London

Hey Everyone,

Well, I made it to London but I'm exhausted. I left Vichy at 2 pm and then I sat next to the window on the train but it was hot and they guy next to me didn't smell that great. I got to a Paris train station and then had to take the metro to the other train station. (One train station services the south, while the other services the north.) I checked in with the train and went through the French and British customs. To be honest, I heard the British lady's accent and struggled to hold back the laughter. Anyways, I waited around for my train and I was going to go to the waiting area for my coach even though my train wasn't there yet. But the guy who was checking the tickets called up somebody and said I could just go on this train. So I caught an earlier train and there was nobody sitting around me and I even had my own power outlet so I could plug in my laptop. Went through the chunnel-it wasn't too spectacular. I got to the London train station and got on the Underground-Both were better and cleaner than the ones in Paris. In Paris they didn't have any luggage carts so I was sweating like crazy trying to get from one train to the other. But they had them in London. London>Paris. I foung my hostel very easily and there are a lot of Americans here. They have a couple of tv lounges, free internet, free breakfast, and a restaurant and bar in the basement. It's really nice. Tomorrow I plan on going by Trafalger Square and hooking up some walking tours to do all day or maybe the bus tour-haven't decided yet. Then I'll come back and get up early for my flight. For me it's going to be like 5 a.m when I get back. Can't wait to get home!

I'll see y'all soon,


Zach

International Children's Day

Today is International Children's Day and of course France closes down for it. I hate holidays, I can't get things done...and the 3 euro cafeteria is closed.

Anyways, I leave Vichy tomorrow and will be without means of communication until I get back to Tulsa. My plane gets in at 11:15 pm on Thursday, June 4th. It's going to be great to be back.

See y'all soon.

Zach

P.S.

I did some research and it looks like I'll be flying from London to Minneapolis on the same model of plane as the Air France one that they think crashed on its way to Paris form Rio. I checked some more and it looks like it has a pretty solid safety history, so I'm not too worried.