London.

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Hello everyone!

So here is my first trip update.

May 13
Arrived in London after a very long flight and crashed at my hostel for a few hours.  Cassie really would have appreciated the interior decorating....my entire room was construction orange from floor to ceiling along with the hallways.  After getting some rest in, I hopped a bus to the river and walked along the water up to Tower bridge and back to London Eye.  I highly recommend this walk as a good staring point for a trip.   I caught a show at Shakespeare's Globe Theater-a rebuilt version of his first theater.  The experience is fun but to be honest unless you are absolutely in love with Shakespeare and understand a random ancient European language, it could get old very quickly.  After the Globe I walked to London Eye and passed lots of street performers on the way which was fun.  London Eye is a bit expensive but great for photos and getting a bearing on your location (it is also lit up at night-beautiful)  It just so happened that in my "pod" were 5 americans, all from California and two of which live only 10 minutes from APU.  There were great and I hung out with them for the night.  Interestingly, when you run into americans here they seem much more friendly :) We got dessert waffles-AMAZING, and then walked across to Big Ben and the tube at Westminister Abby.  I learned a lot from David-one of the americans, about using my phone etc.

Advice:
-Use Magic Jack to make international calls to the U.S.  it's free if you are on WiFi, so is imessage!!
-Get to know the tube system! It is easier to manage than the buses and cheaper
-Timeout is a good app for finding things to do in any city
-Try to find free WiFi wherever you can! you can find bus schedules etc. that way very quickly.

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