Travel days

I wrote my mom and sister an e-mail from the first few days of travel. Instead of just re-writing it, I will just copy and paste the e-mail.

So I made it to Sheffield England alive and well after almost two full days of traveling! When I first got on the plane I was pretty nervous since I haven't been on such a big plane before and been on such a long trip. I was excited but nervous. The plane ride was much harder than I expected. Knowing myself I thought I could sleep ANYWHERE and through ANYTHING....well....anywhere but in a coach seat on an airplane. I was initially excited with the movie selection and game options on my flight. Our flight didn't take off till 10:55 pm, so I soon discovered watching a movie wasn't the best idea I ever had. I started it around 11...so it was 1:30 AM when it finished. That gave me about 5 hours to sleep. Sleep was hard because there isn't much leg room and it was hard to get comfortable. I probably only got around 3 hours total of sleep. However, they did feed us two meal which was nice. Jenn, I advise you to take a sleeping pill as soon as you board. John did and he slept pretty much the entire flight. Also Jenn, my TV did start working in case you were wondering. Flying over the UK was beautiful! It looked like Kansas farmland but much greener and not as flat. We finally got off the plane around 7:30 AM GA time...12:30 PM English time. John was able to go through the border in 2 seconds...literally...but I had to wait in a 30 min line to go through customs. They asked me all sorts of questions but I guess they decided I was harmless enough. Once we finally got our bags we rode the tube to the train station where we left our bags. There John got me a sausage pastry roll for lunch which was surprisingly very tasty! We decided to go to the imperial war museum to look around while we waited for our 7:30 PM train. We were directed to the London Bridge tube stop so I got to see that. We then realized we were directed to the wrong tub stop so we decided to walk the three miles to the museum since the weather was so beautiful. We kept getting lost but were able to see a lot of the city. I was surprised to see how old the buildings looked and how different London was from our big cities at home. We finally made it to the museum but shortly into the holocaust exhibit we realized we were too tired to really enjoy it. So, we left and were very happy to see an ice cream truck sitting outside the museum. John was giddy ha ha. He bought me a 99 which is a vanilla ice cream cone with a flaky chocolate stick stuck in it. The ice cream here is much different than the ice cream at home. It has the consistency of whipped cream...but it still tasted good. You can hold it upside down and it won't drip or fall out. We took our ice cream to the nearby park and laid down on a bench to enjoy the sun and rest. We then left to head back to the train station. I was able to ride my first train to Chesterfield where John's parents picked us up. The train ride was nice but I was getting tired of traveling...and I started to smell. John's parents drove us past the crooked spire in Chesterfield which is a church spire that is warped from age. Google it. We finally made it to John's house where we had a snack and tea. His parents are very friendly and welcoming. His dad had american flags out to greet me :) I feel comfortable here already. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know I made it here safely, yet tired and dirty. I am going to shower and try to get some rest and adjust to the time change. I'll keep you posted on my trip. Love you!~Brittany