Hello! This weekend I had a great time exploring London.
On Saturday, I headed down to where the BADA students live and got to hang out with USC people as well as their new BADA friends, who have now adopted me. We walked around Theatreland and then the National Gallery, and then I went to meet my friend Toni and her mom at the London Eye for dinner at Wagamama. Then I accompanied the BADA folks out to "their" pub, the Duke of York, which is about a block away from their flat.
Since I had been in London about 5 years ago, and done most of the typical tourist things then, I wanted to just spend more time walking around and experiencing life in the city. Yesterday morning I went to church at Westminster Abbey, and was astounded by the boys' choir. Last time I was here I had paid to get in as a visitor, and got to see all of the historical tombstones and walk around the entire place. Going to church you don't necessarily get to stare at everything, but just being in there and listening to the choir is amazing (and free!). I then wandered around Westminster, then walked from Big Ben up to BADA (passing Queen Victoria's memorial, Buckingham Palace, the Wellington Arch, and the Marble Arch. I went with Allison and two of her friends, Emily and Tori, to Regent's Park, where I helped them work on their sonnets, and then we ate at a place called "The Honest Sausage". Allison and I then went up to Camden for a little shopping, and ended up riding this sketchy British Ferris Wheel on the back of a truck (scary! but fun.). It was a lovely day.
Gotta check out of my hostel - more coming soon!
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