Day Ten, Eleven, Twelve

Yes I realize it's Saturday and I haven't posted yet. I told you I was busy...I meant it.

Thursday:
The girls (all seven of us) took a trip into London on Thursday. We walked absolutely everywhere. My feet hurt so badly by that night I didn't think I'd ever be able to walk again. We started at the Wallace Galleries, looking at portraits. Next was the Kensington Royal Gardens and Palace, where we had lunch. Some of the girls fed squirrels out of their hands. I, on the other hand, was terrified and ran if they got close to me. There were so many people out walking their dogs in the park. A little puppy ran right up to me. We took a picture by the infamous Peter Pan statue.
We visited Kensington Palace, birthplace of Queen Victoria. There was so much there: tons of Princess Diana clothing and memorabilia, paintings, Queen's Victoria's bedroom, etc. I think it was my favorite.
Lastly, we went to the Victoria and Albert museum. We checked out the fashion, photography, and paintings exhibits. At this point, it was all we could do to keep walking.
We took the tube to Queen's Theater, had dinner and met the boys and Dr. Mitchell for the show. It was Les Miserables and it was absolutely amazing! I didn't know much about the play but thoroughly enjoyed it.
We got in around one in the morning and were pretty exhausted from the day.

Friday:
We took a bus to Cambridge University. What we didn't realize, due to some lack of communication. was that it was a three hour ride to Cambridge, meaning we could only spend two hours there. Two hours proved to be sufficient as the town is really built around the University. King's College Chapel was neat and we walked along the river, but other than that is was your typical English town. After another long bus ride back where I got to hear all about the guy next to me's divorce and current move. People and their cell phones. The whole back of the bus could hear his life story. So the trip wasn't really worth the time it took. But it's another place of interest to check off the list.

Saturday:
Well I'm here at the library, not where I should be right now. We had full intentions of going to see Warwick Castle and a show at Stratford-Upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace. However, things got a little crazy and it didn't work out. So that got rescheduled for Thursday. The girls went shopping today and found great deals. I had trouble not buying everything in the store. January is sales month...so tempting. I've been reading the lovely psychologists Thorndike, Skinner, and Piaget for the past few hours and working on an assignment.
Tonight, the Taylor students are going to the Eagle and Child, a well-known pub, for fish and chips. I promise to try it, but will not be ordering it. I hate fish. Then I assume I'll go back to the host's home and work on my assignment some more before heading to bed early.

Leave me comments or I'm tempted to stop writing. :-)

Oh and sorry about the bad weather there. It's just wonderful here!