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We took a direct flight from
Seattle to London. |
June 14th, 15th, 1998
Day 1 and 2
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We are eager to board our plane
and begin our adventure! |
WOW! What a long day! It was really only one day of sleeping and waking up, but it was a two day period because of the time zone change. Our flights were okay. The second one took 8 hours and 40 minutes. It was way too long to be on a plane! The neatest part of the flight was going over the Arctic Circle. It was all snow and ice. We got to London's Heathrow Airport at 11:45 a.m., which was really 3:45 a.m. All of our luggage arrived at the same time that we did. I was very relieved.
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My train ticket from Heathrow
Airport to Paddington Station. |
We took a train from the airport to Paddington Station, where we ahd to catch a cab to pick up the key to our flat. (We had to take a cab because the Tube (Underground RR) was on strike.) We picked up the keys to the flat, and went to what we thought was our flat. We had been upgraded to a larger flat, which was about five blocks down the road. Our cab had left, so we had to walk in the rain carrying all of our luggage. That wasn't the worst part. Our flat was #4, so it was up four flights of stairs. To make matters even worse, we had been given keys to the wrong flat, so we waited for the chap to bring us the correct keys.
All of the people talk funny. Even though they speak English, it's still hard to understand them.
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Our cab ride gave a whole
new meaning to "Crazy Taxi". |
I will never complain about the drivers in Spokane again! The people here drive like they are all intoxicated. They of course, drive on the left side of the road, and the steering wheel is on the right, but they also drive real fast! Our cab ride was almost terrifying. He drove right down the middle of the road, over the center line, and he barely missed about four cars and pedestrians! I think he thought he was invincible. It wasn't just him though, they all drive that way. Pedestrians are almost looking for their death wish. Jenelle and I walked down the block to McD's, and almost got hit crossing the street. There are no walk signs, so you have to wait for the cars to stop. Cars just come out of nowhere.
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| There were a lot of double deck buses! |
There are a lot of double deck buses, and a lot of taxis.
At McD's, it was funny because the guy that waited on us asked if it was "for eat" or "take away".
People here talk really weird. I am very overtired from jet lag, had a very long day.
