Arrival in London

            I am in London  I took the train from Paris and everything went very smoothly.  I am getting to enjoy travelling by train.  It is a lot less hectic than travel by airplane. 

My hostel is nice, except for them charging for the internet.  Also, my laptop does not receive the wifi signal in my room, so if I want to use internet, I have to go out into the hallway.  Update: the signal is very spotty throughout the place, so my updates will be harder to post.

I am still assembling a list of things to do, but the first thing I will do tomorrow is go to the Portobello Road Market, which is an open-air market held on Friday and Saturday mornings.  It came highly recommended by a family friend.  I also plan on seeing Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Regent’s Park, Trafalgar Square, the Globe Theater, and other “must see” sights. 

The neighborhood of my hostel is pretty nice.  It borders a park called “Shepherd’s Green”.  There is a giant shopping center called Westfield across the way that is filled with all sorts of stores and dozens of restaurants.  There is a constant stream of people moving up and down the street, even at 11:00 at night, so I feel pretty safe in the area.