Greetings from our new home in the section of London known as Victoria. We've moved into a hostel here on Belgrave Road, and so far so good. Sure, the beds could be a little comfier, but they have free breakfast and gave us £2 worth of internet access free to start out.

Over the past two days, we've seen some amazing stuff, included an up-close look at Big Ben and the houses of Parliament, the Globe Theater (we saw "A Midsummer Night's Dream" last night), and Trafalger Square. We also attended a choral mass last night at Westminster Abbey, and were subsequently yelled at for taking pictures inside the cathedral after the service. Hey, you can do it in St. Patrick's in New York! I'm sure they were thinking "stupid Americans."

The highlight was last night when Ashleigh, Martin, Colin and I were walking through the Westminster subway station and saw Boris Johnson, the (somewhat hated, from my experience) mayor of London. It was pretty neat!

I'm sure I'm leaving out some things, but we're going on a Jack the Ripper walk tonight, so I need to go get freshened up. I think we're also trying to get to a grocery store today to get some things, namely a phone card for me since I'm running up our cell phone bill like woah.

Also, a little shout out here to Libbi, who was just named drum major for the Pride of Salem: WOOOHOOOO! I knew you could do it!!!!! I'm so excited/happy/proud/jealous. Hahaha. Anyway, on that note, I'm going. Colin will probably post later. We love reading all of your messages!!