I don’t think I’m going to do this normally, since I plan on writing these things in a notebook (it’s more poetic and romantic that way), but after nearly 24 hours of traveling I landed in London today! Saying goodbye to my friends and housemates was rough, especially when our goodbyes played out like a movie montage at the airport. I ended up running into a girl I lived on the same floor with my freshmen year at the airport who’s practically living right next to me in London. These things always happen to me, I swear. 

I managed to sleep for most of the 11 hour flight and got to the dorms a bit late, but spent the rest of the day getting essentials for my two months here. A bunch of the girls in my program went to the pub to grab beers and watch the Chelsea/Munich game earlier this evening. The highlight of the day was definitely when Chelsea came close to scoring and choked and missed, to which I heard every British man in the pub yell “Fuck off!” 

I think I’m so hopped up on nerves and being in a new place that my appetite is getting suppressed. I wish I knew more about English beers, so I just got a Stella at the pub and that was my dinner. I would not have ended my first day in London any differently than having a pint for dinner. I just hope I can find a pub buddy here who’s as obsessed with beer as I am. 

Tomorrow I hopefully get to meet everyone else in the program. I hope there’s some kids I click with.

WANTED: friends who will accompany me to pubs, frolic in Hyde Park, go shopping on Kensington High Street/thrift markets. Someone who also enjoys coffee and cute cafes. Someone who has similar taste in music as myself and will sneak into the Hyde Park music festival with me so we can see Madeon and The Weeknd. A plus if you like watching Mad Men and drinking whiskey. PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED: you have a mustache.