You'll run as fast as KENYANS!

Hi everyone!
my adventures to England actually began on the plane ride over. (Veronica, you'll appreciate this) I sat next to the world champion 1500 and 5000 meter runner, Bernard Lagat. You can read up on him here: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=2958661 I couldn't believe I was sitting next to an Olympic athlete! And he turned out to be the nicest guy. He flicked on the little television on the seat in front of us and showed me on bbc sports his race at the world championship meet in Japan. "That's me coming around the corner!" 1500m in 3:26:34. No Big Deal. I was absolutely star struck.
After my 7 hour flight, I arrived at London Heathrow Airport at 6 AM London time. My smiley but tired friend Debbie was there to pick me up and we drove straight to her parents' house in Ramsgate. We walked around the harbor and ate delicious fish n' chips. I passed out pretty early though, it had been a long day.
The next day, Debbie and went sightseeing in London. We went on the London Eye (This HUGE ferris wheel that allows you to see the whole city), we saw Big Ben and Tower Bridge and the national gallery. I kept thinking of Mary Poppins: dancing on the rooftops of London, and all the pigeons at st. Paul's cathedral. I've had Chim-Chiminey stuck in my head for days.
Today, I took the tube (subway) into London all by myself. I went up to Golder's Green in NW London which is a very Jewish area. There were Kosher restaurants people speaking Hebrew on every corner. I met up with Susie and Danny, two of my friends from my Israel program who I haven't seen in three years. It was so nice to catch up!
Well that's all for now. I am a bit knackered but very happy. I didn't realize how many people I know in England! I have lots of people to see and very little time to do it in.