Flight and Bury St. Edmunds

Mike and Karan's house...it's called the Stables. They guess it's about 16th century?? It's awesome, I really love it.

Soooo...Obviously I got into the UK safe and sound :) I was in the Altanta airport forever and just kind of messed around. My flight got delayed about an hour, but that was really ok because we still got into London half an hour early.

I think the most interesting thing that happened was that the guy that sat next to me on the plane was pickpocketed just a few minutes before boarding the plane. He was really quite upset about it, which I would be too. He was taking his parents to London for their 50th wedding anniversary, so it wasn't the best start to the trip. I just told him there was a reason for everything and that it could only go uphill from here. I felt really bad for him and think he knew that, he thanked me for listening to him, and even offered to buy me a drink ;). I said no of course, but I thought it was funny.

Anyways, I didn't sleep much on the plane, so I was completely exhausted. I got to the airport, made it through customs, BARELY, and went to claim my baggage. Well that was an ordeal in and of itself. I waited, and waited, thinking, "of course it's lost". And it was. Well, actually Billings is just really stupid and didn't tag my luggage to be sent all the way through and didn't tell anyone, so no luggage for me for a couple of days.

Got in to Mike and Karan's around 3:30 in the afternoon and was totally dead. I managed to stay up until about 6pm, but I was approaching 26 hours with no sleep, and had only gotten about 3 hours of sleep the previous night. All is well though, I'm adjusting fairly well, so that's nice.

The first full day I was here, we went to the market in Bury St. Edmunds, the towne about ten minutes away from Elmswell. OH MY GOSH. Seriously, just so beautiful. And it's just so so cool. All these little shops and stuff, it's just beyond words. Just like in the movies, so I quite enjoyed myself. We also went to the Abbey gardens, and the cathedral. It's all just incredibly beautiful and all the history is really fascinating. To think theses things have been here for thousands of years is just astounding.

I love everything about this place. The culture, the atmosphere, the people. I love listening to everyone and realizing I'm the one with the accent. I love that it's sunny one minute then couldy and windy the next and back again. I love lying on my bed and listening to the rain come down, and that it has happened everyday.

I love all the people I've met, they are all so nice. I've been called dearie about ten times, and think it's so cute. It's so hard to believe I'm actually in England, it's still a little surreal. But I'm looking forward to all these new experiences!

Edmund St. Bury Cathedral

Gardens inside the Abbey gate

The Market