Monday, May 18, 2009

"This has to be famous"

Day 1 - Well today was a very long but exciting day. We landed in London at 7:30 AM and hit the ground running. We ran into our first problem when trying to buy tickets to take the underground to the house we are staying at in kensington and the machine would not accept Josh's debit card, but we soon found out the problem was with the machine and not his card when the next one over worked perfectly. We proceeded on the tube to what we thought was the stop we needed to get off at only to find out we were nowhere near where we needed to be, so we got back on and went to the next stop suggested by a local. At this stop we got out and started walking towards the street we thought the house was on, but found out that we were on holland street and not holland park avenue. We finally made it to the house at around 10:30 AM.

When we got to the house the Bradley's had a wonderful breakfast cooked up for us. (A nice changed from the airline food) We sat and talked and ate for a bit then went up stairs for a quick power nap before hitting the town.

After our nap we hopped on a double decker bus and and headed for downtown London. This is an absolultely beautiful city full of amazing old building, churchs, and a diverse group of people. After ariving at Picadilly Circus, we strated walking out towards the eye, big bend, and all that is in that area. When we got to Westminster Abby and Big bend, we heard alot of comotion and noticed alot of police gathering in the area. After asking one of the local business men standing outside in the area, we found out they were peaceful protesters from sir lanka unhappy with the death and violence in sir lanka. Dont worry moms, we didnt get in the middle of them and it was all peaceful, just a lot of yelling.

As the day went on, we managed to make our way around a little more of downtown and kinda got a feel for what we want to do tomorrow and the next day. after coming back to the house to eat a wonderful meal prepared by Mrs. Bradley, Mr. Bradley took us out for a car ride in the town to see a few things such as the Abbey road studio and a hill in a park over looking London.

Well it is 10:15 PM here now and we have only slept 4 hours in the past 48, so i think i will hit the sack and get rested for a full day tomorrow.

I Love you all!

Michael

(P.S. before you correct my "typo", i ment to make the title of the say me instead of my"

1 comment:

  1. Michael - Great idea to blog! I have sent the address to the fam so they can keep up with you, too. I look forward to reading about your adventures! Have fun. I love you, MOM

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