July 18th (England) - London II

We just had lunch with Lucia, the Argentinian girl, at a trendy Asian restaurant around the corner. Our stuff is packed and sitting at the hostel ready to go, and we'll grab a bus this afternoon to go back to the train station and return to Alton this evening.

Last night we met up with Anna and her boyfriend Joe, old friends of Emilie's from Ohio, and had pizza at the Italian restaurant around the corner. I was thrilled to have a menu in Italian, and return to the foods that I love -- but the best part was that our server was a friendly 21-year-old girl from central Italy who we made casual conversation with over the course of the meal. She told us she came to London to find work to better her English, and that she had a few friends in town but she was still lonely and bored a lot of the time. We made plans to meet up with her after her shift ended, but she never called, which we assume means she was just too tired. After all, it was 1 a.m. on a Thursday night, so no one blamed her..... But it was still nice to get to talk to an Italian again.

Now we return to Paul's for three days, and I go home to the States on Monday. I don't know if I'll have time to update again before then, but I'll certainly catch up when I get back. And add pictures.

More soon,
-Al