you go phone at some point soon. For now I’m going to relax and try to sleep as much as possible. Until next time <3!