London

It is currently 6:30 London time and I'm already ready for bed! Seems I still haven't caught up with the time. Not only from not sleeping well on the plane, but being awakened this morning at 5am by bright sunlight! And it took me an hour to go to sleep after that as my body was telling me it was time to get up, but I still felt really sleepy! I managed to go back to sleep by grabbing my jacket,putting it on my pillow, and using the sleeves to cover my eyes! Sounds crazy, but I was able to get some more sleep!

Got up and 10 this morning and headed out to London with Melody and Steph. We tried to see the Queen, as she came out this afternoon about 1, however we didn't know it till about 12, and we were still in Epping. So we didn't make it time. But we did get to see Buckingham Palace, so that was a check off the list!

From there we went to Covent Gardens which is a large outdoor shopping area in London. It was fun walking around and looking at everything.

From there we walked to Trafalger Square, and then to the National Gallery which was free. Yay! We got to see several Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Degas, and even a Davinci painting! So that was exciting.

Afterward we walked toward Leischter Square (sp?) and then came home. We managed to see a lot of London, so when Melody and I get back from France, at least we won't have to try and squeze a lot in!

Dinner tonight is what the Brits refer to as BBQ and we call grilling out. Burgers, sausage that type of thing.

Tomorrow will be church and Monday is France! Not sure if I'll have any internet in France. So after tomorrow there may be no news until the 12th or 13 of June!

Melody and I are having a great time so far. The Westwoods are really great hosts. And its fun being able to share all this with Melly!

Hello from England!

Melody and I have safely made it to England! We flew in from Charlotte and were delayed a little bit because of rain in Charlotte. So we made it to England an hour later than we expected. The flight was pretty boring. Long and cramped. We had middle seats, and neither of us on the aisle. So that was cramped.

We sat next to a very chatty person, but she was nice. Helped make the time pass! Also had video screens on the back of the seats. Which I haven't had before. So that was fun!

Beresford picked Melody and I up from the airport and dropped us off at the Westwoods. We both headed straight for bed and slept for 3 hours. We could have slept more, but if we had, it would probably be hard to go to sleep tonight. (It is currently 20 till 9)

The we went up to High Street in Epping. Walked around, got some coffee, and picked up some food materials since we hadn't had lunch yet.

Then we ate our lunch in the backyard and stayed there till Janice got home. They back garden is very nice, and it was enjoyable to sit outside and enjoy the really beautiful weather. And of course taking lots of pictures!!

Once Janice got home, we discussed plans for our trip to France, where we'll be staying and what we want to see here in London. Looks like tomorrow Steph, Melly and I are going down to London to do a bit of sightseeing. No big plans, just looking around!

We're leaving early, early Monday morning for the Eurocamp. This is where we'll be staying - http://www.eurocamp.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=Campsites.ResortOverView&ver=1&Mastercode=30
I think the plan is to leave about 2 in the morning! And then once we get off the Chunnel it'll be about an eight hour drive to the camp.

Well that's about all I have for today! Thanks for all the prayers, we and our luggage have so far been safe!

Almost time!

So it's almost time for my friend Melody and I to start on our trip! I'm getting very excited and I can't believe it's really happening!

Here are the trip plans -

We'll be flying out of Atlanta in the late afternoon on Thursday, and will arrive early in the morning on Friday at the Gatwick Airport near London. There we'll be met by the same family I stayed with two years ago, the Westwoods.

We probably won't do much that day but recover from our flight!

We leave on June 1 for Bergerac, France. We'll be traveling with the Westwoods who will be driving. So that should be an adventure! I believe Janice said it would take about 8 hours!

We'll stay there until June 7th, when Melody and I will take a train to Paris. We'll stay there until June 11, then take a train back to London.

Once back at the Westwoods we'll do all the usual London sites as much as possible, and fly home on June 17.

I know I'll have internet access when I am in England, so I will hopefully be blogging and sharing pictures much like I did two years ago. I'm not sure what the plan will be in France. Melody is planning on bringing her iPhone, but according to a friend of mine who is also currently on a European tour, the only free WiFi in Paris is on the steps of the Pantheon... So we'll just have to wait and see!

Thanks for all the well wishes and prayer. Please continue! Prayer that are flights connect on time, our luggage makes it intact and on time, and of course that we stay safe!

Will write again soon...hopefully from Epping, England!

Not long

So I haven't posted to this blog since returning home from England. So I thought it was about time to make sure that everything still was correct! I've connected my blog to my facebook so hopefully this will transfer correctly and it should make it easier for many of you to keep up with this trip.

 

I'm also testing out the email function since I may be updating from Melody's iPhone if she decides to bring it. We shall see.

 

Any way! This was just a quick update test. Posting will hopefully resume May 29!