Monday Madness

okay. so. a lot has happened this week and just. this is an overview of what happened on monday. i got here to london and they almost lost my luggage. it was terrifying. and i didn't get much sleep on the plane so i was exhausted.

i took heathrow express and then the train to follow the directions to my hostel. except. i couldn't find my hostel. and it turned out { despite all the wonderful reviews } to be in a sketchy part of town and i was not going to stay there. it was terrifying. i didn't have wifi, i didn't have 3g all i had was the directions back to the airport and my luggage { which was so heavy by that point } it was horrible.

so i lugged it all back trying to keep cool. allllll the way back to paddington station where i took a cab to the nearest hostel.

called the generator { 10/10 would definitely recommend and stay here again }.

except they didn't have any rooms.

that was until the front desk guy realized i didn't have a place to stay and told me he'd make it work. and he did !

he got me a room and i met two friends there { cara and jo } jo is from america too and we did a lot of sightseeing together, which i'll tell you about later.

after that i passed out for a few hours { because i hadn't slept in almost two days } and when i woke up i was able to meet up with an internet friend of mine alyssa who is also studying abroad here in london!

she took me out to a local pub called king charles I. it was quaint and adorable in the mix and match table and chair/cut and paste random things on the walls sort of way. this is where she bought me my first pint across the pond! then we went to another little pub, skinners arms, i think? and we had fish and chips.

after that we took the tube down to the river and walked around. the eye and big ben at night are so pretty! i also got to see westminster abby.

 then we said our goodbye's and i navigated the underground back to the hostel all by myself!!! it was a really great feeling after a day of totally messing everything up.

i learned a lot about traveling on my first day abroad. and i mean a l o t. i think this year i'm going to learn a whole lot about myself....but i'm proud of myself for the way i handled everything and that's a great feeling.