Halfway through the first week...
31 May 2006
It is Wednesday here in the UK and we traveled from London to Canterbury to stay with our friend Mike (he studied at KU in 2005, that is how I know him). We packed all the sights of London into three days, gosh I am going to have rock hard legs after this trip and all the walking we have been/will be doing.
We got to catch a movie premiere in Leicester Square of the movie Wah Wah and saw famous British actors, Gabriel Byrne being one of the most famous and also Gandolf from Lord of the Rings, Ian McKellan and the little boy from About a Boy, Nick Holt, who is all grown up now, to name a few notables.
This morning, after taking the train to where Mike parked his car we experienced the motorways of England and drove on the wrong side of the road, or the right side to these across the pond. It was great fun to see the countryside and all the little English houses. We then arrived at Mike's flat after taking a short drive around the city. This afternoon we saw the Cathedral and Chaucer and the Canterbury tales museum thing. Things over here are so much older and have so much more history than things in the US. It will be great fun hanging out with Mikey and seeing this part of southern England. Our friend Gary is going to join us on Friday and we will continue to reunion. Sunday we will head over to Paris on the Eurostar.
The trip has been fun and today officially marks the half week point of the first week of the trip. There is still much more to go, but it will be awesome. It was weird though cause I am not a homesick person, but when we were in the hostel the past three nights and I have been laying in the horribly uncomfortable bunk-bed trying to fall asleep, I have found myself thinking and wanting to be at home, but when we are out and about I want to be on the trip. I guess the thoughts might maybe be because I am thinking about my impending leave from Lawrence and moving a bit, even though I have tried not to think about that and no worries won't bring down this awesome adventure.
Much more exciting tales to come and the pics are looking awesome, the camera lens is great for getting good pics. Can't wait for the rest of the trip.
It looks like I will be updating the blog about twice a week, so check back for updates on Euroinvasion 2006 and then when I return in two-and-a-half weeks for a sampling of the thousands of pictures I am/will be taking.
E-mail me so I know your thinking about me too!
-Snogs and shags
We got to catch a movie premiere in Leicester Square of the movie Wah Wah and saw famous British actors, Gabriel Byrne being one of the most famous and also Gandolf from Lord of the Rings, Ian McKellan and the little boy from About a Boy, Nick Holt, who is all grown up now, to name a few notables.
This morning, after taking the train to where Mike parked his car we experienced the motorways of England and drove on the wrong side of the road, or the right side to these across the pond. It was great fun to see the countryside and all the little English houses. We then arrived at Mike's flat after taking a short drive around the city. This afternoon we saw the Cathedral and Chaucer and the Canterbury tales museum thing. Things over here are so much older and have so much more history than things in the US. It will be great fun hanging out with Mikey and seeing this part of southern England. Our friend Gary is going to join us on Friday and we will continue to reunion. Sunday we will head over to Paris on the Eurostar.
The trip has been fun and today officially marks the half week point of the first week of the trip. There is still much more to go, but it will be awesome. It was weird though cause I am not a homesick person, but when we were in the hostel the past three nights and I have been laying in the horribly uncomfortable bunk-bed trying to fall asleep, I have found myself thinking and wanting to be at home, but when we are out and about I want to be on the trip. I guess the thoughts might maybe be because I am thinking about my impending leave from Lawrence and moving a bit, even though I have tried not to think about that and no worries won't bring down this awesome adventure.
Much more exciting tales to come and the pics are looking awesome, the camera lens is great for getting good pics. Can't wait for the rest of the trip.
It looks like I will be updating the blog about twice a week, so check back for updates on Euroinvasion 2006 and then when I return in two-and-a-half weeks for a sampling of the thousands of pictures I am/will be taking.
E-mail me so I know your thinking about me too!
-Snogs and shags
