Greetings from the still sunny UK! We've had six days of sunshine, and
I have decided that Mother Nature is making up for all of the rain that
John experienced last term (no offence or anything!)! :oP It has been
quite chilly though...go figure!
Yesterday was my middle-of-the-week day off, and I was planning on
studying all day. Yeah right. The beautiful weather got me walking
around outdoors. I think I'm finally over mono and London is speeding up
my recovery! I walked down to school in Bloomsbury to submit some forms
and then headed to Citibank on Oxford St. (my ATM card should arrive at m
CT address within a few weeks' time)...after that I headed down beautiful
Regent Street towards Piccadilly Circus, stopping of course at the British
Airways' Travel Shop to buy someones' tickets to Rome. Hmmm...I
wonder who that could be? I headed towards Leicester Square and Soho from
Piccadilly to eat my pb&j sandwich, but the smell of Chinatown doomed
me...I couldn't resist some take-away cheung fun, my favorite long shrimp
noodles!
After eating my dim sum in Leicester Sq., I walked towards Trafalgar and
the royal area of town near the Thames. I'm getting pretty good at
finding my way around without keeping my nose in a guidebook! Thank god I
have a good sense of direction! Anyway, Trafalgar Sq. is quite
interesting, you can feed the pigeons there and it offers great views of
the National Gallery. Continuing on my journey, as I headed towards the
houses of parliament I mysteriously ran across the changing of the queen's
guard in Whitehall. :) There were lots of protests out front of
Parliament to protest hunting (a ban on hunting passed parliament and was
enacted today), and I walked to Westminster Abbey. I wasn't certain if I
wanted to pay the money to go inside, but I did and it was beautiful! I
saw tombs of lots of famous people including Queen Elizabeth I, Queen
Victoria, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Finally, after Westminster, I hopped
on the tube back up to Angel to buy some juice before heading home and
crashing!
Today wasn't as exciting; I had two classes. However, I made a new
friend--Holly who lives across the hall--and that made me happy. I
attempted to read one-hundred pages on 2000 years of christianity and it
just didn't move me...so I ended up skimming it. But I had yummy Indian
take-away for lunch and also looked for a bed-and-breakfast for M&D...I
think I'm going to get one in Bloomsbury on Gower Street, I checked out
the ones in Cartwright Gardens and they just weren't that nice, certainly
not worth $150. I'll find something tomorrow and e-mail you when I do.
My friend Maryam is taking the train in from Oxford tomorrow and on
Saturday we'll take the train to Canterbury with Geera, another American.
In two weeks, Maryam and I are going to Bath together, we have a room that
costs 35 pounds for the night...which is really quite cheap...and it's in
a guest house that only has two guest rooms! I love travelling around
England! And I love it here! Can't wait to see y'all here...miss you
bunches!
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