London
My god this city is wonderful. Sometimes its like coming home. We live with a pair of aging hippy total pot heads which is new and differant but they are totally sweet and mild so thats great.
I have officially conquered the underground which is fabulous.
The walking around has been wonderful but it is so hot and we always end up lookin so gross but the city is wonderful and every corner you turn you find some more lovely restuarants and quaint shops. London isn't one city- its a series of connected townships so everywhere is so differant from each other neighborhoods. Stores too are funny because they are much more specialized then our groceries or block stores at home. You have to go to a particular store to get fruit, meat, fish, supplies, and another is all toiletries.
Our professor was super late today- he lives in the country and the trains are a tricky to catch because they apparently break down a lot, etc. But he led us on a glorious romp around London- we went to Regent's park and hiked Primrose Hill- the only hill in London which gave us such a great view. Wonderful. Most of our classes are spent simply walking around talking about the sights.
We went to our first pub last night, and let me tell you on mondays they are pretty dead. But we found a cute moderately historic one and I had half a pint of Strong Bow Cider. We were there for two hours and thats all the farther I got. Our pub crawl is Thursday and a few of us are intending to split half pints because we are all so wimply. The cider was good but I won't say great. Maybe I'll find something better: unlikely. But being 18 in England is kindof fun.
Email me and hope alls well in the USA.
I have officially conquered the underground which is fabulous.
The walking around has been wonderful but it is so hot and we always end up lookin so gross but the city is wonderful and every corner you turn you find some more lovely restuarants and quaint shops. London isn't one city- its a series of connected townships so everywhere is so differant from each other neighborhoods. Stores too are funny because they are much more specialized then our groceries or block stores at home. You have to go to a particular store to get fruit, meat, fish, supplies, and another is all toiletries.
Our professor was super late today- he lives in the country and the trains are a tricky to catch because they apparently break down a lot, etc. But he led us on a glorious romp around London- we went to Regent's park and hiked Primrose Hill- the only hill in London which gave us such a great view. Wonderful. Most of our classes are spent simply walking around talking about the sights.
We went to our first pub last night, and let me tell you on mondays they are pretty dead. But we found a cute moderately historic one and I had half a pint of Strong Bow Cider. We were there for two hours and thats all the farther I got. Our pub crawl is Thursday and a few of us are intending to split half pints because we are all so wimply. The cider was good but I won't say great. Maybe I'll find something better: unlikely. But being 18 in England is kindof fun.
Email me and hope alls well in the USA.