Cheers!

Greetings from London!
After a rocky start, one where we left Tulsa three hours late and then spent a very short night in Chicago before finally boarding a six am flight for London via Washington Dulles, we finally arrived at London Heathrow just before 10pm Friday London time. We're currently typing this from the computer lab in Regent's College, where Emma was given her own computer login information, so she's on Barbie.com as I write! Yesterday was a fantastic day. Emma slept until 9:30am!!! We had breakfast at a Starbucks, before heading to the British Museum. There we stopped for a quick photo op with the Rosetta stone en route to an art workshop for Emma. She was able to draw and paint a birds with several other children. Next, we went to the reading room where she picked up what they call a kid's trail (she calls it a kid's quest) and follwed it to find several Indian art pieces -- very cool. We also hit a "hands on" station where she was able to finger jewlrey from the Massai tribe in Africa, including a necklace worn by donkies as a sort of alarm system to protect farmers from thieves. We grabbed lunch from Pret (Diana's absolute favorite sandwhich shop in the world) and took it back to the hotel to eat. Next stop? Regent's College to pick up our IDs and Tube Cards. Diana and Emma hit a children's playground while Wade took care of that. The we all hopped on the Tube to Picadilly Circus and walked from there through Leister Square to Covent Garden where we found Terry St. Clair (http://www.myspace.com/terrystclair1) playing . . . in the rain! Wade and Diana have been going to see him for nine years now and Emma since she was one! We managed to catch his final four songs and then visit with him a bit before going for Indian food. In addition to her traditional nan bread and rice, Emma tried Chicken Birani and Chicken Tikka Masala last night! Both are spicy dishes. There was mouth fanning and lots of water consumed, but she claimed to enjoy them both! We meet our students in just half an hour now for orientation and tomorrow will bring the Big Bus Tour. It's been raining since our arrival -- pray for sunny skies so our students can see London from the top of the double decker bus tomorrow!