Dogray day

So how am I doing with the whole updating thing?

Much has happened since my last post, mainly all of my globetrotting. I made it out to Paris for a weekend with the ladies and met dear Caitlin there. I will write about that another time though cause there's too much to write and it's getting late. More recently, I just got back from Spring Break which was spent on a whirlwind 14 day trip to Italy, France and Spain. That will be several posts most likely...but for now I will just say I had the time of my life and I still cannot believe all the amazing places I've been and the incredible things I've seen (1200 pictures later..) I honestly feel like the luckiest person alive.

So, after being reprimanded for not updating this in 2 months, I'm doing this little quickster. I have only one month left in London, which I find hard to believe. I don't know how time goes so fast. So I've been determined to get all the things done I wanted to get done when I got here but put off because I knew I had sooo much time here. I'm making some progress this week...yesterday we went to quiz night at ISH and we WON which was amazing and quite unexpected. Last time we went we were 3rd out of 4 teams if that's any indication. Then today I decided to go on a little adventure by myself because I had the day off from work. It was a really nice day, sunny, I think in the 60s...I didn't need a jacket, so whatever temperature that would be. So I set off in the afternoon for Regent's Park and took a stroll around. It was full of people relaxing on the grass and little kids running around, so it was a good day for people-watching. From Regent's Park I walked down to Camden Town which is one of my favorite places in London. There are tons of shops down there and like three separate markets to walk around in so that kept me busy for a while. I even bought a cute shirt/dress dealy for 5 Pounds which is definitely not bad! When I had my fill of Camden I started walking back toward home but then I realized I didn't really want to go home yet, so I decided to try to find the elusive Primrose Hill (which isn't really elusive, we just got lost the first and only time we tried to get there..) Let's just say that this was a great idea. I got to the hill and walked up it and from the top you get a really nice view of the city, definitely the best view I've seen. The problem with London is that for the most part, it's really flat. Panoramics that were so easy to get in places like France and Italy are not so easy to come by here. But Primrose Hill is totally a winner. I could see the Eye, St Paul's, Parliament, and some other recognizable buildings I don't actually know the name of. So I ended up just sitting up there for about an hour soaking in the sun and the view, and people-watching. I definitely have to get back there a few more times before I leave, and go at night once too.
So today was really satisfying and relaxing, as long as you put aside the fact that I should probably have been in the library writing a paper. But the weather shouldn't be nice around finals time, it's just wrong. I will try to write again before I leave the country but obviously my track record so far doesn't really look promising.

Till then, Tea and Crumps.