Back to the Grind

School started up and has been prolonged more than a usual first week of school usually is. 'Syllabus day' doesn't really happen here. You jump right into the class material. A lot of the required texts I've found in the basement of my residence hall, which is easier on the wallet. An update on my cooking: I've added baked potatoes to my repertoire tonight.

I've got a Stonehedge/Bath visit coming up in the coming next two weeks which I'm excited about. Earlier in the month they had too much snow and had to close off Stonehedge for a time being so hopefully all that will be cleared out when I'm there. London continues to astound me with the multicultural melting pot it consists of. Did you know 25% of people living in London were born in a different country, with over 300 different languages spoken in any given day? I felt out of place to begin with in London, but I've come to the realization that there is no way you can truly be 'out of place' in a city like this.

Another interesting fact: Big Ben is not actually the name of the clock or the tower. Big Ben is the name of the 13-ton bell inside the clock. The tower is known as St. Stephens Tower. But, over many years commoners and tourists have just called it Big Ben. Big Ben has a better ring to it anyways, no pun intended. I'm just going to try and fill your heads with all these interesting London facts!



Anywho, I'm planning on going to Harrod's tomorrow. I'm excited to check out all the interesting stuff that will be inside. Ryan, my roommate, went earlier in the week and he said it was amazing. Over the past week I've been trying to get in touch with my girlfriend, Caitlin. She's in Valencia, Spain for her study abroad program and her luggage got lost on her trip over there. Not only that, but her host family also doesn't have internet. I can't even imagine, as I'm sure you're probably aware of how I felt first coming over here, living without basic necessities like my own clothing, shampoo, shoes my life would have been a living nightmare. I just pray that her luggage gets to her soon. I can't stand seeing her like this. I hope she doesn't read this but I'm writing her a postcard tomorrow and hopefully when she reads it, it will take her mind off of things for a few minutes. I booked my flight to Valencia over the second half of my spring break so I'm really excited. Ok, I'll blog again soon.

Cheers