letter from london

Dear Blog,
Its been a while since we chatted. Well a lot’s happened in the last couple of days. I arrived in London via an amazing Virgin Atlantic flight. It was so hip and comfortable. I slept most of the way because I had been up 24 hours the day before, I was very knackered. It worked out pretty wonderful cause when I arrived I was pretty awake to deal with the customs line. It was like a line at Disneyland only the only ride at the end was a tube ride. I made it through customs this time with no hassles. It felt pretty grown up. I gave the woman at the money exchange window 175$ and received 77pounds, a lovely exchange rate if your doing it the other way. I had to just give in to how expensive it is. Thank God I’m only here till Saturday. What are you like London?? Well I forgot how loud and harsh my American accent is until I heard it here. When I lived here the last time I had a pretty English accent after a month or so. This time I’m holding on to my harsh vowel sounds. I have a whole stay in Italy to loose my American accent. I’m staying at a Hostel in Earls Court. Its been a while since I slept in a bunk bed with five other girls. Its an adventure in itself. What else? Lets see today I went back to Greenwich my old neighborhood. I worked in a quarter of the pubs there and drank in all of the other ones. I have been dreaming about going back there (literally) so I had to stop by and see where I used to live thru the lenses that perspective and time have given me. I sat down at bench that I used to sit on and just started crying. I had a really crazy time before and there were a lot of feelings that came up. It felt good to address them. I had a feeling I would bump into my old boyfriend and as I sat there he rode by on his bike. We didn’t bump into each other right then but I saw him a few minutes later and surprised him. It was great seeing him and hearing about life in Greenwich, its exactly the same as when I left. He told me where a couple of people I knew worked and I did stop bys freaking people out. It was fun!! After Greenwich I went to Waterloo station and hung out near the National Theatre where my friend Alesha works. I am getting pretty good at napping in coffee shops so I took a quick nap while I waited for her to get off work. Then we had a really nice dinner and had a great catch up conversation. I am so blessed to have such amazing people in my life. I hope you all know how treasured you are. I have these amazing friends scattered across the globe that when I see them I just feel like home. Today I head over to my friend Amy’s house, we went to Dell’Arte together, and then to Venice Saturday afternoon. I can’t wait for the extreme culture shock. I can only imagine what it going to be like. I can’t wait!! The pictures are of the pub I used to live above. My room is the small window near the sign. They remodeled, when I lived there it was a total dump. The view was wonderful though. The picture with the river is the view from the window. And that’s Aleasha and me at dinner. And the tube ride!