{"id":5873,"date":"2017-07-26T17:14:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T17:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=5873"},"modified":"2017-08-17T19:28:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T19:28:22","slug":"liysf-day-1-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2017\/07\/26\/liysf-day-1-arrival\/","title":{"rendered":"LIYSF Day 1: Arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it seems that I have made my way to London. I don’t know where the time has gone this summer, but being on the road the past 6 weeks has definitely made time speed up. My first experience with LIYSF and London has been a whirlwind. Everyone here is so organized, whisking you away with a blue package, a nametag and a dining time sheet. It is so different from the time I have spent organizing where I am going to sleep, eat and shower for the day that I think it will take some getting used to. That being said, everyone here is extremely kind. They want for everyone to have a great time, and I don’t see this being an issue!<\/p>\n

The flight having left from Toronto to Gatwick was shorter than it would have been from home, but still a long one and I spent the afternoon catching up on some much needed sleep. Tomorrow, I will be carrying a flag in the opening ceremony and anticipating whatever is planned for the day! The Imperial college is in a nice area that is much more bustling than home and makes me miss the wide open space of Canada, but I see why it is so busy. There is good shopping in the area and a nice strip of cafes and restaurants for people to enjoy. The underground runs in spider webs across the city making it easy to travel around and good for tourists and I hope there is enough free time for me to take advantage of the simple travel.<\/p>\n

Train travel so far has been fairly simple, although difficult with a 60 pound backpack and a poster tube with me. If I can manage that then I can manage without the backpack! As I was on the Gatwick Express heading into the city from the airport, I spoke with a lady who’d just made it back from Canada and was heading home with her family. Kindly she told me some of the sights to see and gave me a chocolate bar for the rest of my journey! A delightful start to the trip.<\/p>\n

I look forward to having more stories for you soon!<\/p>\n

Tessa<\/p>\n

Street in Imperial College campus:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So it seems that I have made my way to London. I don’t know where the time has gone this summer, but being on the road the past 6 weeks has definitely made time speed up. My first experience with LIYSF and London has been a whirlwind. Everyone here is so organized, whisking you away … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":6057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,114,1],"tags":[292],"class_list":["post-5873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deans-office","category-science-in-london","category-uncategorized","tag-liysf2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5875,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873\/revisions\/5875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}