Voyage

I have now officially pulled my first all-nighter of college. I suppose that if I had to pull an all-nighter, going to London is the best possible reason to do it, but it still reaffirms my desire NEVER to do it at school. I can barely even function enough to deal with the internet, so I don't know how anyone could write a paper or study for an exam in this state.

The flight was fine, not weird to be on the plane for that long, but we only slept for like an hour. It was okay when we were on the plane, but after we got off it just hit us. We had to wait over an hour for our luggage because the hold door got stuck and they couldn't get any of our bags out, but finally we met my dad's friends who were picking us up and they ushered us out, much to our appreciation. It was so nice not having to think about anything. We got to the hotel, and London is simply charming. It is so lovely and beautiful-- even in my sleep-deprived state I can appreciate that. After dropping off our stuff, Ananda took us to Covent Garden and dropped us off. We wandered around but we were too tired to deal with anything so we took the tube (successfully, thanks to my navigation skills!) back to our hotel. We got Subway sandwiches on the way back which weren't great but at least it was something and now we are trying to combat the fear and anxiety that have suddenly descended upon us. We're just going to go to sleep and pray we sleep until morning; at this point I don't think I could handle staying awake any longer, even if that's what all the travel people say to do.

But despite the weirdness that is not sleeping/jet lag/foreign country, we had a fun afternoon and I am just excited to start our adventures once we rest up! I feel like I should say something witty but I'm too tired to think of anything, so that will have to wait until my next post. But yay-- I am in London!