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Thursday, August 30, 2001 np: oh, why don't you come on back from way out west... so guess what, kids? i'm finally in london. where i'll be spending the entire fall semester, and you, yes you will be privy to all my misadventures via this journal. so, frequenters, expect updates, 1-2 times a week. (emailers, i'll be checking my email 2-3 times a week, which is as often as i'd like to update my blog, but i'm realistic about my lazinees.) let's start with the flight over. we arrived about two hours before take off and i had to go through a very agonizing and painful goodbye with b----. it was full of a lot of tears and excitement all at once, which is very hard and weird to do. the flight was about 7 1/2 hours long and fairly plesant. i landed at gatwick airport at around 6:20am London time. i met one of my flatmates, michael, at the boarding station for the gatwick express, which is the train system that takes you from the airport to victoria station, one of the big trainstations in london. from there, we took the train to victoria, then a taxi to our hotel. we stayed the night there and the next afternoon at noon met the rest of our guilford folk at another hotel nearby. we went to our new flat with my new flatmates: (in alphabetical order) alison, james, lizzy and michael. we have two bedrooms with all the guys in one and the girls in the other. the bathroom has this really spiffy green tile. i'm taking a lot of pictures, but i probably won't develop them and post them until i get home in december. sorry. unless i decide otherwise. in which case you'll find out, no? we start our internship on tuesday and classes on wednesday. i'm really looking forward to it. i got my monthly tube pass today, which allows me unlimited access to zones 1 and 2 on the tube. this means, basically, i can go anywhere within central london. which is all i'll need to use unless i go somewhere else, in which case a train might be the best option. i'll have to pay a little extra to go pick up b---- at heathrow by tube in november. she's coming to visit for thanksgiving and for that i am ever, so incredibly thankful. she is all i could ask for for the holiday season. *smile* the neighborhood we live in is really nice and isn't far from the very busy oxford st. it's a busy, commercial area with lots of restaurants, stores, etc. the place i'm typing from is located there. it's a twenty-four hour a day internet café. very hip. heh. the connection isn't that fast, but it's better than the dialup at home, that's for sure. hoorah for technology. there's also a ton of great shows coming. quick list: ryan adams (of whiskeytown fame), weezer, nanci griffith, willie nelson, placebo, embrace and a bunch more. i'll update you, of course, with any that i see or catch word of. so for now, i expect, that i am off. long and boring but it can only get better from here. actually.. if you're ever looking for a cheap wine to toast your new flat and flatmates with, never wonder in and buy two bottles of white and red wine titled, respectively, old tart and old git. face it, the bottles may be highly amusing, as might be the names, but it is not amusing to swallow. bleh. heh. best wishes to all of you, love to some more, and immense respect and immense love to one in particular. posted by J. Neas | 8/30/2001 11:16:00 AM
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