First Days in London

Hello, hello -- 

It's raining right now. I feel so very amalgamated with London's culture. :)

Here's where I'm living ... staying true to the European custom of living in tight quarters, I'm learning to organize to make the best use of the space. It's .... cozy to say the least!

My room! I'm the top bunk

Look at this killer organization!!

To catch you all up a bit on what I've done since my arrival,Tyler and I did a bit of exploring on our own and ended up at Piccadilly Circus (I won't get tired of saying Piccadilly, I don't think...) and lo and behold, Big Ben! And the London Eye! And a person to take our picture!

The Eye!

So at home here... and so color-coordinated.

After our independent wanderings, we visited a pub near our hotel for that evening for a few drinks with our friends before crashing for the evening. 


We had a continental hotel breakfast that morning before a blistering orientation (only because of the jet lag ... it was important information, but I was nodding off the entire time!). After orientation, we loaded our disgusting amount of bags into the tour bus and took off for our 4 hour tour of London! Sounds like forever, but it was over before I knew it ... our guide knew his stuff and kept us entertained with his quirky narration of important London features. We saw the modern side of London, Fleet Street, West End (theatre district!!), Big Ben and Little Ben (did you know there was a Baby Ben? I didn't! He was so cute...), The Tower of London, London Bridge (isn't falling down, I'm happy to report), Westminster Abbey, and more! It was an eventful tour, lemme tell you. 

See, Mom? I'm not the only overpacker on this trip!

Tyler and I in front of London Bridge!

Oh-so-mod building

St. Paul's Cathedral!

Tyler and I made our first meal last night in the Flats, pasta with tomato/herb sauce and seasoned chicken! It was a huge success. We also purchased International phones ... mine's the super spiffy British flag one!

Today was the first day of school ... so Chanea (my roommate) and I got all dolled up and made sure to leave early! It's about a 10 minute walk from our flats to the CAPA building where we take classes. The weather was gorgeous and our first class (Shakespeare!) was short ... it was a lovely way to start my junior year :)

Roomiezzz

And after school, Ty and I visited Sainsbury's which is the British version of HEB/Walmart ... we purchased some essentials (paper towels, shampoo, alcohol, etc) and ate lunch on the steps of our house!

That's all for now ... we just found out that we'll be attending 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre tomorrow night for our Theatre class and Romeo and Juliet on Wednesday as part of Shakespeare. Needless to say, I'm stoked. See ya!