west dean

I finally got the chance to go see Will at West Dean and though I missed some events, I'm really glad I went.  I left Friday afternoon and got to the train station in plenty of time.  But of course, I had some difficulties.  The kiosks weren't doing their job so I had to wait in line and have a real person print my tickets.  The line was not too long but it seemed everyone in front of me was trying to plan an extensive vacation which meant the half an hour I had at the station was nearly not enough.  I finally got up to the window about fifteen minutes before my train was scheduled to depart so I went as quickly as I could but by the time I was finished I had about five minutes.  So I walked quickly, hitting ankles as I attempted to roll my suitcase quickly through groups of people.  I jumped on the first car I got to and found a seat across from a lovely British lady.  Shortly after the train started rolling I heard an announcement that the train would be splitting and I figured out that I had gotten on the wrong car.  Luckily I was able to hop off and run up the platform and get into the correct train car before it split.  Then I caught the bus to the college and met up with Will!

He showed me around the campus before we went to a student dinner where we had crepes and pizza.  Kind of a random assortment of food but it was all delicious!  We went to bed early (both of us had late nights) and then Saturday we relaxed, watched a new TV show and later that evening Skyped with Miriam and Stephen for his birthday!  We ate Indian food in his honor and then made tasty jam thumbprint cookies.  It was a great day.

Sunday we went to Church where I got to meet several of the ward members in addition to the little kids that he teaches.  They were adorable and so fun to play with.  Unfortunately we had to leave pretty quickly.  I still missed the train I had planned to take so half-an-hour later I caught one and thus started my long journey back.  From that train I took a bus, then waited forty minutes, took another train, then the tube and then walked the last bit home.  I did meet a really cool girl while waiting for the second train and we chatted most of the way back into London.  The trip took about an hour and a half but it felt like half that with someone to talk with.  Definitely an adventurous few days for travelling but one that I would do again in a heartbeat.