Catching up in London

Thanks to a generous Christmas gift of a new laptop, I am able to blog once again!


During my break, I spent time with family and friends in the States, but more on that later. At the moment, I write to you from my hotel in London. We're staying in Westminster, to be more precise, and we're close to fab shopping and historical sights! We're within walking distance to Buckingham Palace as well as Baker street, the sight of Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

I've been sick this week and it's been rainy, so I haven't adventured as much as I'd like so far. I did pick up a great book of walking tours and have been eagerly planning activities for the upcoming weeks. We're hoping to go to Camden Town tomorrow, a place that was suggested to Brian. I'm afraid I don't know much about it, but I'll let you know as I discover.

The hotel staff and the few locals I've met so far are friendly and sweet. Of course, I truly appreciate being able to communicate easily, though we did meet one Scottish fella and he was a little hard to follow.

The cars-going-the-opposite-way difference didn't seem too confusing to me, until a few days ago. Around our hotel, there are many one way streets and I think I became used to that. I started to confidently stride across the street when a loud horn startled me out of my daze and I saw one of those famous red double decker buses in my lane. I gave an amazing backwards flying leap to the sidewalk and nervously laughed, as the people on the curb rolled their eyes. I haven't made that mistake again, so far lol.

I'm posting a picture from my window of the park that's across the street. It's usually bustling with people so I've been reading or people watching next to the window this week.


Fun coincidence-- My favorite American buddy is here as well! We had dinner with her last weekend and I always look forward to hanging out with her. I'm hoping she'll join us in Camden too!