The classes have begun....

Hello again,

Well we are done with our first "week" of classes. I only have class Monday-Wednesday so that's pretty amazing. The classes seem like they are going to be pretty interesting, my contemporary art class will be completely over my head but my literature brings me right back.

We have been keeping pretty busy, we needed to go and get some actual groceries a couple days ago and I got about 4 microwave dinners that I thought would be like a lean cuisine. Boy was I wrong.. haha apparently their frozen dinners mean, thaw for 12 hours and then put in the oven for 20 minutes. So, so much for a speedy lunch or dinner! The funny story about grocery shopping is that when I was standing waiting for Karen to get some apples a woman walked past me and her large Chanel bag got stuck on my basket... my jaw almost dropped as I began to apologize haha. She was perfectly nice about it and just kept on going.

Last night we went on a historic pub crawl with 14 other people on the program and one guide. We had a BLAST! In the second pub we met some really nice British guys who were on their own historic pub crawl but instead of going to three like us... they were on number 208 haha, don't worry they started last year. They talked to us and gave us a bunch of tips of places where to go and where not to go. They were also soooo cute (sorry Vince hehe). Anyways the pubs we went to were in some of the other extremely rich areas of London. To buy a flat near the second pub we went to you would need 20 million pounds (over 35 million dollars). Drinks are much more expensive here than in the states, we have all been drinking cider because it tastes like apple juice, it is about 3.45 pounds meaning about 6 dollars for one drink. Needless to say that will not be happening very often haha.

We have become quite good on the tube and actual road it to a different part of London called Covent Garden. This was an adorable place with a very nice market. When we were walking through we actually came upon a place that was every kids dream. It was a candy and cupcake store that sold the most amazing things. It looked like everything was fake because they were so fancy. We bought two to split between four of us. Lindsey and I had Apple Raspberry and Karen and Alyssa got Double Chocolate. I will tray and upload some pictures of this place because it was a dream land. The pigeons here were a little bit too friendly for my liking.. they would go under our legs and around our table trying to get scraps. I have come to realize they are the squirrels of England.

A couple nights ago Lindsey and I were craving a little taste of home and decided to go to Pizza Hut that is no too far away. It is also one of the cheaper places to eat around here. We sat down and ordered a large margarita (cheese and sauce) pizza and a couple of sodas. There was this tiny little women sitting next to us who looked at the pizza when it arrived and looked at us and then back at the pizza and finally said "you two surely cannot eat all this pizza, some for home?" Lindsey and I just laughed and assured her we would take some home..... but we finished it haha. How very American of us :) It was amazing it tastes just like home.

Tomorrow no one has any class so I think we will do some exploring. I will keep you updated :)