Tower Bridge from boat cruise
Saturday 1/23- First “touristy” day in London…The same group of 5 did the hop-on-hop-off bus tour. We first got off at Trafalgar’s square, explored, hopped back on to see Westminster Abby and Big Ben. It was surreal seeing them in person. Then, a boat cruise down the Thames River, which was awesome. We got off at the Tower of London, and ate at a “gourmet burger place,” a trendy chain restaurant here. We ended up at the downstairs of St. Michaels Abbey which had a cartoon exhibit and restaurant, where we sat & chilled a while, then headed back for home. When we got back to our neighborhood, we went grocery shopping for the weeks groceries. PS, I love grocery shopping in a different country! And, the choices and options here are so different in America. (more about this to come) After, we ate dinner out at a restaurant called Nando’s (really trendy, interesting place…you chose type of meat & sauce, and how many sides. I got mango & lime flavored chicken wrap with yummy corn on the cob) and then relaxed after a very fun day.
*Best Quote:
Me: “Can I touch you??” (to take pic)
Horse Guard: “Maybe”
Horse Guard: “Can I touch you?”
Me: “No!”
Sunday 1/24- The previous night I had went to sleep with nonstop sneezing and a runny nose (one of my dreadful 24 hour colds) so I could not go with Bri, Zach and Andrew to church at the gorgeous Westminster Abby! Steph and I met up with them to fulfill the 2nd day of the bus tour for yet another touristy day. We headed to St. Paul’s Cathedral first, after grabbing sandwiches to-go from Pret-a-Manger (very popular grab-&-go sandwich shop). Zach and I stayed on the top of the bus to use our photography skills to capture the amazement of the city. When we got to St. Pauls, I was in awe; it was gorgeous. (I plan to go to worship service there on a Sunday coming up). We then decided we wanted a museum, so we went to Tate Modern art Museum, which was awesome. I LOVE contemporary art, so I enjoyed every piece.
Some interesting ones: smashed up silver pieces of “junk” hanging in circles from wire that the artist had crushed, ANDY WARHOL, a huge pile of clothes, and a mixed media collage. Its so neat to examine a piece of art and figure out the meaning…especially contemp. art.
Monday 1/25- Today was the first day of classes. Here is my schedule:
Monday/Wednesday: Biology 1-2
Tuesday/Thursday: History of Latin America 9-10:20, World Religions 11-12:20, Adolescent Dvltp. 2-3:20
NO CLASS FRIDAYS!!!
The first sentence from my biology teacher was great because I knew I would fall in love with his accent (I already did at this point). All my professors are British, except my Latin America one, she is Columbian. If I don’t feel like paying attention, I can just sit and be in awe of their amazing accent! Biology class wont be bad…hopefully easy.
Later that night as we were sitting in the boys penthouse (what we call their flat, it is on the top floor (14th) and you can see the London Eye lit up at night!!!!!) and randomly decided to go to the pub at about 9pm.
*Best moment: Steph tripping after pajama pub run
Tuesday 1/26- Second day of classes. Hist of Latin America will be interesting; the teacher is kind of strict though. One of my flatmates has that class with me, which is nice. World religions will be pretty easy; the prof is nice. Adolescent dvltp. will be cool, too. Bri has that class with me. After classes and lunch, Steph, Bri, Zach, Andrew and I took a walk around Regents park for first time. It truly is magnificent…even in the dead of winter. For dinner Zach, Bri and I decided to cook together and hung out while Zach and Steph were in class. Then, emailed and relaxed the rest of the night.
Keep reading! More to come.
CHEERS!
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