July 10th 2004 Sat.Fine
The plane finally touched the ground.It was around 5:00 p.m.local time,that is,London time,which is eight hours behind Beijing time.After a fuss at the luggage claim,we mixed into the crowd of people with different colors and styles.My eyeballs kept jumping from one alien to another.What a sight!
Then we were met by someone from the university,who,we later learned,is called Barbara,our course director.It was about an hour’s bus ride before we finally reached Brighton,where we were picked up by different English host families.My host family is a couple with a five-year-old daughter.On the way to their home,the hostess said that we (Xu Huishang and I) were lucky because they had just moved to the new house.We each have a separate room.The bathroom is OK.What we had for dinner was something like pizza and some vegetables.
It was only after the shower that I realized I had been up for almost 24 hours.It was the longest day I had ever had.I will have to get over the jet lag.