What the ... it is still day one?

So basically here is how the story goes. 
      DAY ONE 
stars early with the classic whole family at the airport scene
flight  = uncomfortable 3.5 hour flight from cali to texas
    So about two hours and four cups of ginger ale into the flight i knew that i had to take a trip to the nasty airline bathrooms... the only problem was the older couple blocking me in. i cursed them because at that moment in time i was not quite feeling assertive enough to ask them to stand up so that i could get out so i was regretting that i was sitting by the window, a point that i was excited about two  hours earlier.  after waiting another hour we began our initial dive into texas and i finally had enough courage to kindly ask them to move.  after feeling much relieved i sat down and looked out at the surprisingly beautiful green land of texas 
time spent in texas 
 finally after much walking i arrived at the correct gate and while waiting for the other girls in my group to arrive i started to hear BRITISH accents !!!!! almost there...NOT 
9 hours in the middle seat of a huge airplane 
  the girl sitting to my right was coughing up a lung and sprawled out all over my seat, but lauren and i made it through with some sleep 
   NOW for the exciting part 
landing in london and getting to the london centre 
  our cab driver was sooo funny and the cab ride although a little bit wild was a blast!  we discussed football (aka soccer) and he gave us tips for how we could blend in and get to all the best parts of london. he also SAVED my wallet  

yup first day here and i left my wallet in the taxi 

after much stress and a few phone calls 

my precious wallet full of cash and credit cards was located 

Thanks to our honest cab driver 

As the day continues on forever and ever i keep thinking when is it time to go to bed...

 But before i went to bed this is what i did...

set up my room

     

I stepped out of my flat

and walked to the store

you don't often see this many scooters in the US

saw some funky things in the store 

SIDE NOTE: to the store i went there in search of tomorrow, now today's, breakfast i couldn't find the oatmeal so i asked one of the store workers 

"hey do you guys have some oatmeal?"

"oatmeal?"

"yeah you know like the stuff you heat up in the microwave?"

"??" 

"ok you know you put it in a bowl and then you heat it up with some water and eat it for breakfast?" (DUH?)

"you mean like porridge?"

"uh sure where is the porridge?"

i never thought the day would come where i would have to describe oatmeal to someone so when he didn't know what i was talking about i had no idea how to describe it... i was at a loss for words 

but afterward we all laughed about it 

and took an evening stroll through hyde park...

More to come on next post... aka ran out of time for now

will post walk pictures later