Should I extend my trip?

Found out that Wilco is playing at a festival in Oxfordshire on August 12th.  My flight back to the US is Aug 11th?  Should I extend my trip a couple of days?

Talked to Kate today, she and I are going to the events together... Tennis, Synchronized swimming, volleyball, basketball, and athletics (track and field).  I have realized I will have to get the international service on my phone while I am there so that I can get in touch with her... 99 cents a minute and I think 50 cents a text... yikes!  No one call or text me while I'm there!

I admit I'm getting nervous about being able to get around, but I've done fine in US cities on my own, so I should not be too worried about London... everything is in English. 

I might go to Paris for a day or two via the 'Chunnel"... or should I fly over to Amsterdam?  Thoughts?

So very excited!!!

Meat Pie

Earlier this week I watched Anthony Bourdaine's Layover featuring London.  I want to try every kind of meat pie London has to offer.  No lie.

I am attending the London 2012 Olympics!

I am attending the London 2012 Olympics!  I've never been to a sporting event like the Olympics... the closest thing was going to the 2005 NCAA Basketball Final Four in St. Louis, and that was only a 5 hour drive.  This trip is going to involve planes, trains, and automobiles, getting around a completely foreign city, a different currency, a different culture, and hoping that I run into Colin Firth.

In the past year I've purchased my airfare, renewed my passport, purchased some event tickets with my friend Kate, and scheduled the time off from work.  I feel like I have a million things to before the trip.  This is my first trip abroad, and have ordered two books about London, and have been talking to my British co-workers on advice how to not look like a silly American (apparently white Nike's are a big no-no).

I am so excited that I am going to embark on the Olympic experience.  There will be so many different cultures & people representing so many countries, and in such a wonderful city.  I look forward to documenting my experiences on this blog.  This is my first blog so I hope I am able to keep your interest despite my lack of rhetoric skills!