My British Journal: Day 2

.. and last night as well.

So many things have happened! I can't believe its only my 2nd day here! Holy Cow! Last night was really fun! After dinner a larger group of us decided to go walk through some of Hyde Park since we're so close (and we needed something to keep us awake). We ran a few quick errands first at Boots and then we were off to the park. It was a beautiful night. We saw lots of interesting folk and things. :) We started hearing something loud coming from the corner-ish of the park (there aren't any mountains so I have no clue what direction anything is) and started walking towards it. (Thankfully we didn't make it far enough because it was definitely a huge group of angry protesters chanting and stuff) We ended up finding this really cool Arch that Queen Victoria had build after her love, Prince Anthony died. It has to have been one of the coolest things I've ever seen! I took a bunch of pictures, but I can't get them all to rotate...sorry!

Later that night, I thought I was going to die. I literally hadn't slept since I left SLC and I'd been on my feet pretty much the whole time as well. I was sooo worried that I'd be jet-lagged and not sleep through the night. But I took a tylenol pm and was out ALL night until 7:00 this morning. Getting ready was a bit of an adventure as well. About 30 girls share 3 showers. Its a little intense. (Also, the shower doors are almost see through...we're getting to know each other real well super fast haha) But it looks like its going to work out okay.

We had more orientation this morning which was really boring. It didn't help that we could all tell that the professors were super bored too. haha but we got through and then started on our adventure for the day!

After the meeting. 5 of us decided it was time to try some new foods. We had found this cool restaurant over on Queensbrough (just a few blocks over) that we wanted to try. It was this cool kebab place. So we headed over and ate some interesting food. It was really good! I got a chicken one and loved it! I'm really excited to keep trying stuff! I'm starting to feel a little more adventurous. Maybe I'll even try some fish and chips!

My first Tube ride followed. This included seeing a man wearing super super short shorts. It was way more than I ever ever ever wanted to see! So gross! But it was a fun experience. Different then New York subways, I think. And the stairs and escalators are super steep and scary!

This afternoon we went to the British History Museum. It was so cool! Our assignment was to go to 2 of the rooms and find 6 things we learned about and write a little assignment about them. Pretty simple. So, we ended up with extra time to explore. Robyn (a roommate) and I decided that the most important thing for us to see was the Parthenon sculptures. So, after about 10 minutes of being lost in some Egyptian stuff (we're going back a few more times later, but we really wanted to see some other stuff too. Don't worry. I'll get back to the museum) we finally found it! But, we also saw the Rosetta Stone on the way! Now that was cool! The pictures didn't turn out super well, but I should get another chance someday soon. BUT! we did get in to see the Parthenon stuff which was amazing!! So much bigger than you expect and so cool! I'm positive we will get sent there again, but it was still fun to see!

Then, Robyn and I were walking around the little store looking for postcards and stuff and found a t-shirt with the famous "disc thrower" statue on it. We both got really excited thinking, "We have got to find that!" After about 20 minutes being lost and looking for the statue, we gave up and decided that its most likely not there, which is lame because who puts a picture of a statue on a museum shirt when you really don't have the statue there. Who knows, it might still be there.... but we eventually gave up, rode the tube home, and now we're here in the center.