Our Adventures thus far:1. Departure 8:00 pm(AB time)
Arrival 11:00 am(London time)
To save you from thinking too hard, the flight was approximately 8 hours long, and there is a 7 hour time difference between here and Edmonton. After we exited the plane, it took us around 3 hours to find our baggage, find our way out of the airport, find the appropriate train and purchase a week long pass, ride the train to our hostel's stop, and find our hostel. We arrived in London around 11 am, and arrrived at our hostel around 2pm.
2. We checked into our hostel, found our room, and discovered the only two remaining beds were the top bunks (of 3) on opposite sides of the wall. Poor unfortunate soul stuck in between us. We unloaded our packs, and left to wander the streets for a while.
3. I bet you guessed this, but we got lost pretty quickly. London is a pretty cool place to be lost in. Oh wait, I stand corrected. We were not lost, we simply took the scenic route. When I get the chance to upload some pictures, we'll show you what we've seen so far.
Countless buildings built decades ago
Westminster Abbey (only from the outside)
Trafalgar Square
Buckingham Palace 
Big Ben
London Eye (from a distance - we want to ride it this week)
4. Successfully unlost, we discovered that as long as we can find the Tube Train (the subway) we know how to make it back to our hostel. Confident in our navigating skills (bad idea) we proceeded to wander further. We know some things we want to do, so we're beginning to make plans to do so.
5. Food time. We found a small grocery store fairly close to our hostel, and decided on potato skins. They looked yummy and easy. Problem? Our hostel kitchen has no oven. Microwaved potato skins it was. Our plan for the rest of the week includes sandwiches and picnics in the many parks we've found around London.
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