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I. Love. London.

i’ve spent the last 24 hours or so getting de-jetlagged so that i’ll have my wits about me when arriving in india tomorrow. what a good idea to be able to catch up with our good friends Hannah and Dave, who we met while volunteering in Guyana. They treated me to a nice dinner, great conversation and memories, a warm bed, and the chance to leave a pair of jeans here for the way back through (that’s right chicago – i’ll have denim this time).

after a long on again/off again sleep, I feel reasonably rested and spent the day wandering around crystal palace (the burrough/suburb of london that they live in). everything here is so quaint and old looking. and as Dave pointed out, crystal palace is nice because it doesn’t have all of the chain stores and restaurants that have taken over the world. my only complaint – the damp cold that seems to get right into my bones.

and so in a couple of hours i’m off to the airport for my next time zone change.