Night Before London

Remembering late at night just before bed, approximately 1am, I was thinking to myself, "I don't want to go on this trip!" I was contemplating whether or not to call my Mom and tell her I had changed my mind, but decide against it. I fell asleep shortly after the thought of, "I can not believe I am finally going on this trip!"
My flight to London went well, no screaming babies, which I was very grateful for. I arrived at Gatwick airport at 9:20am. I went through customs and got my first stamp in my passport. I had a vague idea of where to go from reading the information from Contiki. I got on the express train to Victoria station and from there I took a taxi to the hotel. The taxis are amazing and so different from North America. I checked in with the Contiki staff, and then took off to go on a tour of London. I had a change to go see Buckingham's Place, St. Paul's Cathedral, and I also had the change to see Big Ben. The sky quickly turned an evil gray, and instantly beginning poring, so I decide to head back to the hotel since I had been awake for more than 30 hours, and was extremely jet lagged.

Three Years

It had been three years that I had been waiting to go to Europe. After two years I finally said to myself that I was going to make this trip happen, so I started working two jobs in order to help save for my new journey. On April 19, 2007 I booked my trip to Europe with Contiki, I decided to go on the 39 day excursion which included traveling to 15 countries. I decided to go with Contiki because firstly it was difficult to find somebody I knew to travel with, and traveling with people I didn't know was going to be scary but at the same time I knew it was going to be a great deal of fun. I was going to be able to make some new friendships with people from different parts of the world. I had never traveled by myself, never mind to the other side of the world, I felt that this was going to be a great adventure. Away I went to London on July 25, 2007.