The past few days have been busy busy. We did a bus tour of the city on Friday and saw so much, taking lots of notes about places we wanted to go back to. We got off the bus around the corner from Buckingham Palace and the tour guide started running so we could get there in time for the procession of the horse guard; not as cool as the official of the changing of the guard, but it was neat to see all the soldiers in their uniforms riding by on the horses. The guide gave us some tips on the best place to see the changing of the guard so I'm now really excited to see that. Later that afternoon we had a walking tour of our neighborhood, Little Venice. It is absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait until its warm and I can just wander down by the canal or walk around the beautiful houses. Elon really does take care of us!
Saturday we took a day trip to Stonehenge and Bath. Seeing one of the Seven Wonders of the mideveal world was really cool, and we had some fun being guided by Elias, our very experienced and entertaining friend. The drive to Bath was beautiful because of all the snow and the rolling hills. We got to Bath and took a tour of the old Roman Baths which was also pretty cool. I actually understood a bunch of stuff because of Latin and Roman history. Then we had another walking tour of Bath, which I didn't expect to be as fun as it was. It really is a cute little town with some amazing architecture. Then we had some free time to wander around before heading home.
Since we had napped on the way back from Bath, so a few of us decided to go and see London at night. We took the tube out to Big Ben and there it was, right as we stepped out of the station. It was so massive and looked incredible lit up. We walked around there for a bit before heading over towards Buckingham Palace. If you ever want to have some quality time alone at the palace, Saturday night is the time to go. There was barely anyone there, which was fun for us because we were able to shamelessly take touristy pictures.
Today we got up late, hung out around the flat before heading out to Spiddlefield's market, a big, cheap market. We poked around there, looking at scarves, funky clothes, and were almost tempted by some brownies. I haven't been to many markets in my life, but I really liked this one because people weren't hounding you to come look at their stuff or giving you dirty looks if you didn't buy anything. While I came away empty handed, it was necessary to see what they have for our future trips.
I've absolutely loved getting to know the city over the past few days. I love how busy everything is, and that there is always a billion things to do. But its also been great hanging out in the flat, getting to really know my flatmates and other people in the program. Classes start Tuesday...exciting.
Here's a link to some pictures from our first few adventures... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2003596&l=9d22e&id=1401300102
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