5/25/2003

I am so jet-lagged!!! Having been able to sleep only 2~3 hours on the plane made me have big dark circles under my eyes. When we arrived at London, it was daylight and sunshine all over, couldn't sleep under such condition, could we? We took the Heathrow Express from the airport to Paddington station. With little knowledge of the distance/scale on the map and trusting what the hotel website told us, we walked from the station to the hotel. Man, that was a looong 10 minute walk, especially with a 20 lb bag on my shoulders! When we finally arrived at the hotel, we couldn't checkin yet cuz' it was too early. So we left our luggages at the hotel and started our site-seeing adventure. We took the Tube to St. Paul's and joined a William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens walking tour. We walked around the area where the tour guide explained to us the history and stories of Bill and Charles in the old days and pointed out historical buildings and streets for us to snap pictures. The walk was long, lasting over 2 hours. Half way through, we were already so dead tired that we decided to skip the Jack the Ripper tour later that night.