Fantastic

Hello All,

My first two days in London have been amazing...Honestly much more fantastic than I could have ever imagined. So Saturday I arrived at Heathrow around 6:30am my time (12:30am central)  and got through customs and everything by 7:30. We waited for everyone to arrive and didn't actually leave the airport till about 1:30pm (all times London). Anyway we go to the dorms, ran a couple of errands, and went to eat. After dinner we all went out (along with a bunch of other kids and RA's from the dorms), about 50 of us in all...we went to this huge bar and had a drink, met a lot of people (both Americans and Brit's). About 10 friends and I left around 10:30 and walked back to the dorm. 3 of them and myself decided we wanted to stay out, so we walked to another bar for another drink. Very Fun!!! Just sat in a booth and talked and got to know each other...great time. We left that bar around 12:30am, and then walked back home. Then we saw some of our British friends in their kitchen, so we stopped and bought a bottle of wine from a liquor/convenience store (yes at 12:30am haha) and joined them. we talked with them till about 2am...fantastic time as well. Tired today, but didn't matter cuz today was also awesome!! We went on a walking tour of London, learned how to use the tube (very easy) and ate at this fantastic Italian restaurant that is right next to HMS Belfast and overlooks the river Thames and the Tower Bridge...Amazing views as the sun set!! I'm getting ready to go out for a drink and to watch some football (unfortunately not the American kind, as Brits have no interest in that). Anyway I'll blog about the tour and what not either later tonight or tomorrow. I have pictures on facebook, that's the easiest way I can figure out to put them online....there's also a few at this link http://picasaweb.google.com/mbattista8/London#
I'll try to get more up later.

Cheers