Day Three: Exploring London

18,324 steps and 22 flights of stairs counted on my phone’s health app; it was tourist day. We got up for an 8AM official bus tour of London that took us to Buckingham Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and told us about everything in between. I loved learning about everything, but I was also…

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Day Two: London

Today is really the second half of yesterday because I couldn’t really sleep on the plane. It’s been a nonstop attempt to overcome jet-lag, but the fact that I’m up writing this at 11:35pm and haven’t napped basically proves I’m over it. Honestly, only two things have helped me to get over jet-lag: being amazed…

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Day One: Takeoff

Yesterday was a whirlwind of emotions. I’ve been pretty calm about the whole thing for the years that I’ve been dreaming about it, but the tears started rolling yesterday when I had to leave my pup (because how can I make those sad eyes understand that I’m going to come back?) and my family (because…

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