Hello from England!

Good evening, fourth graders! It is 5:00 p.m. here as I am writing to you, which means it is 11:00 a.m. where you are.  One short math question about elapsed time:  how many hours ahead of you am I right now?

Gordon!

This is a picture of Gordon, my dear friend the Social Studies goat.  He has stolen my travel guide and is seeking out great places for us to visit.

My flights were wonderful.  I was on two planes--one was much bigger than the other!  The first plane took me from Bloomington to Atlanta (which is in what state?), and there my friend, Jenny, and I had a four hour layover!  But we found things to keep us busy before our next flight took off.  This one landed at London's Gatwick Airport, which is a smaller airport than Heathrow (London's version of O'Hare) at 7:00 a.m.  Using what you learned above, what time was it in Illinois when I landed?

From the airport we caught a train.  They take the train everywhere here, not just to the city.  That will be our primary mode of transportation.  At the train station in Eastbourne, we hailed a taxi, which took us straight to the homes where we will be staying. 

My bedroom

 

 

 

This is my bedroom while I am here.  It is a lovely little room (kind of small, but cozy) and it even has...

A FIREPLACE!

 

 

Yes, a fireplace!  But it doesn't work anymore--as you can see, there are flowers in it!

I am going to try and post again tomorrow, but my computer and the internet here are not being friends at the moment.  I hope you have a lovely day at school!