Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Will and Kate Are My Neighbors

Sorry that it is sideways, I do not know how to rotate it yet. But, apparently this is where the Prime Minister goes to church. I took this picture before I even knew that. 
     After a few hours of settling in and relaxing we all gathered in the lounge. Phil gave us a brief talk and then we had pizza(apparently London has Dominoes). Once dinner was do and we got our packets of things and this week's schedule. Phil gave us then a tour of the area and like I mentioned before we are across from a lot of embassies. That one street is so exclusive that you cannot take photos while on it. That is where England's richest man and William and Kate live. I could not tell which one was there house but I intend to find out. It is exactly a mile long and seems like a nice place to go for a run. Side note: There were so many runners tonight running through the city, it was strange. The street led us to a main road and we went to a local store so that we could buy towels and bedding. Argos, the store, is amazing. You go in and look through these huge catalogs and then you write done the numbers of what you want. Then you take it up to the counter and pay and they bring you your stuff. It is really nice, and the store has everything(except for food). We saw a lot of great grocery stores on our walk and even a Whole Foods. To my shock I saw that there is KFC in London; that hurt my soul a little. 
    Now that you know all about our walk, I will tell you a little about the building that I am living in. It is about 150 years old and used to be a single family home. The room that I am in is in the top of the house where the female servants would live. According to Phil, if the house was sold today it would go for about  six million pounds;which makes it the most expensive house that I will probably ever live in. The area that we are living in is beautiful, and there are a lot of parks nearby it seems. London is amazing, and I have no doubt that it will only get better. We still have to buy a few things( I do not know what kind of phone to buy) and all our food, but we will have time eventually I am sure. 

Quote of the Day- Angelica: "Lauren, when you sleep, you look like a Disney princess."

1 comment:

  1. LAUREN, YOU MUST BE IN A GREAT AREA, IF WM. AND
    KATE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. STIL, WALK IN A GROUP.
    SOUNDS EXCITING.
    MUCH LOVE,
    GRANDMA

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