Flat, etc.

Well.

After a 10 hour flight, I finally arrived in London at about 3:30 yesterday. I piled all my bags on a trolley and rolled myself out to a periwinkle coloured taxi. Seriously. You know how theoretically they're all black? No. Wrong. I've seen periwinkle, red, green, and a whole bunch covered in different advertisements. I started off in London feeling colourful.

Now I'm settled in my flat, which is not that far from Fleet Street and Buckingham Palace. My flatmates are lovely (Caroline, Katie and I are currently discussing the exchange rates and how to survive here). I've stuck up all the watercolours the kids gave me, set up my digital picture frame, and spread my striped blanket on my bed. It's actually quite cozy.

So far, the time here has just been a frenzy of meeting people. We're all very, very loud. It's sort of funny, but I'm vaguely concerned for if we all go out to dinner somewhere. I feel like it would be sort of awful for everyone else there.

In the past 24 hours I have acquired food, an Oyster card, and made my cell phone work. Excellent.

And now, a message from Luna the travelling hedgehog:

Here I am, waiting for flight NW 106 to London. I was all bright eyed and eager to go, because the flight was at 10pm. It's handy being nocturnal!

And now, here I am on the airplane. It was a really long flight, and I was relieved to be off the plane by the end of it. It was a bit of a rough landing in London, but I was so excited to be there that I didn't care at all. Let the adventures begin!