I think I suffer from...

Anglophilia
noun.
a strong admiration or enthusiasm for England, its people, and things English.

TC and I are in ENGLAND!! Everything went really smoothly on the way here. Security was a breeze, the flight landed at London Heathrow thirty-five minutes ahead of schedule, and we didn't even get lost on the way to the hostel!

That's saying something, folks.

TC has a rolling suitcase, and I have a big backpack. This morning she asked, "So are the backpacks that much better? I see a lot of people using them." At first I couldn't think of why they were so much better (because honestly, they are awkward on elevators and the tube). But then I remembered why they are so nice; see, the tube is underground, and there are steps everywhere. 

We stowed our bags at the hostel, grabbed a pizza because we were famished by that point, and headed out to see some of London. All the pics are lacking editing of any sort and some might be blurry because stuff was behind glass, but at least this way you can't say I didn't post pics.

The London Eye! Nothing says "this is a good idea" quite like having a GIANT ferris wheel-like amusement that is only supported on one side and hangs over the river. So cool, but a little nerve-wracking. We didn't ride it. The line was long and the prices high.

The view across the river of Big Ben and I think that's parliament. We were very confused for a while as to what it is, but I think we finally decided on that. Here's Westminster Abby. No pics of the inside (no photos allowed, boo), but it was so impressive. And a little excessive.

It thought about raining or a minute.

Seriously, I took one photo right after the other.

And then we went to Winston Churchill's War Rooms. This is just one shot but it was very informative and I got a lot more.

And I'll leave you with this:

It's around the corner from our hostel. Old-fashioned police boxes are hard to come by, so I guess this is the next best thing.

Things we have learned so far:

1. Even with an empty seat between us, we are both terrible at sleeping on planes.

2. It's really hard not to have a grin fixed on our faces when around people with English accents (even though I've seen so many movies and TV shows with accents and hardly think about it when it's in the context). Especially the first few minutes on the plane.

3. It's not acceptable to go to bed at 7pm when on an overseas adventure, not matter how hard it is to keep your eyes open :)

That's all for today. I'm pretty sure I dozed twice just while writing this (and if you can't tell, I didn't really put a lot of effort and time into this post)