London Orientation

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We arrived in London a little before lunch time on the 12th. We took the Heathrow Express Train from Heathrow airport the the Paddington station near Notting Hill. From there we took a short taxi ride to our hotel.

The first weekend was spent getting over jet lag and seeing some of the sights near to our hotel including the Kensington Palace, Hyde Park, the Albert & Victoria Museum and the Natural History Museum. And of course the first meal we had here was fish & chips!

We met up with the rest of the Americans going through the same program on Monday. Over the next couple of days we had some boring orientation business to attend to and did some more sight seeing. We went to the British Museum and saw the Rosetta Stone, saw the play Love Song, went to a traditional British pub and went to the National Portrait Museum (on accident, we meant to go to jus the National Museum).

On Wednesday moring we headed for Leeds in a private bus. The ride was long but we saw some nice countryside.

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Photos

Andrew on the plane
We got 2 meals and a couple of snacks on the way over

Kristen
thanks for the goodies courts!

Kensington Palace
This is where Princess Diana and Prince Charles lived with William and Harry for a while

Kensington Palace gates
these gates were made famous when people piled flowers around them when Princess Diana died

Prince Albert Memorial
memorial in Hyde Park

British Museum
outside of the British Museum, its great how the museums are FREE :)

Rosetta Stone
the stone that made it possible to decode hierogliphics

out on the town in London
all of these girls are from the Butler group

Love Song
we saw Love Song with the Butler group, it was quite good

Comments

[Tom and Acey]

Great
Your Blog was great. Good job. Acey and Grandpa

[Linda/Mom]

Cool site.
This is a slick way to share photos without having to download images. You and Andrew look wonderful. Love you. Mom

[Jan Krutz]

Trip and Orientation
Kristen, Wonderful pictures and notes. I want to be there! Love, G'ma Jan

[Aunt Kelly]

Thanks
Thanks for putting this together. It's almost like we're with you... well maybe not! Have fun!

[Shari, Rick, Molly and Ryan]

Kristen, Thanks for sharing all that you are doing while in England! It is really fun to see pictures of you and Andrew. Shari, Rick, Ryan and Molly

[Karen Jones]

Closer
With this blog, I feel closer to you two and all that you are experiencing so far away. What a miracle of modern technology! Thanks, Kristen. Love and hugs to you both. Mama Jones