Happy Day After Easter!!

So… I finally made it!! After leaving Portland at 6 a.m. Monday I arrived in London Heathrow Airport at 7:45 Tuesday morning. Unfortunately my bum luck sort of followed me. I arrived at PDX at 5:10 and barely made my flight, had to pay $200 for my extra luggage, and was grilled by a “lovely” lady from UK customs for about half an hour after an 8 ½ hour flight. She didn’t believe that I was actually here to visit my sister or would go home on time and for some reason couldn’t understand that I didn’t leave school but was just enrolled online. She actually threatened to check my luggage for “documents” and told me if she found anything I would not be allowed into the UK and would not be able to come back. Because of missing my original flight I didn’t have my new itinerary or a return ticket to prove when I was leaving. DAMN!

On the upside I have spent the last week sleeping, relaxing , taking long walks around the most adorable town ever, watching movies with my family and making home cooked meals. Its been pretty amazing . Chesham, the town where Amber and Billy live is BEAUTIFUL. Cobble stone streets, a little market square (that we live in the middle of), a great park, and walks through the country side minutes away. Its pretty cool to be in a place where there are churches that are hundreds of years old right next door. Here are some of the pictures from a walk we took the other day.

Starting at the bottom is a couple of pictures of the town square, then some really cute buildings and pubs.(There is a special pub photo in there for some of you. You know who you are!)The all white building is where amber and billy live in a flat on top. The Others are of the country side that is just a 15 min walk from where we are and the really old church just up the street. The last few are views from a beautiful hillside park with very large, possibly aggressive swans.

DAY 1 (sort of...)

Jobs quit. Friends visited. Cell missplaced. Bags packet. Car rented. On my way to Seattle to depart for London. 2.5 hours later- SHIT...I forgot my passport. Yep thats right, I forgot my passport. SO now $250 later I will be leaving Monday. I totally felt like I was forgetting something, but couldn't figure out what it was. I got a debit card called my "cash passport" to use while abroad and as I was sitting in the back seat of the rental car tying to call and get my pin # set up all the sudden it hit me. SHIT...I FORGOT MY PASSPORT. So my first day of travel ended up at the Seattle water front Red Robin and back here in Portland wathcing Pink Panther 2 with my mom. My phone is still lost, but my passport is safely packed away and ready to go. Wish me better luck for Monday.