First Full Day Here!

I'm not sure I've ever been this exhausted. It's been a busy past 24 hours.

Yesterday we went on a walking tour of Surbiton and learned where the closest grocery store is and train station. The city was small but exciting none the less.

A few pictures from Surbiton:

Entrance to our dorm.. Seething Wells

Today we went to Kingston and visiting the campus our classes will be at as well as the city around it before our school took us out for drinks and lunch. There are 130 students studying with us at Kingston University, and not all of them are from the United States. My roommates are all from up North and love to pick on my Southern accent. At Orientation we got our University id's and TravelCards so we can travel by bus, train, or underground for free. Kingston is a gorgeous town.. full of shopping and river front restaurants because it is based right along the Thames River. Here are a few pictures from there!

First ride on the double-decker bus!

Biggest tourist attraction in Kingston

Shopping in Kingston

Flatmates!

Thames River

After lunch we received directions for a Scavenger hunt in London that was supposed to introduce us to the transportation systems. I've rode the tube twice today, the train twice today, and buses twice today. We had to team up with the flat that lives directly across from us, so all 10 of us traveled into London. After completing the first few tasks without any trouble, we took the tube into Westminster and got lost looking for a Franklin D Roosevelt memorial. We ended up wandering around for an hour lost because the boys didn't want to use maps and look like tourists. Eventually we pulled out the maps and found our way. We missed the final checkpoint because we were too late.. about 2 hours late. After a bus, tube, and train ride we are safely back in our flat now and exhausted. Here are some pictures from London today:

Infront of the London Eye

Big Ben

Westminster Bridge

Overlooking the Thames

Leicester Square

I created a Flickr account for pictures. The address is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprilfuller/

Click on sets on the right hand side or on the top.

London itself is breathtaking and I am so glad that I decided to come here. Classes start tomorrow so I'm getting ready for the morning and hanging out with my flatmates!

Love

April