busy days!
so i've found a cheap(ish) internet cafe near our flats which is exciting so i decided to update the blog. i also just figured out how to read my comments so thanks to all who have written! :-)
last night was our first non-jetlagged night out and it was a ton of fun. after drying off from buckingham palace we decided to go to covent gardens for dinner. covent gardens is this great area of london that has an open air market, tons of great restaurants and pubs and lots of shops. sadly, we got there after all the shops were closed so i think i'll have to make a return trip sometime soon. we ate dinner at this great pub that was supringsly well-priced considering the heinous exchange rate over here. it's about 2 dollars to every pound, which makes already expensive london just about impossible to afford. anyway after a leisurely dinner we decided to check out the club scene. we ended up at this great underground club down the street (im totally forgetting the name right now, i'll check on that...). we met these hilarious british guys who took it upon themselves to buy us drinks for the night and show us the "cool" way to dance in england (which apparently looks a lot like disco haha). when we were ready to leave, we realized the tube had already closed so we had to find our way back on the bus system which was quite an adventure. i have to say though that the public transportation system here is fantastic...we really need something so easy to use in la!!
today we went on the london eye courtesy of the housing company who is providing our flats here. for those who don't know, the london eye is an ENORMOUS ferris wheel across the river from parliment and big ben. each "pod" is big enough for at least 25 people to comfortably walk around and see the sights of london from way up high. i got some great pictures (even though it was raining) and even though i'm seriously afriad of heights i was able to suck it up and stand by the edge long enough to take in the amazing views.
after the eye we walked over to westminster abbey and the parliment buildling. sadly, the church was closed to tourists on sundays (go figure...) and so we couldn't explore the amazing building. however, we did sit in on their late afternoon church service which was really beautiful. they have an amazing choir and the inside of the building is so intricate that it kept me occupied just to look at the stained glass windows on the ceiling.
after church we hurried over to the british museum in order to get there before it closed. we didn't end up having much time in there (it's so huge that you could definitely spend an entire day there) but i was able to spend time in the egypt exhibit which was awesome. i saw cleopatra's mummy which was so cool!
anyway as you can probably tell today was a really long day so now i'm exhausted. we have "class" tomorrow at 8 am so i don't think there will be any pub crawls for me tonight. i'm interested to see how tomorrow turns out because none of us really know what to expect from class and our venue visits. i'll be sure to keep you all posted on how it works! :-)
last night was our first non-jetlagged night out and it was a ton of fun. after drying off from buckingham palace we decided to go to covent gardens for dinner. covent gardens is this great area of london that has an open air market, tons of great restaurants and pubs and lots of shops. sadly, we got there after all the shops were closed so i think i'll have to make a return trip sometime soon. we ate dinner at this great pub that was supringsly well-priced considering the heinous exchange rate over here. it's about 2 dollars to every pound, which makes already expensive london just about impossible to afford. anyway after a leisurely dinner we decided to check out the club scene. we ended up at this great underground club down the street (im totally forgetting the name right now, i'll check on that...). we met these hilarious british guys who took it upon themselves to buy us drinks for the night and show us the "cool" way to dance in england (which apparently looks a lot like disco haha). when we were ready to leave, we realized the tube had already closed so we had to find our way back on the bus system which was quite an adventure. i have to say though that the public transportation system here is fantastic...we really need something so easy to use in la!!
today we went on the london eye courtesy of the housing company who is providing our flats here. for those who don't know, the london eye is an ENORMOUS ferris wheel across the river from parliment and big ben. each "pod" is big enough for at least 25 people to comfortably walk around and see the sights of london from way up high. i got some great pictures (even though it was raining) and even though i'm seriously afriad of heights i was able to suck it up and stand by the edge long enough to take in the amazing views.
after the eye we walked over to westminster abbey and the parliment buildling. sadly, the church was closed to tourists on sundays (go figure...) and so we couldn't explore the amazing building. however, we did sit in on their late afternoon church service which was really beautiful. they have an amazing choir and the inside of the building is so intricate that it kept me occupied just to look at the stained glass windows on the ceiling.
after church we hurried over to the british museum in order to get there before it closed. we didn't end up having much time in there (it's so huge that you could definitely spend an entire day there) but i was able to spend time in the egypt exhibit which was awesome. i saw cleopatra's mummy which was so cool!
anyway as you can probably tell today was a really long day so now i'm exhausted. we have "class" tomorrow at 8 am so i don't think there will be any pub crawls for me tonight. i'm interested to see how tomorrow turns out because none of us really know what to expect from class and our venue visits. i'll be sure to keep you all posted on how it works! :-)
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