Chapter 2
I awoke to Sammy shaken my arm like mad.
"Linds wake up, wake up, we're going to land in 15, look out the window!"
I rubbed my eyes and looked out the window, and my mouth dropped. England was absolutely beautiful. 10 minutes later the pilot came on the speaker.
"Good morning passengers the time is now 6:50am and at this time we ask that you please fastened all seatbelts as we make our decent to London, England. It's a beautiful 25 degrees Celsius and sunny. Thank you for flying with Air Canada and we hope you enjoyed your flight. "
At this time I was bouncing up and down in my seat I could not contain my excitement. 10 minutes later, we had landed, Sammy and I grabbed our stuff from above and headed over to grab our luggage. Sammy and I each had 4 suitcases each and I didn't think we would fit it all in one taxi. We struggled to grab our stuff and made our way to where the taxis were. We both grabbed a taxi each however the driver's were nice enough to let us split our luggage between the two cabs but then sit in the same cab together. As we drove through the streets of London, we were just in awe. We saw everything from Big Ben to Buckingham palace. About 30 minutes later, we arrive at our flat in London and the cab drivers helped us carry our stuff to our apartment. Our landlord said that our keys would be under the mat in front of our apartment, which they were. I picked up the key and Sammy and I turned the key together and walked into our apartment.
We walked in and it was absolutely beautiful. It wasn't the biggest flat in the world but it was gorgeous. When you first walked in there was a closet to the left for our coats and boots and to the right you walked into the kitchen which had nice new appliances, dark brown cupboards and a light brown counter top. Just outside the kitchen was a hug table that could seat up to 8 people or more if you put the extra piece in it. Right across from the kitchen was the living area, which contained two big couches and a nice new flat screen TV. Also on the main floor was a single bathroom that contained a sink and a toilet. Sammy and I were still shocked this was ours. We then walked up stairs where there were two bedrooms that were attached to the bathroom by two doors. The bathroom was a decent size with two sinks, a nice bath/shower combination and of course a toilet. Sammy and I each picked our rooms, which were identical in size, and shape, which were also furnished with a double bed, a big closet, a dresser as well as desk for us to do our homework, and both walls were painted blue which was perfect. Sammy and I walked back down stairs where we saw a note from our landlord
"Dear Sammy and Lindsay
I know you weren't expecting all the furniture but I figured I would do something nice since I know how hard it is to up root and move across the world. I hope you become good friends and take care of this apartment. I hope to meet you in person soon.
-Danny xxx"
"Wow I cant believe she did this for us this is incredible" I said. Sammy nodded and agreed and we ran up stairs to go and un-pack. It took us about 3 hours to get fully unpacked and have our rooms the way we liked it. On the walls behind my bed I hung my huge One Direction poster. On the wall above my desk I posted all the pictures I brought of my family and friends from back home. Just to the left of the pictures I put my bulletin board which included some of my favourite memories, like the ticket stub from the One Direction concert I went to this summer, the picture of me and Taylor Swift and the picture of me and Sidney Crosby (my favourite hockey player.) Then on the wall to the right of my bed I posted some of my favourite posters which included one of London, a big Canadian flag and of course my favourite poster of all, was my Niall poster. When I was satisfied with my room I walked next door to Sammy's room and she too had just finished.
"Hey Sammy, I'm hungry, want to go out, but I want to go shower first. Then after that we'll go get food, explore London a bit and then head to the store to get groceries?" I said
"I was just about to ask you the same thing."
We both then had our showers, got ready and an hour late we were out the door about to explore the beautiful streets of London. And with that we walked out of our apartment, down the stairs and out to the streets of London.