I have arrived.

I am settling in, nearly delirious from jet lag, at the end of my first day in London. The flight was long, uncomfortable (terribly hard to sleep), but overall not too bad. The food was actually pretty good--a vegetarian dish with tofu and yogurt:












When we arrived we lugged our baggage through all the necessary steps of customs, etc, then on a bus, then off a bus, then up many flights of narrow stairs to our flat. It's small, but, as the Brits say, "cozy". I'll take some pictures and post them soon. After a few minutes of unloading, we were taken to fish and chips at a pub down the street.
(With vinegar!)

After that we shopped at Sainsbury's....oh, the grocery store. Oh, my...the grocery store. They have flavors of hummus you've never heard of, jams of every fruit imaginable, and milk that isn't refrigerated until opened. It's a fantastical place. And, everything is so cheap that it costs about the same as it would going to the grocery store in the states, figuring in the exchange rate...as in, groceries cost me 12 pounds, but in the states they'd have cost me somewhere around $25. so since $24=12pounds, I come out quite alright.

After traipsing dreamy-eyed through Sainsbury's, we put the food away and went on a walk about our borough, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, then to the Kensington Palace Gardens (where Princess Diana used to live) and walked around the park a bit.

Here are a few pictures:




Well, I haven't really slept in...a while...so, cheers for now.