#BPSnotEuros

[turn-th3-paige-blog]

Well, not looking as “fly” post-red eye, but I am officially in a different continent! Touched down in London around 10:30am, and then went through the craziness of border security, picking up luggage, discovering I brought Euros when I needed pounds... (oops!), and then realized that my phone was nearly dead and not connecting to wifi, and I needed to wire money into my debit account in order to withdraw pounds. I was able to get out 20 pounds from my card, and eked out an additional five and change by trading in my remaining US dollars. As I stood in line for my train ticket, all I could do was pray, “Please, please God. Let this be enough.” The ticket came out to 24 pounds! I have exactly one left. It definitely made me think of the Bible story of the widowwho had a little oil and flour. God blessed her so that she was able to make the little she had go a long way. And boy, was I feeling blessed! Once I got to the bus, they had wifi and I felt comfortable breaking out my laptop, so I am now able to charge my phone and I have enough money! Hooray! As I look at the rain on my window and soak in the pleasantly cool temperature (read: WAY better than California’s horrid heat stroke), I am still a bit in disbelief. I have a suspicion it won’t begin to feel real until I see the school grounds. Looking forward to that moment! For now, I will say “Good morning!” to all of my California friends, and “Good bye!” for now! I will probably post one more update tonight when I make it to my hostel, but until then... 

Day 2 is hectic but going well so far!

Farewell!

Paige