News from England

We heard from Abby (#28) yesterday at 4:15am (typical teen, "I didn't really know what time it was there" a.k.a I didn't bother to figure it out). She was rooming with Kayliegh (#14) again and hanging out with Katie (#26) and Courtney (#11). She said the repelling was so cool but at one point near the top you just had to jump out past this thick area of the tower and it was "like jumping to your death". People got pictures of you as you went so everyone will hopefully have one. She said the girls too loved the karate board chopping, and the sword fighting. Couldn't believe they could do it, you got to keep the board and kids signed it with things like "you did it!" Then they shopped in London where a lot of people bought sweatshirts (they've been cold). She's worn the same pants the whole time but they washed them once so they weren't 'too gross'. They did ride the London Eye in the evening but not after dark so it wasn't too lit up, but the plus was then you could see all over the city which was breathtaking. (I would've hated it she said. It was too high for me.) Foods getting better all the time, thinking it will be at an all-time high in Paris. Far as she knew, everyone was in really great spirits - warm, cozy hotel was great after the cold, rainy tents. But that was still an experience that most people don't get.