Happy New Years!

Micah and I have made it to London safely! We are checked into our hotel in Greenwich, just 30 minutes (walk and train ride combine) from Micah's office, and for the moment, Becky's office is a combination of the hotel room and the Internet cafe, from which I am posting this note right now! :) Here is a picture of our hotel and the Starbucks in Greenwich, (to bad that it's hours are from 7am to 6pm - we can't even go there after dinner to read or hang out!)

There are 2 different tracks that Micah and I ride in this area. One is the DLR (docklands light railway) and the other is the National Rail. The tube is also nearby, but we have to take one of the other two to get to it... Below is the DLR.
When exploring Greenwich and walking along Thames path (basically along side the River Thames, which flows through the heart of London), we came across an alley way that had this shop. I couldn't help but think of Samson!! :) I hope that he is doing well with his "foster family".On new year's eve, we decided to be adventurous... we went downtown where the major fireworks show was on display. We waited on waterloo bridge, along with a combine over 350,000 people on our bridge and the others in the area. It was windy and cold, but thankfully not raining. Below is a picture of the waterloo bridge. I'm standing in the middle of the bridge and this picture was taken about 30 minutes before midnight. The place was packed!!
The fireworks were shot from out of the water AND out of the London Eye... if you look carefully, you can see Big Ben in the background here. We were facing the parliment buildings...
You can probably find much better photos of the sectacular show on-line somewhere, but here's one that I took with my small digital camera...On January 2nd I met the family that I will be working for! These are the girls that I will nanny, Matilda is the blonde, and Anna is the brunette. They are super sweet and were holding my hands as we walked out of the train station within 5 minutes of meeting them! We went to a cafe to talk and get to know each other, then the family took me on the London Eye! What a great experience! It was a fairly clear day and we coud see so far. It makes me realize what a huge place I am living in. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of that trip up because my small digital camera's batteries ran out. However, Micah and I will go up together sometime and then I'll take photos with my better camera!