Day 1 and 2 it's all a blurrr!

Day 1 and 2….it’s all a blurrhhhh……

I’m sitting on the train to Newcastle, finally. I should be so tired that I’m sleepwalking but for some reason I’m not. 

We reserved the quiet car knowing we’d be tired, but had no idea just how tired. We got into our little table/booth that we love on the trains here and lo and behold, a guy comes to sit by Cam so we don’t have it all to ourselves. And he talks on the phone and he’s getting all of his crap out. This is just the way the trip has gone thus far.

We got to Chicago just find, boarded the plane and had to deplane due to mechanical issues. We were told the flight would not leave until 4:30. That actually turned out to be 6:00. We were each given $24 in food vouchers and spend the day at O’Hare. We watched the World Cup game, found some comfy chairs, had lunch, walked around and just hung out. 

Neither of us could sleep on the plane at all. So we woke up at 4 am that morning and hadn’t slept by the time we arrived in London at 2:00 am our time. I stopped figuring lost sleep at that point. It’s 4:00 pm here and I’m just going with it until I can sleep about 9:00 tonight.

We took the tube for an hour ride, standing, to Kings Cross so we could just our bags at “left luggage”. We took the tube to Westminster Abbey where Cam finally perked up. He loves that place. He is just completely in awe of it. However, he hit a wall while we were touring. We had to start taking a lot of short breaks after that. We found our way to Parliament Street, which turns in to Whitehall and walked by #10 Downing and Horse Guards Parade.

I knew that St. James park was through the arches there so we found ourselves a spot in the park and Cam napped for over an hour! I relaxed but not enough to fall asleep. We walk to Trafalgar square and then up to Piccadilly Circus. At that point Cam was finally hungry so we found the first place we could and he had fish and chips. We walked to Leicester Square and took the tube back to Kings Cross and we are finally on the train to Newcastle where our pastor, from North Shields Evangelical Church, will pick us up and take us to our hotel. I won’t be much for conversation I’m afraid!

Time to nap!