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Hi there kids and kittens! Well, we are here in London, living the life (if ‘the life’ means paying R70 for a glass of wine and buying cheap rolls and chicken loaf at Tescos) in London.

Ok, so leaving home was very sad. Very very sad, and I cried a lot. In fact, at the departures gate I was ‘that person’- you know, the one sobbing their heart out, half balling half hiccuping. Basically, I should have been laughed at by people who hang around at departures gates watching for sobbing girls. But in fairness I kindof feel like I could laugh at them, for having silly pasttimes. So all in all we are pretty much even.

Then, the plane was hectic. I was sad, still sobbing after take off, and a nervous flier. And the pilot said that we would be having ‘a bit of weather’ for the first few hours. In reality, we had 8 hours of pretty bad turbulence on a flight of 11 hours, and I clutched my Bible and prayed for a lot of the time. It really comforted me, and I really felt like Jesus was there protecting me.

When we arrived in London, we just went straight to sleep, and woke up more rested, but possibly two of the grumpiest people on the planet. I credit Quentin Haywood’s shower for saving me from doing something drastic. Once I was minus the sweat from the plane I was ready to see sense and be at peace with everything again.

On night one, we met up with Gavin, my cousin Neil and a whole bunch of other people at an Earlsfield pub (read: Rhodes University Reunion) called The Planet. It was great to see everyone again, and especially to catch up with my cousin. We also had wine sponsored by other people, which was cool ( as the next day we had what will henceforth be remembered as the R70 glass of wine debacle of 2007) but we were in bed by 10:30, blaming jet lag and general exhaustion. Since then we have just been missioning around, visiting places and seeing people. Public transport gives me a real kick. It is, as Kyle has said, pretty cold. I am eager to get travelling.

And that about sums it up for now. Big ups to all the people from home.
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