Wednesday July 12

First Day!
Today I arrived in London, the plane ride was great. I had the whole row to myself so I slept beautifully! Audrey and Janelle picked me up from the train station and we hauled our luggage all the way to our flat (#19). Its a fun set up, there are 7 girls in our flat but Katie, Brighton and I are in our own room. We all got together and went out to see the town...

(below) This is the London Eye, we didn't ride it
today but definitely will. Located just off the Thames
and next to Big Ben, I can only imagine the view.















(below) BIG BEN! This is the first thing we saw
as we got off the tube. It is so large!
(hence the name I suppose)



















(below) parliament (home of Big Ben),
was used for government purposes and still is today.

No, this is not a post card that I bought. great photo eh?

(left) Westminster abbey was our next stop. Its so cool to be in such a busy city and be surrounded by such historic architecture!







(below) Another view of the abbey. The details are so intricate.

The girls and I showing off this amazing Rose Window and gothic arches.

(below) We were trying to capture a picture of the zig-zag lines and crosswalk like the scene from Parent Trap 2, didn't’t quite get the zig-zags but there will be more.