Fourth Post | London

These past two days have been a blur. After arriving safely at Heathrow Airport, I traveled with Thom (another student attending LDA) from Terminal 1 to our designated "meeting spot" in Terminal 3. Towing over 100 pounds of luggage after a 6 1/2 hour flight is not something I would recommend. Then the LDA gang met up, and after some official introductions, we all hopped on a bus that took us to our new home. We chatted and had a mini-orientation with our Resident Directors and RAs. Later, we ventured out to get adapters and other miscellaneous items. The night ended with a trip to a nearby pub (is pear cider a thing in America?) and then I think it took me all of 10 seconds to fall asleep once we were back in the dorms.

Today we met up with the LDA's director, Ellen Newman, for a walking tour around Hampstead Heath, an absolutely gorgeous park that's nearly 800 acres! Of course, this trip required riding The Tube, which is essentially a cleaner version of the NYC subway system. After our tour, we headed back onto The Tube and traipsed around Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus. Then, we came back to our neighborhood (via Tube) and found a diner with Wifi and French Toast and all was right with the world. We all met up again to try out a nearby bowling alley, which I think I would have enjoyed more had I not been so cranky--I really should have taken a nap today.

This is the Cliffnotes version--hopefully I'll write up a more fleshed-out description of everything this weekend. Also I can already tell I'm amongst an extremely talented group of artists/actors/cool people and I just can't wait to work and play and act and yeah.

Here are some pictures!