Finally.. Pictures!!

This weekend has been absolutely unforgettable. Yesterday, the girls and I got lost in London, walking from St. James to Soho to Kings Cross, without a plan, destination or itinerary. Soho is so quaint and lovely, it reminds me of Bleecker Street in Manhattan. We got a snack at a local cafe and bought some school supplies, then walked down to The Rocket to watch Liverpool play Hull City in soccer (or should I say football). Burgers were only 3.50 pounds during the game, so we ate there and watched Liverpool win 3-1. After that, we went to Smithy's pub to go to the NYU mixer. They had free finger food which i was happy to indulge in, and the DJ played some pretty good music so everybody danced around and mingled with the masses. Per Carla's advice, I tried a Snakebite and I actually started a serious trend of them.. by the end of the night everyone had red drinks in their hands.

Here's a whole slew of photos from the weekend:

That's a park right in Bloomsbury near the acadmic center.

The NYU in London stone!

The Rocket - where we watch all the football games.

London's version of Chinatown!

My roommate Katie and me in front of some lion statues in Chinatown.

Katie, Cait and me in front of a fountain in Soho

In one of the many phone booths (it really smelled in there!!)

A Byzantine art museum

Who's the real statue??

Doing yet another statue impersonation

London at night.. a more historic looking Times Square in my opinion

Katie Gaston, me, Cait and Srivani near Chinatown

We got caught in our first London downpour! Renee, Srivani, Katie G and me soaked to the bone!

Srivani, Katie G, me, Lauren and Renee dancing in the rain

Renee, me and Lauren (my neighbors in NIDO) dilly dallying in the streets

So those are all the photos from yesterday. Today, Katie K, Cait and I took a 2:30 bus tour from Kings Cross to Westminster Abbey and all around the city of London. It was amazing!! I took so many pictures, but here are my favorites:

St. Paul's Cathedral! So beautiful

The clock in the cathedral tower

Me in front of one of the many statues.

Tower Bridge!

This should be on a postcard!

The view from the harbor.

In front of some funny sculpture of a guy with a big shnoz.

The egg shaped building is called the Ghekin

A great view of the London Eye

The sun setting on the harbor

Big Ben!




Big Ben and the London eye.. I love this one.

Hanging out with my homie

Outside the gate to the Parliament Building

The Parliament building

So that just about does it for pictures at the moment! The tour guide was really funny and informative. He told us a lot about all the places we saw and some common misconceptions. I.e., everyone thinks Big Ben refers to the actual face of the clock, but it really was meant for the bells inside the tower. We also drove by the London Dungeon museum that I definitely want to go back to and check out. It's a whole museum about medieval torture. Apparently, one method was soaking someone's feet in water for a whole week, then, when their skin is soft enough, having the goats and sheeps come and use their rough tongues to lick all the skin off their bones. Barf!!!

I can't wait to walk around some more and see more places around here. Classes start on Tuesday (sigh) but I'll savor my last day of freedom tomorrow and get a lot of errands done. I need to go grocery shopping... eating out every day is not easy on the wallet.

Whelp, that's about all for now. Enjoy the visual aids and wish me luck on my pre-school excursions tomorrow!