4-5 Days and Places to go

4 days until i board the plane, 5 till I land at London Heathrow Airport. I have everything I need, except maybe a full knowledge of what exactly I am getting myself into. My feelings mirror those that i had before i left for college the first time, excitement and net nervousness. Currently my list of must-do's include:

221b Bakerstreet

Peter Pan Statue in Hyde Park

Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station

Jack the Ripper's tour

Big Ben

London Eye

Westminster Abby

Abby Road

Old Globe Theater

Parliament

Bookstore in Oxford that allows you to read rare editions

Harrods

If anyone has any other must see places please let me know!

GIfts to go...

18 days and counting. I thought it might be nice to list a few of the things I still need before i leave, just in case one of those people out there that love wanted to get me a chirstmas or going away present. LOTS OF LOVE!

Laptop Lock

17 inch neoprean slip case for my laptop

London/England travel book (one focusing on the cheap things to do)

DS or Gameboy games (Pokemon, Harry Potter, brain teesers, ((so i have something to do on the plane)))

gloves and scarves (any color but pink, or yellow... favorite color is green if you didn't know)

Thanks,

L3 Shannon

Getting Ready, 19 Days

In 19 days I will board a plane in Las Vegas, Nevada, fly to Chicago, Illinois, then to Newark, New Jersey, and take an overnight flight to Heathrow Airport, London, England, and so my six month adventure will begin.

This is an extremely exciting and odd time for me. I am filled with this powerful need to go, and yet a jarring pull to stay with my friends. This is an attempt at the very least to document the next six months, and keep in contact with the important people in my life. I plan on posting pictures, plans, stories, ideas, shout outs and so much more of what I know will be an even more dramatic move on my part, than leaving for college was.

For now let me leave you with an address for where I will be living and a viritual tour of the itty bitty room I get to sleep in.

Pooley 30E
Pooley House, Westfield Way
London, E1 4PU

http://www.residences.qmul.ac.uk/accommodation/tours/mileend/index.html.

(You want to go to the top right corner of the map, and select Pooley house, one is the residence's the other is the community kitchen)

Over and out,

L3 Shannon