today is our (my self and ucla classmate jay) first day in europe. we landed in london this morning at about 10am. sadly enough, us airways lost my shoes and jacket, but that will figure itself out this weekend when i get a chance to call them.
we figured out how to get to our hostel after the small debacle at the airport. during the transfer, we picked up a small pay as you go phone for pretty cheap. nice thing about europething abot europe is that the phones and plans are really cheap. wee waited at the hostel until check in, then took a nice long walk around london. we conquered trafalgar square, big ben, parliament, victoria park, and thames rives, all by cursory visual walk by. we then went to see ira next to university of london. i expected the campus to be really nice, but ira was saying how sadly dissapointing it is. elevators that donmt work, small buildings, poor support, etc. shems finishing up her masters and only has a summer to go to finish her thesis.
she took us to a local bar for a fun drink, then to a thai place for dinner. it was average and kinda pricy, but as she explained, food is expensive and crappy. in addition, rent is ridiculously expensive, far beyond that of even brentwood.
we then met a couple of her friends and went to another bar for a quick drink. at that point wee had to run to the train station to get on before 12 (the pass we got expired at 12). no joke, we got there at 11:59. got back to thee hostel and hung out for a bit. and now it is bedtime.
i will edit this when i come home, as it is difficult to do any editing on my phone. good night.
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