We have finally landed in Heathrow! After a few people exchanged some money we hopped on a bus and rode to our flats. We live in Bayswater a few blocks from the both the Bayswater and Queensway tube stops. It’s a really nice area right across the street from Hyde Park. The flat itself if pretty nice as well. My flat consists of two bedroom (each one consists of a bunk bed and a single bed so there are three to a room), a bathroom and a living room with a little kitchen. It's a good amount of space and we all seem to get along pretty well.
Today we went and got a weeks pass for oyster cards- which means unlimited tube and bus rides in downtown London. It was good to check out the tube station we will be going to everyday. We were really starting to feel the affects of the long journey and no sleep, but my roommates (Amy, Corby and Meghan—we tend to break off a lot by our selves or with a few other people, because its hard to navigate the city with 27 people and we all feel comfortable enough by ourselves in the city) and I still wanted to explore. So, after a few hours break we wandered down to Notting Hill (which is only about a 10 minute walk from our flat).
It was a great area to wander around for a while. We searched for the blue door (out of the movie), but couldn’t find it. But we still took a picture by some random blue door anyway (see picture above). We hadn’t eaten since breakfast on the plane, so we found a pub and decided to eat there—the Prince Albert (see picture below). We all had a Groelsch and fish finger bap with lime mayo. After we got home that evening we tried to stay up as late as possible, which for me was about 8:30. I woke up later hoping it was about 6 am, unfortunately it was 1:30. I managed to fall back asleep until about 2:30 but then woke up again feeling very sick and I wasn’t able to get back to sleep until 5. It was a rough night.
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Fiona - I bet you didn't know that your Great Great Grandfather (Henry Edward Soderberg) was born in Notting Hill
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