"Ladies if you fall, my strong arms will catch you. Gents, the ground is hard."

The past few days have been pretty busy with classes (yes we actually have to go…), sightseeing, and sleeping. Last I spoke to anyone, I believe it was Tuesday. I guess what I should do here is attempt to remember aallll the way back to Wednesday and go from there. It will be difficult, as that really was a long time ago (a whole two days), but I think with the help of the tea I’m drinking, conveniently provided by my mommy or I guess I should say mum while I’m here, you know, to try and fit it…wow I just went way off topic there…. What was I saying? Oh yes, with the help of my nice warm cup of tea, I think I might be able to remember some of the details of the past few days…

So, Wednesday. I unfortunately had class at nine, where as my roommates did not. It’s very depressing. I had my Shakespeare class where I was apologized to profusely by the professor who apparently was somewhat stricken to find that he had actually left a student behind! It made me feel better =) Anyways, apparently I am going to go on the tour with a different class, and we are going to meet in a pub first and he is going to count how many people he has before he leaves, in honor of me. That was pretty much the only interesting thing class-related. After class, I went back to my room (where the roommates were only just waking up) and ate lunch. I don’t remember what I ate so don’t ask. After eating, we (Melissa, Jenna, Mary, and I) headed down to the tube to make our way to Her Majesties Royal Palace and Fortress, or more commonly known as The Tower of London. The Tower of London is a very cool place where you can see all the cells and towers where old famous prisoners were kept and where they were beheaded and what not. Some examples of famous decapatees are Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, and Thomas More. When we got there we tagged along the end of a tour, which was very entertaining and informational. Apparently there are about thirty guards who actually live in the Tower with their families. I feel bad for those kids… think of how hard it would be to sneak in or out at night when you LIVE in an ancient fortress…yeah, not gonna happen. Another cool thing to see at the Tower, are the Crown Jewels, which is where one can find the largest natural diamond in the world. Yes, The Crown Jewels were quite impressive, although whyy they really needed a pure gold wine bowl the size of a bathtub baffles me just a bit.

After walking around the towers for about 2 hours or so, it got really really really cold. And yes, the use of three really’s was necessary to prove my point of the coldness. We headed back home where we lounged for a little bit, ate dinner and then got ready to go out again. Melissa and I headed over to the pub at Imperial College to check things out. One of the guys from SCU is playing on the Imperial soccer team, and apparently all of the sports teams’ head over to the pub after practice. We went in and it was very entertaining; lots of screaming and chanting and loud boisterous games being played.



Inside The Tower of London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_Of_London#Executions

The poor dog was very sacred...espicially since its neck is already broken, it is a perfect candidate to in the tower!

Waving hello! from Tower Bridge.

Me, attempting to take a picture with a bridge in the background. FAIL.

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Thursday, we had class at 1, in which we had a test. I swear that class is the most painfully boring class I have ever experienced; it pretty much sucks the life out of you one picture at a time. The class, The History of Modern Design, so far has been focused on architecture and styles…which is interesting, but not when it is beat into your brain in three hour segments. The only good thing I can say about the repetitiveness of the class is that it is not really necessary to study because we’ve seen and heard each picture and description ten million times. The professor somehow seems to expect us all to be extremely mentally incompetent… Anyways, the test was not the bad and I think I did well. After class we all went back to shower and get ready to go out to dinner. Melissa’s uncle, Mike, was in town on business and offered to treat the three of us to a swanky dinner. Before I mention the amazing-ness which was dinner, I just want to say that if you ever find yourself at the Covent Garden tube stop, DO NOT TAKE THE STAIRS. Yes, we made that mistake, and after 193 windy spirally steps I thought I was going to lose a lung. There were actually people sitting on the floor when we got to the top attempting to begin breathing again. Hahaha anyways, now to talk about dinner. We went to this bizarrely awesome place called “Sketch”. It was really unlike any restaurant I have ever been to. The food was amazing! I’m not really quite sure what exactly it was that I was eating, but it was delicious. I know for the main course I had lamb. It was teeny tiny, but extremely tasty. Aside from the food and the drinks (which were also on the ten and above scale of ratings), the atmosphere was just plain interesting. I really don’t know how to describe it other than slightly bizarre but fancy and super cool. The tables had couches on one side of them for chairs, the ceiling was gold with giant chandeliers, the walls were plain white with sparkles and designs projecting across them the entire time, but most impressive of all were the bathrooms. Really these bathrooms are worth a visit whether you had to go or not, and this is coming from a person who is normally not a fan of public restrooms. To find the bathroom you walk up a spiral staircase, which on one side had blue light and the other had pink, boys and girls. When you get to the top, all you can see are about twenty giant white pods. Yes, pods, as in space pods that slightly resemble giant boiled eggs. It was very entertaining. Inside the pods, there was music that would cheer and clap for you while in there, which was slightly disturbing in a funny sort of way. I think it was the most entertaining trip to the bathroom I’ve ever taken. And underneath, right at the bottom of the staircase, was this cozy little bar tucked inside with a little half-circle opening. It was cool. Anyways, I think I’ve gone on about bathrooms for long enough. I actually took a picture in there so I’ll try and post it if it turned out. So yes, dinner was great; probably the fanciest meal I’ve ever had.

So there you have it, Wednesday and Thursday. Today I slept in which was amaaaazing. I’m not sure exactly what the plan is for this weekend, but I’m pretty sure little to no sleeping is going to be involved so I was really attempting to cherish my moments of lazy-sleep time this morning. Melissa’s friend Grainne from Ireland is coming to visit and I’m sure we are going to try to do something fun!

That’s all for now folks. I’ll let you know if anything interesting happens this weekend. Apparently it is supposed to be really rainy and cold which I am not looking forward to, but I’m sure I will survive! I miss you people… it’s annoying =( Week three is supposed to be the hardest so if I call home sounding miserable, just know that that you were warned! Let me know how everything is going at home. There has been a distinct lack of emailing going on from your end; I am very disappointed in you! I’m supposed to be the one too busy to write home, and look what I’m posting for you today! I’m practically writing a little novella here!!!

The very special bathroom facilities at the "Sketch".

It was very interesting in there.... I normally do not condone taking bathroom pictures, but I had to make and exception for this.