Herro alll!
Mom and I arrived safely in Copenhagen last Friday afternoon. The airline lost all four of our checked bags, but we managed to walk around a bit Friday afternoon/evening. I can honestly say I was not prepared for Danish, or really just everything being in a different language. I wish that Grinnell required some sort of language class or offered a Rosetta Stone program before coming abroad so that I would have a basic understanding, or at least know how to pronounce the words.
Anyways, luckily we had one carry on bag that had my clothes for London that made it from the States. On Saturday we left for London and checked that bag. Once again we were the last people at the luggage carousel and had to file a lost luggage claim. The woman assured us it would be in later that night or the next day. We got these assurances every day we called, and still don't have that piece luggage. So, I wore the same clothes every day we were in London because I thought it would be silly to buy new clothes if my bag was coming the next day.... joke's on me!!
Tuesday at 11 pm mom's bag made it to London. Since they couldn't even track her bag she ahd bought some new clothes. Also on Tuesday they delivered the rest of the luggage to DIS in Copenhagen and we just picked those up today, 4/5 ain't that bad!
London was really cool, we did every touristy thing we could: Covent Gardens, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Thames River Tour, Big Ben, Parliament, Westminter Abbey, Evensong at Westminster Abbey, Abbey Road (which they have a 24 hour video log of so my aunt and uncle graciously recorded us walking like fools 3 or 4 times), Tate Modern, Tour of not Shakespeare's Globe, backstage tour of the National Theatre, met up with Sam in Notting Hill, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace, and we saw Hamlet at the National Theatre-- it was AWESOME.
Anyways, that's about it. I don't have a favorite, it was all a very cool experience. It was neat to see where Sam is living, I am excited to move in on Sunday.
Lots of loooooove!
it's about time you post a dang entry!!! good to see youre being touristy as f! thats so weird you went to all the places alex has told me about in london, yet she and sam have yet to talk! sillies. kk hope you settle back into copenhagen well, skype soon! miss you.
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