It's Always a Party in Flat 6, yo
Quote of the day: People don't always tell you what they are thinking. They just see to it that you don't advance in life.
I know, I've been slacking on the updates again. I've just been having so much fun! So let me tell you about the weekend. No, not this weekend. Two weekends ago...
Early, early, early Saturday morning, around 4:00am, Dianna and I were awakened by a weird smell. I asked her, "Do you smell pancake syrup?" Dianna and I went downstairs, where two of our flatmates were passed out in the living room. Erin's friend S was asleep in the hallway. Dianna opened the oven door and in my sleep-induced haze, I thought, "Who's baking a black frisbee?" Smoke poured out of the oven, and Dianna yelled, "Guys, did someone try to make a pizza?" Apparantly, someone had put a pizza in the oven 2 hours before and then passed out drunk. The smoke alarm brought everyone to life, and Beth grabbed the pizza out of the oven, threw it in a garbage bag, and flew downstairs, opening windows in the apartment building as she went. I threw open windows in the apartment, and Katie ran around in circles, screaming that everything was under control. Someone dragged a chair into the kitchen and started waving a towel under the smoke alarm. About 15 minutes later, the ordeal was over. And that was the night Flat 6 almost burned to the ground with 8 people in it. I love my flatmates. :)
The next morning, Beth went with me on a London history sightseeing walk. I had planned to do the walks for about 8 hours, but Beth, still a bit drunk, convinced me to cut out after about an hour and a half. But I did get this lovely picture of...something...
We had been warned by the London program leader to stay away from certain parts of the city because of a Muslim protest going on. So of course, Beth and I headed straight for it. There were about 20,000 people in Trafalgar square, and we stuck out like sore thumbs. Was I not supposed to take pictures? :)
Afterwards, Beth and I walked to the Imperial War Museum and spent a few hours there. The Holocaust exhibit was intense. On Sunday, the gang and I went to see a football game (that's soccer to you Americans). It was Chelsea v. Colchester for the 5th round of the FA cup. The game was packed. It was a battle between the scrappy Colchester team and the millionaire boys of Chelsea. One of their football chants actually goes, "We got loads of money...lalala..." HA! That's my team.
Some of the group at a pub before the game. Back row: Weiser, Rachel, Beth, and Robert. Front row: Lacey and me.
Spencer, Beth, Robert, and Katie apparantly posing for someone else's picture.
Once Dianna uploads her pictures of us from last weekend at Leeds Castle, I'll update about last weekend. Happy upcoming spring break to all my Iowa law schoolers (in a week)! I'll be in Portugal for the first part of the week, then back in London to welcome some guests. Yay!
I know, I've been slacking on the updates again. I've just been having so much fun! So let me tell you about the weekend. No, not this weekend. Two weekends ago...
Early, early, early Saturday morning, around 4:00am, Dianna and I were awakened by a weird smell. I asked her, "Do you smell pancake syrup?" Dianna and I went downstairs, where two of our flatmates were passed out in the living room. Erin's friend S was asleep in the hallway. Dianna opened the oven door and in my sleep-induced haze, I thought, "Who's baking a black frisbee?" Smoke poured out of the oven, and Dianna yelled, "Guys, did someone try to make a pizza?" Apparantly, someone had put a pizza in the oven 2 hours before and then passed out drunk. The smoke alarm brought everyone to life, and Beth grabbed the pizza out of the oven, threw it in a garbage bag, and flew downstairs, opening windows in the apartment building as she went. I threw open windows in the apartment, and Katie ran around in circles, screaming that everything was under control. Someone dragged a chair into the kitchen and started waving a towel under the smoke alarm. About 15 minutes later, the ordeal was over. And that was the night Flat 6 almost burned to the ground with 8 people in it. I love my flatmates. :)
The next morning, Beth went with me on a London history sightseeing walk. I had planned to do the walks for about 8 hours, but Beth, still a bit drunk, convinced me to cut out after about an hour and a half. But I did get this lovely picture of...something...
We had been warned by the London program leader to stay away from certain parts of the city because of a Muslim protest going on. So of course, Beth and I headed straight for it. There were about 20,000 people in Trafalgar square, and we stuck out like sore thumbs. Was I not supposed to take pictures? :)
Afterwards, Beth and I walked to the Imperial War Museum and spent a few hours there. The Holocaust exhibit was intense. On Sunday, the gang and I went to see a football game (that's soccer to you Americans). It was Chelsea v. Colchester for the 5th round of the FA cup. The game was packed. It was a battle between the scrappy Colchester team and the millionaire boys of Chelsea. One of their football chants actually goes, "We got loads of money...lalala..." HA! That's my team.
Some of the group at a pub before the game. Back row: Weiser, Rachel, Beth, and Robert. Front row: Lacey and me.
Spencer, Beth, Robert, and Katie apparantly posing for someone else's picture.
Once Dianna uploads her pictures of us from last weekend at Leeds Castle, I'll update about last weekend. Happy upcoming spring break to all my Iowa law schoolers (in a week)! I'll be in Portugal for the first part of the week, then back in London to welcome some guests. Yay!