First Day..

Well holy cow, this has been quite the first day. Yesterday we departed from the Salt Lake Airport and headed to Dallas. On my way to Dallas I sat by this family who is moving to Utah and are from Virginia. They had the cutest accents! I sat by this little boy, William who was 8 and his sister Claudia who is 11. They definitely kept me entertained for the next two hours. They kept asking me about the mormon church and temples. It was very interesting to me and at some points I was at a loss of words.

Once we arrived in Dallas we had a four hour layover so we just relaxed and ate some food. I had no idea what to expect for the 9 hour flight ahead of us. I was absolutely dreading it! We left Texas at 9:05 and arrived in London at 12:05 the next day. I am still confusing myself with the time difference, all I want to do is sleep! I tried to sleep during the flight last night but it was very uncomfortable. I dozed on and off the whole night but it dragged on. I just wanted to land in London already. The guy next to me on this flight was going to India for work and he had another 9 hour flight ahead of him, poor guy!

P.S. - On the flight the guy next to me was watching his tv series and lets just say there was a very intense sex scene and it was awkward.

Finally, after going through customs and getting our bags we were off... except we had no idea where to go. We headed towards the train station and I don't think I realized how many different trains they have! We had to ask at the ticket office how to get to our hostel and we paid with our "American Credit Cards." We transferred to three trains and finally arrived at our station, London Bridge. Again, we had no idea where to go and we find out we are still 10 minutes away from our hostel. So from there we just took a taxi because we couldn't get back into the train station with our ticket. The taxi driver was very helpful and kind. He taught us how to flag down a taxi and gave us some advice.

Our hostel is pretty unique! There is a cute little pub downstairs where you can just hang out. In our room there are 12 beds in our room (which kinda freaks me out). We decided to go exploring after putting our stuff in our room and brushing up a bit.

Our hallway in our hostel

The exchange rate is horrible here, it is very depressing.

I exchanged 96 dollars and got 45 pounds back :(

Everything here is so different from the states. It is very obvious that we are beginners at traveling aboard, but by the end of this trip we will be experts(: The people here are extremely different. The people aren't super friendly and everyone is fast pace.

We ended up at the London Eye and looked at the shops in the area. We had not eaten since this morning on the plane! So of course we go to this chinese buffet called Chopstix. Lets just say, it was pretty disguisting! At dinner we were so exhausted because of the lack of sleep on the plane; we just started to laugh and couldn't stop!

London Eye

Time in London: 7:55. Time in Utah: 12:55.

We are so jet lagged, it is insane.

Funny Story: While Summer was getting cash, Andrea and I had the wonderful opportunity to show how American we truly are. We had a discussion about frozen potato chips with the two employees and an elderly lady. Little did we know, we were not literally talking about potato chips, but instead we were talking about french fries.

This day has been a little crazy, stressful but I'm glad that I get to have this experience with these two wonderful girls! I cannot wait to sleep tonight and start over fresh tomorrow. We have so much planned for tomorrow... #YOLO (: