Ok, I have been so confused about what time it actually is, or is supposed to be...or what time it's supposed to feel like. it's 4:30 am on a Wedensday?? You might be asking yourself what the heck i'm doing awake at this hour...so am I. Basically, about a half an hour ago...a girl tried to climb in the bed that me and hannah were in and peed in our bed. One guiness to many, i suppose. so levels of disgustng...i can't even say...luckily, she went on Hannah's side of the bed. haha...Hannah doesn't share my thoughts. Actually, we're both pretty chill about the whole thing...)we were given another bed...but somehow we're wide awake so we're using the computers...since last night some idiot german futbol player wouldn't get his butt out of the chair. it's official that i don't have any sort of appreciation for futbol players. lol. they are a volitile group. haha. anyways, the silver lining of this whole first night hostel experience?? the totally awesome night manager is going to put a picture of me and hannah up in the lobby and call us the 'peace patrol' becuase we were so nice about the whole thing. he pretty much loves us.
anyways, enough of the negativity!! i really am enjoying myself...just had to document that even for you all becuase it was deffinately a first for us.
I can't believe i've only been here for technically, 1 day. aside from a few couple hour naps we haven't slept since Sunday night at home. Somehow...i'm not feeling it too bad. (was going to have a good night's sleep tonight, but we saw how that went...and before the actual urination the group with little miss bladder control issues in it were having fights about cetain members feeling like third wheels. so we got maybe 3 hours of sleep tonight. basically, don't let high schoolers go to europe alone.)
So yeah, yesterday we landed at 6 am...so we made our way to the hostel right away so that we wouldn't have to carry our packs all day. i just want it to be known that we found our hostel with absolutely no getting lost. actually, we've seen tons of stuff and haven't gotten lost once! we're feeling pretty good about ourselves. :) The closest we have been to getting lost was the inability to locate buckingham palace. but i blame that on the fact that the westminster burrough of london is so full of larger than life, massive buildings, that it's easy to lose one. cathedrals, castles, and medival towers in westminster are like starbucks' in seattle. they are everywhere!!! but, the perfect thing about not finding it when we were looking for it, was that we stumbled on it right when the changing of the guard started. hannah got some pretty sweet video fotage. and we saw the queen herself out in her carriage. (side note: the english love their queen. i mean, they are really quite pround of their royals. it's enjoyable to hear. :) also...brittish people are so nice!!! they really are friendly, and so willing to steer you in the right direction, and share the awesomeness of their country with you.)
also...please excuse any large gramatical or spelling errors on here...as i have only had approximatly 7 hours of sleep in the past three days. but i'm loving every minute!! (ok...not the soiled bed part...but hannah and i will be famous in this hostel...and have therehore left our mark on london...and are therefore very, very cool.)
so yeah, a few of the sights we saw yesterday:
-jewel tower (totally awesome 16th century stone tower.)
-the queens gallery (containing an original sketch by leonardo davinci. one of the coolest things i've ever seen!! also, some of the paintings in there are bigger than my living room.)
-the rotal mews. (this is the royal stables and carriage house...we also saw some diplomats from thailand riding in of of the said carriages. they actually still use these elaborate carriages for transportation around the city. it's pretty amazing.)
-big ben, the river thames, westminster abby, (although we didn't go in...sadly our london card doesn't cover it...and it's too much £)
we finished off this tour in the royal mews, where me and hannah both kind of just crashed on a park bench inside, and could barely get up to walk home. i think that total we walked about 5 miles at least. not bad for two dead tired, jet lagged, time warped girls. (btw...we have decided to create our own time zone since we can't nab down which one we're in...lol)
so we made it back, took a 3-ish hour nap (also interrupted as the hostel staff chose that moment to start hammering on the lock box under our bed to fix it. pretty laughable. who takes a hammer to a bed that has two sleeping girls in it??) after our sad attempt at rest...we took a shower (finally!!!! i have never had a shower feel better in my life...except maybe after 4 days of 110 degree heat at creation.), and went off to find some dinner. we ended up at this dirt cheap (4£ each) totally european cafe. the food was awesome, and totally fresh..as in like all of the vegetables and friut had been bought that morning. anyways, it was really nice to know that we got a good healthy meal. :) i think that will be our cafe while we're here.
i feel like i have just scratched the surface of all i could be saying, but i think i'm going to end this blog so i can post some photos. :) love you all!!! hopefully i can update more later...if the german can keep himself away from his 'urgent' im conversation. haha...
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I'm thinking the comments about NOT getting lost in London refer to Mandy and Elisabeth..I hope they are reading this~!! Have fun Becky!!
Carolyn Hearn
So glad to see you made it safe! I have to agree with Carolyn, I think it is Elisabeth we would have to worry about getting lost!
Anyway, enjoy every minute of it and soak it all up, this is a once in a lifetime trip. Drink lots of coffee, sit in as many cafes as possible and enjoy every minute. It will be over before you know it.
Post often, I'm vacationing through you(who knows when I'll get a vacation)
HAVE FUN, BE SAFE(now I feel old)
Amy
Hey
Awsome you are doing great
And just so you know, if you are up for it
I am pretty sure I got you a Job@Sbux
That is if you want it. My boss implied that if you filled out the application you would get priority and i gave you an awesome reference.
I know off the topic of Europe. Something to look forward to when you get back if you want a job you can transfer around with.
Its great to see you doing great!
Hey I'm getting a bad rap on here!! THE HOSTEL PEOPLE GAVE ME THE WRONG STATION NAME!!!! For cryin' out pete! I'll have you know that I found Buckingham Palace with no problem, and even told you how to get there sister...and you STILL got lost! :) LOL! Anyway, now that I got that off my chest, I would like to say a few things:
a. I miss you so much I can't see straight!
b. I'm SOOO glad you are having the time of your life...you deserve it!
c. PEEING GIRL IN YOUR BED!!!! ROTFL!!!!
d. Music is decidedly a very fundemental key in establishing the general good feeling and "coolness" of a coffee shop, and all the baristas(aside from all the Urraco girls to whom belongs the rockage of the faceage) who control the tunes need to meet my sister, Becky, and absorb her outstanding good taste, and coolness, and they might be wise to make it their primary hope in life to receive the impartation of a gift that she posseses to establish an incredibly awesome, unique, tasteful, full of it's own culture, and brimming with the love and knowledge of the art of coffee, coffee shop. Let's just say, there is no place like Urraco, and it will never be the same without you. I was promted to write this slightly large commentary (comprised of the longest sentence I've ever written I'm sure) because I was sitting in Forza today and yesterday...and StBux the day before (because I was in Oly...otherwise I would have been @ Urraco) and it's just not the same and the music was HORRID!!! I had to sit through the song "Never gonna dance again"...you know the one...the one that should not be allowed in public!!! Why in the world would you play that in a perfectly respectable coffee establishment?!?!? Blasphemy of the art of coffee shops!!!! It didn't end there...the music following was equally as grotesque. I had to stick my earphones in...I couldn't handle it. Anyway...
e. I wish I was with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
f. Now I miss you more than when I started this post.
g. I LOVE YOU BECKY!!!!!!
h. I turned in our tennant apps for the apartment.
i. They really like us, and are going to put our name on an apt that's available in June and keep it vacant for us until you get back to make sure we get one.
j. we are going to have SOOOO much fun moving out!!!
k. I think I'm out of things to say for now
l. except did I say I love you? Yeah, I do...so, so, so!
Elisabeth :)
I am severely disappointed that you haven't gotten lost yet. Wasn't this one of my requirements of you? :) Just kidding. But I guess the girl peeing in your bed makes up for it. haha! I can't even imagine how awkward that must have been.
ok...i just left a huge comment, but for some reason i couldn't get signed in...psh.
amy:
i did have the most amazing cappacino this morning...and i'm going to try to post a lot from here becuase the internet is free at this hostel. :) i'll post tonight about my day today.
elisabeth:
a. i miss you too, and love you so, so, so too!!
b. that's awesome about the apartment...did you talk to erin though?? cause judging from her last comment she was left out of the vital 'filling out the application' process. lol. you probly chatted already. :)
c. i know you told me exactly where buckingham was!! but, we took a little dtour to jewel tower, and then we couldn't seem to locate it. haha. but as i said...it worked out better that way. :)
so yeah, love you all, and it's nie to get comments from home! :)
oh, and jeff...thanks for doing reconn work for me while i'm away. you're a friend. :)
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