The First Week of Adventures

Our week of fun started on Tuesday, and we have been going and going till now! We started with our walking tour of London led by Dr. Seal on Tuesday Night (see my other blog post for pictures!) where we saw Big Ben, the London Eye, and Buckingham Palace to name a few. On Wednesday we had our first day of class! We all took the tube (Underground) together to the stop closest to the building our classroom is in, and then walked the rest of the way. We are in a cute little flat turned school. After Class, Dr. Reed and 9 of us girls got a bite to eat and ate at this lovely garden:

 

It was an old church bombed during one of the World Wars, and it was absolutely lovely! (and a great place to eat your foreign subway...) After that, the 10 of us headed over to the Museum of London to learn some new things about this great city.

The Museum was very interesting and had lots of cool information about London's history! We all had a good time, plus there was WIFI! (Although I managed to forget to take pictures...)

Next was Thursday, a day full of delayed buses. Dr. Reed told us all about her quick bus ride the day before, and 75% of the class decided to take her advice and get on the bus....
Which was not a good idea! There was a LOT of traffic on Oxford Street, and it delayed us quite a bit. We finally got to class at 2:30 (class starts at either 10am or 2pm), so my group was 30 minutes late after we left at 1:15 or so, and there was still one more group behind us.

Little Boom and I enjoying class.

After our first class, Dr. Reed, who was supposed to teach our second class, didn't make it (also due to bus delays...) so Dr. Seal taught us more about the European Union and then some of us headed back to the flats to get ready for the Philharmonia Orchestra that evening!

 

It was held in the Royal Festival Hall, which was an incredibly beautiful building! Our seats were in the choir section, which were above where the Orchestra played: 

They played some beautiful music and it was a great experience!

On Friday, we began our day with class at 10am with Dr. Seal, and 11:30 with Dr. Reed. After class was over, a large group of us headed to the British Museum to find an artifact that was probably stolen, that we would write a report on. It was a huge Museum with so much to see, and I know I plan on going back at some point!

The rest of today consisted of grocery shopping and hanging out in the flat. I'm excited for visiting Windsor Castle tomorrow with all of the UP students that are here in London, and then for shopping afterwards! And my first night out on the town will be fun as well!

Well, I hope you enjoyed reading about my week! It has been a fun start to my London Adventure!