Do they serve Big Macs in England?: I guess I should probably give an update on my life?

It turns out i'm really horrible at this whole blogging thing, but since I last posted I've been incredibly busy! The craziness of beginning has worn of and I've settled down a bit, which means I've been super busy with work, school, sightseeing, and planning travel. Lets see, big things I've done- I turned 21! That was exciting, but pretty anti-climatic being in London where no one really cares, but I hung out with a bunch of good friends and had fun! It's still going to be strange when I come home.

Classes have been good recently, the coolest thing I've done is climbed up to the top of St. Paul's Cathedral in my Art and Architecture class, it was on a sunny day and the views were incredible! We also learned a lot about the construction of the church and the different architectural features, something I know very little about so it was all very new and interesting. My other classes aren't as exciting, a lot of reading and lectures.

Work has been good lately too, I've settled in there so I have more of a routine schedule, I'm with one class every Tuesday and one every Friday, I've gotten to know the kids and staff in each of the classes well which is good, and on Thursdays I generally go to whatever class needs extra hands, so I've been in almost every classroom in the school, and I know almost all the kids. Things are about to be very different though, because the school is moving to a temporary location after half term (which is next week). This is going to be quite an interesting experience, the kids are probably going to have a hard time adjusting, and I get to navigate my way to a new part of London!

This past weekend, my parents came to visit, which was really great! We went to Paris, which was awesome! We took the Eurostar, which was really cool because it goes from pretty much central London to central Paris in 2 hours. The weekend was filled with lots of eating and wandering around, our favorite things! Sunday we went to the Louvre, which I've never been to before, I couldn't believe how beautiful the building and everything in it is! Then we came back to London and had the great luck of a sunny day on Monday, something I've seen few times, but it seems to be happing more often recently! We took a boat down the River Thames to Greenwhich, where I've been before with my architecture class. It's a really cool town, still a part of London but with a much different feel- walking down the streets reminded us of Martha's Vineyard! We went to the Royal Observatory which is where GMT is measured from, there is a line there where you can stand in both hemispheres at the same time. It's a beautiful location, and the building is also designed by Christopher Wren (who designed St. Pauls Cathedral and many other famous buildings around here) so it's amazing!

I think that's mostly it for updates for now, next weekend I'm traveling to Copenhagen with some of my friends, so I will have much to say after that! Hopefully I'll also write before then too. I hope everybody at home and around the world is doing good too, email or skype me to say hi!