White City is Under Construction

I can't imagine that in the States, I would ever be headed on a bus to a place called "White City Station," but that's exactly where I had to get to today here in London. My rabid sports fan husband, who never fails to adopt the local team wherever we find ourselves, naturally already has season tickets for the Fulham football club games. Of course, he had to make sure and have a team jersey before the first game on Saturday. Unfortunately, he said he wanted to sign for it when he ordered it. So you can jump ahead to us not being home when they delivered it and getting a note that we could pick it up at this Royal Mail station near White City Station. I figured out that White City Station was on the same bus route that runs in front of our house, but since they don't list or announce the stations on the buses, you kind of have to know where you're going. I asked the bus driver how many stops until White City and he told me it was "a bit down the route" and that he would call out the stop when we arrived. Really nice. I totally would have missed it otherwise.

I got off at the stop and asked a woman at the desk of the White City Station about the Royal Mail office, and she told me to turn left, go under a bridge and make another left, "then ask someone over there. It's that a way." So I followed those directions and ended up in this huge construction zone. I seemed to be the only person around now wearing a bright vest and a hard hat, so I asked someone if I was even supposed to be there. They said I was okay, but they didn't know where the Royal Mail place was. I finally found it and got the jersey. Then I had to find a new bus stop because the return stop for the 272 had been closed because of all the construction. When I finally got home, it had been about an hour-and-a-half trip for this jersey. Thank goodness everyone spoke English or the jersey might have been lost forever.

Thankfully, I did all of this without Maddie in tow as today was her first day of school! She had a great day and even took the bus. She said it was her best first day of school ever.




She'll go back tomorrow and then be off for a three-day weekend as Monday is a bank holiday here in England. She'll need it. She is absolutely wiped out!