In Transit
Well, I'm sure you'll all be pleased to note that I have apperantly survived my journey to Poland! All 24 hours of it.
'Why so long' you ask? Well, I'm pretty sure that for me, the 9 hour layover in Heathrow may have had something to do with it. So I decided that instead of being a lump and staying in the airport all day (although, let me say right now, they have an entire MALL of duty free there, so this was quite a sacrifice) I decided to visit London.
It was actually a lot of fun, and I met, I kid you not, an American girl my age who was off to be a missionary nurse in Zambia. And since we had the same layoever, we decided to tour around together for a few hours.
Highlights:
I made my new friend go to the National Portrait Gallery which I had not yet seen. It has a really interesting collection, especially of Tudor Portraits (all of those stock pictures you see of Henry XIII or Elizabeth I come from there, very cool).
St. James Park: It was a beautiful day, and the park is gorgeous. Ok, all I really remember are these adorable baby swans that we found. Their cuteness has erased all other memories from my mind.
Big Ben and Westminster: Oh yes, we were tourists. I even took a picture of Gretchen (missionary nurse girl) in the red phone booth in front of Big Ben. I'm sure this qualifies me for instant death or something. Alas.
'Why so long' you ask? Well, I'm pretty sure that for me, the 9 hour layover in Heathrow may have had something to do with it. So I decided that instead of being a lump and staying in the airport all day (although, let me say right now, they have an entire MALL of duty free there, so this was quite a sacrifice) I decided to visit London.
It was actually a lot of fun, and I met, I kid you not, an American girl my age who was off to be a missionary nurse in Zambia. And since we had the same layoever, we decided to tour around together for a few hours.
Highlights:
I made my new friend go to the National Portrait Gallery which I had not yet seen. It has a really interesting collection, especially of Tudor Portraits (all of those stock pictures you see of Henry XIII or Elizabeth I come from there, very cool).
St. James Park: It was a beautiful day, and the park is gorgeous. Ok, all I really remember are these adorable baby swans that we found. Their cuteness has erased all other memories from my mind.
Big Ben and Westminster: Oh yes, we were tourists. I even took a picture of Gretchen (missionary nurse girl) in the red phone booth in front of Big Ben. I'm sure this qualifies me for instant death or something. Alas.
posted by Anna at
5/26/2005 01:17:00 PM
1 Comments:
I'm so glad you're ok! I was worried about you. And I'm sorry our visit was so crappy! I am way stressed about moving, and I fear I was not a good host. Have fun in your travels, and I will think of you as I travel.
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