*Trying to remembering my old past summer trip to London* *ok, let's start it.* I can't believe it had been 12 years. Why I wanna share this journey? Because this was my first journey abroad as a solo trip, alone, and to a different continent, different time way before WIB. I went there on July 27, 2008, after I consider many things that happened in Bandung (where I study) and some activities that can't be cancelled. I remembered on that day, 27 July 2008. my dad and my brother drop me to the airport, without my mom. This journey started because of something that happened at that time. My disappointment leads me to an ad on Facebook about the English course. They offer an English course or an internship in some countries such as the UK and the US. At first, I want to try an internship, yet it's already full because the destination that I prefer is London, so I chose an English course then. After many processes and many things to take care, finally met the day I have to travel to London. Arrived at the airport, my cabin carrier was more than 8kilos, lol, so I have to repack my stuff from my cabin luggage to my backpack and my luggage, at the end I didn't bring my cabin luggage, my dad brought it back to home (still remembering how disappointed my dad at that time *guiltygrin. While I'm waiting for my flight, I and my dad and big brother went to Bakso Malang for lunch. I don't know whether that restaurant still there or not? because that restaurant holds many memories of me and my parents. Ok, before that check passport first Because I use Etihad as my transport, so many immigrant workers who want to work in Arab, that's why I had to transit at AbuDhabi airport. And when I arrived for transit I was in awe, the airport so unique
since this was my first overseas journey that needed a transit, I felt so lost and a little bit scared tho. To buy time, I roamed around at the airport, met an immigrant lady worker while I sat down to wait for my next flight. We had chat and she helped me to wait for my backpack when I was away to the toilet. She also offered me her snacks, she saved my hunger because I forgot to bring my snacks, huft. Wherever you're now Bu, I hope you and family are healthy, aamiin.
Excitement filled my soul that time, I was so excited and can't sleep at all, so I only watch movies and when I spotted Big Ben and the London Eye (because I sat next to the window), my heart screams out loud, lol. Funny huh? Yet I still remembered how happy I was when I saw those two landscapes. Finally, I had arrived at Heathrow Airport, there a person from EF already wait for me and 2 Thailand young man. When I arrived the man who picked us said that my name was not on the list, confused, I checked his paper and trying to find my name, then I found my family name, not my surname, no wonder he said that he didn't have my name. Then we went to the car park and luckily I was the first one dropped to my host home. My shocked still continues when I found out that my host family are Sri Lankan not British. But they're so nice people tho. Luckily, my host family home is near to Eltham Highstreet, so after I drop my luggage and backpack, I strolling around the high street to find the prepaid card, since I'm going to stay for 6 weeks at that time. And my eyes again in awed when I found out that there're many branded stores, such as Mark and Spencer, Next, Boots, Dorothy Perkins, Debenhams, and many more... :p I almost got lost when I wanna go to Eltham station to buy weekly train pass, lol. When I found out my way to the station, I passed by my host home, then I saw a new roommate who just came. Well, when I arrived at the locket was closed, so I went back home. I introduced myself to my new roommate, her Name: Lusine Karapetyan. Origin: Armenia. At that time we had two Russian who are nice yet ready to going back to their country because their course had ended. After we wait for them and say goodbye, I and Lusi went to buy a train ticket, luckily the locket already open, and since Tina, our host mom, suggest us to pay a visit to Eltham Park, where the queen love to spend her time with so many beautiful flowers, so we decided to go to the Park. Oh, of course, we lost on our way, lol, quite far from our way, when the summer heat literally shone at that day, we decided to go to the park after we asked a lady and voila! we arrived at Eltham Park. Even though the park not so big, yet it was beautiful and the flower in the summer still blossom beautifully, so colourful. You can see from the photo here, that was only on the entrance gate, not yet the whole park. !!! 
... It was such an exciting journey, even though we're sunbathing yet so memorable :) I can't thank enough to Allah
since this was my first overseas journey that needed a transit, I felt so lost and a little bit scared tho. To buy time, I roamed around at the airport, met an immigrant lady worker while I sat down to wait for my next flight. We had chat and she helped me to wait for my backpack when I was away to the toilet. She also offered me her snacks, she saved my hunger because I forgot to bring my snacks, huft. Wherever you're now Bu, I hope you and family are healthy, aamiin. 
... It was such an exciting journey, even though we're sunbathing yet so memorable :) I can't thank enough to Allah 
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