Sorry everyone! Here's a new update on my life here :) Things are really good, I can't believe I actually come home one month from today! It's insane how quickly everything went. And I know this month is going to fly by, I have 2 trips planned, one to Amstardam and one to Rome and Milan. Also two more weekends in London. And then I'm home! So weird. Also crammed in there is a few finals, papers and presentations, so it's starting to be time to actually buckle down and do work here. I haven't really done much this semester, the classes don't seem as challenging as back home, but then again I haven't had much assessment, most of them are structured so that the only factors in the grade are the paper and final. So that's a little scary!
Last weekend, I went to Scotland to visit my roommate at Clark, Hadley. I took a train there, which took about 5 hours. I probably should have spent that time working on all of these projects I have coming up.. But I didn't. It was really amazing to watch the English Countryside go by, So beautiful and different from anything we have in the States. I tried to take pictures but it didn't really work. Saturday in Scotland we woke up to Snow! Not really pretty snow like I've been missing, more like wet rain/snow. Oh well! We still walked around her town, Stirling, for awhile, got soaked and freezing, and then hung out in her flat. Her life is so different from mine here, because she is in an actual University, and she's kind of just thrown in with everyone else. Where as I take classes and live with all Americans, she has roommates and classmates from all over Europe. It was really cool getting to meet all of her friends! Sunday, We took a train together into Edinburgh, which is an amazingly beautiful city. We had about two hours there before my train home, and we spent it wandering around just looking at everything, the sun was out and it was absolutely incredible.
Back in London the weather is getting nicer too, this week we have had multiple sunny days! That's pretty much a first since I've been here. On Thursday another friend of mine from home, Allie, came to visit. After work on friday I went shopping and wandering with her, but that day was not one of the nicer ones, so she didn't get to see London in all of it's beauty. Yesterday though was a perfect day, by far the best weather since we've been here. It was warm and sunny! I met up with a friend in Camden Town, which has this huge market area with stalls selling souvenir-y things. We walked around there for awhile, and then went to Regent's Park which is not to far from me to explore that area. From there we walked to a few more parts of London, we pretty much walked around for four hours straight. It was really fun though! And I started to understand how areas I know in London are connected- Since I don't drive here I know how to get to the places I go on the Tube obviously, but I'm not always fully clear on where they are in relation to other places I go. Really I should just look at a map.
So that's mostly it for now, it looks like it might be another nice day today, but I think I'm finally going to spend it on homework and things.
Love and Miss you all!! <3
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