First Day in London

Now that we're all settled in our dorms, I finally have a little time to write! Except for the fact that I think I blew up the outlets so we don't have electricity in our room for the night (sorry Jocelyn and Kathryn :x), everything has been going relatively smoothly. The plane was really cramped so I wasn't able to get a good night's rest; I ended up passing out for a little bit on the taxi ride from the airport to the dorm. Lynn and I tipped the taxi driver 10%, which ended up to be a total of £80. I guess we didn't realize that a) we tipped an equivalent of $14 USD (yikes) and b) you don't have to tip here. We figured it out after the cab driver said, "That was very nice of you." Oh well.

After meeting the suitemates (there are 9 of us in total and 2 bathrooms), grabbing some food, unpacking, napping, and settling in, it was already 10pm. We decided to go grab some food and explore the nearby streets to see if we could find a pub... turns out most restaurants here close around 10 and pubs generally close at 11pm. Regardless, we found one after lots of walking and sat down for just one drink. It was an interesting experience, hopefully we will have more fun tomorrow now that we're all settled in. We have orientation in the afternoon and then some free time later. Looking forward to it!