Day one and some

I landed in London yesterday. The flight was ok but my sinuses are horrible. The plane food was worth forgetting. It was a good thing I decided to buy some before takeoff.

After landing and waiting for my friend to meet me I got my first ride on the"tube". (I thought of you Nicole when the voice said "Mind the Gap"). We went to his house dropped off my stuff and hit the streets.

First up was business. Went to the bank to get some £. Followed by a trip to get a sim card ( on the UK grid officially).

We didn't do any sight seeing just walking around Central London. It is crazy how so many of the things in London remind me of NYC. A great public transit system and a large amount of people to start with. The shops (although different brands) and atmosphere are very similar. People singing in the underground (subway). It is clearly different when it comes to other things like they drive on the other side of the road and a lot of the public busses are double deckers not too mention the people talk funny (lol). People here also seem to be nicer.

While wondering the streets of London I got a couple souvenir shot glasses. I also went to look for Elmer and Wilbur the elephants for a friend. The first store we walked into had the books but not the stuffed animal :( I was looking for. We also stopped by the chemist to get some sinus medicine.

We headed back home after that. After 48 hours with only about 4 hrs of sleep I was ready to catch some Zzz. To bad my sinuses kept me up.

Today is just rested and spent sometime with my friend's mom. We are heading to Birmingham to meet up with another friend to start some real fun. To bad we missed our original bus and have to wait 2 hours for the next one.

Hopefully my entries will be a little more exciting going further. As of right now the plans are go out tonight, shop tomorrow, go out tomorrow night, travel to Liverpool, sight see, go out again, head back to Oxford or London and do more sight seeing. Check out some pictures so far.

Oh and Baby Cam is here. Congrats T!! I can't wait to meet her.