London Calling

My family and I watched The Queen on video last night. My mother, my brother's girlfriend Vickie, and I all enjoyed it quite a bit. My dad and brother...not so much. We all thought it was a great insight into her life and job though. Helen Mirren did an incredible job (She deserves that Oscar!)

I leave tomorrow (Monday 14 May) for London. I'm currently packing up everything that I will absolutely need. If there are things that I may not need, I've been told not to pack them. I can always buy things over there (I'm not heading to Somalia or anything!) Packing is such a chore.

The hardest thing so far this past week has been saying goodbye to a lot of my friends. Many of them graduated today from Carolina and so I may not see them for a long time. Other friends I will see in a month when I return, but that does not make it any easier. I promised "I WILL BE BACK" to a few friends to settle their nerves...and my own. As much as I am excited for this trip I am extremely nervous. I have never travelled alone, I have never been overseas, I have never been given so much freedom in my life! Compared to my best friends Julie and Maggie, I am a baby when it comes to travelling. Those girls have explored the world by the time I'm heading out for my first steps.

As of now, I have not purchased any train/plane tickets to Paris or Ireland but I plan to do so when I get settled across the pond. I really have no set plans other than what the program has laid out for us.

As I have already expressed, I may not be able to post on here very often because it will cost me several pounds an hour to write. I will attempt to write on here as much as I can though. Pictures on the other hand, will not be posted until after I return. There is no way to connect my cameras (yes, I am taking two digital cameras) to the computers for uploading. I promise to post them when I acclimate back to the US.

This is my last post before I skip over the pond. Thanks to everyone who has given me tips, gifts, and love the past few weeks. I know that I will need them all.

It's only a month.


"You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." - Samuel Johnson