We have arrived in London! It was over an eight hour flights. Leaving home at 6:45 and landing here close to 9am (or 3am Chicago time!). Despite the fact that we barely slept on the plane because planes just aren't comfy, we made it through the day and are now on London's clock. We got off the plane, exchanged our money, organized our things, and sat in a corner to figure out where we would go. To get to the hostel, we had to ride two trains, but since we had about 4 hours before check-in, we decided to get off on the first stop and go up and explore the city. After an hour in a little coffee shop gaining energy, we ventured out to Green Park, which turns out to be a short 5ish minute walk from Buckingham Palace and the Queen Victoria statue (pictured above). After the excitement of that, we just kept wandering, eventually to the Soldier's Museum with horses and soldiers outside and then onto Trafalgar Square which had a beautiful fountain. After finally getting in touch with our families, we slowly made our way back to the train station and caught it to our hostel. It's early here, just past 6 here but we're excited. We wandered around in the sun for a good 2-3 hours when we'd planned on 1. Now we're at the hostel bar drinking really good Bulmer's cider and eating fish and chips of course. We'll crash early - though the temperature in our room right now is higher than comfortable, and tomorrow morning we head back into the city to see the changing of the guards and a parade! It's been a tiring but awesome first day!
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