At the airport one last time on this trip, waiting to board my flight home. Check-in, security, food and drinks all taken care of, and there’s nothing left to do but wait. I’m already hearing Quebec French being spoken around…
The home stretch
Welcome to London, the city that tries to be everything to everyone and actually succeeds fairly well at it. Along with New York, London is probably one of the only places in the world where I could spend ages without…
Heathrow Airport – The End
Sitting in Heathrow Airport, watching the seconds tick by as I wait for my flight home, which is still six hours away. I finally have time to reflect on the past seven and a half weeks, what they meant and…
Return to London
It’s over. So strange to think we will probably never see any of the people from the tour again. After living with them for over a month, it’s a difficult adjustment to make. Last night was the last optional dinner…
The night before
Hello from Central London. It’s the night before the tour, and so we’ve left Jon’s and have moved to the departure hotel. Today we met most of our “family” for the next six weeks, and it was more than a…
Rain, rain, go away
Hi folks, Having a great time. Mom, yes I’m eating, yes I’m sleeping, yes I’m having fun and no, there’s nothing to worry about. Woke up today to the news that Wings won in triple-overtime. Yay! Today, we took in…
More from London
England won the soccer game yesterday and the whole country went nuts. We went out after the game to visit Harrod’s, which was very cool, or, as they say here, “posh”. Elie bought a bag, but we mainly just browsed.…
Hi from London
Hi everyone! I’m here in beautiful, sunny – well, okay, rainy – London, having a great time so far, and I just figured I’d send off a short update to say hello to you all. Well, we haven’t seen any…