So for those who are curious, which I am sure if you are reading this you must be. i have made my way to London, safe and sound. We arrived here thursday morning at 3:30, after leaving the school at around 10 pm Wed night. It was a long not so comfy, lack of sleep bus ride. The bus stop didnt really have anywhere for us to sleep or stay warm, so the 5 of us ( Beth and Christy from Burnaby, Brianna and me from Chilliwack and then Aaron from somewhere in Alberta) decided to call a taxi to take us to our hostel. We arrived asked to keep our backpacks in their storage until we could check in. They kindly allowed us to use their tv room to sit and relax until it we wanted to go out and have coffee. However they specifically told us not to sleep. As you know 5 young people who have had a lack of sleep can be very tired and so the 4 of them slept while, I read my bible and watched the news for once. We left for coffee and breakfast at around 7 and then bought oyster cards for the underground. Which is amazing and I love the underground soo much. We took our first tube to Oxford St and did a bit of shopping, you guys should be proud, I only bought magic markers with the girls. I am trying not spend a lot of money on things other then food and things of need and some fun stuff. We got back to our hostel having a lack of energy and had our make shift dinner and hit the sack early. Friday we went to the British National Museum and spent a few hours there just looking around and seeing everything. Its so cool to see things that you have learned about in school. We wandered the streets some more and found some really cute shopping area with Christmas decorations everywhere. i love how I am in London for Christmas, the decorations around here are amazing and festive. After wandering we got on the tube and headed over to the British Library where we saw all these old books and even pieces of a really old bible in greek. We also saw music that the beatles wrote out long time ago, and lots of other such things. We had dinner at this pub, where we ate real food instead of sandwiches. We were soo happy to have all the ketchup we want, actual salad thats good looking with SALAD DRESSING! and warm food that we could choose. Our waitress said we were the happiest people she served.
Today being Saturday we woke up and decided to go across the river to this awesome Christmas Market. It was so festive and sweet. The London Eye was right there, so I took a trip on it, and got to see the whole city. It was so amazing and beautiful, i went on the perfect day. The weather here has been turning better throughout the day and so it starts out raining and then gets nice and sunny, but always cold. We ended our day by heading over and saw big ben and the parliament. We went on the tube and found Primark and shopped got stressed out and realized how much we hate people. There are so many people all over the place, its last minute Christmas shopping. By the end of our shopping we took so side roads and just slowly made our way back to our hostel where we made some soup and dinner.
I am having a pretty good time. The weather has been holding up really well for us and all of us girls are getting along really well. It is so much fun hanging out with these girls. Aaron brings some interestingness to the mix, we are learning a lot of patients with him. We have been eating sandwiches and some nice random cheap food. We have been walking and exploring, drinking coffee and hanging out, we have been using the underground and are learning to walk around lots of people and find our way around London. I am so looking forward to the rest of our time traveling. Tomorrow Beths family is coming into town and we are going to Church but Beth and Christy are going and staying with Beths family so its me and Brianna at the Hostel but we are learning our way around and I think we will be good. Continue to pray for safety and our health but also for patience with each other. Lots of love Moriah
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