I've decided that in keeping with what I actually find a silly trend in novels: throughout my blog for this program each post will build up a playlist reflecting my thoughts/feelings/inspiration during this experience.
Playlist -
Track 6/27: Muse: "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist"
Track 6/28: The Morning Benders: "All Day Day Light"
Track 6/27: Muse: "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist"
Track 6/28: The Morning Benders: "All Day Day Light"
I’M
HERE! It was quite an ordeal to come this far, however. I’ve gotten
approximately 4 hours total sleep since Wednesday morning when the scramble to finish
up trip preparations began, and since then I’ve endured a commute into Queens,
a delayed flight causing me to wait at the gate an extra hour & half, as
well another extra hour+ just sitting on the runway during a lightning storm
previous to the over 7 hour flight, during which I felt quite queasy (not
helped at all by watching Oz the Great
and Powerful - wow, was that a bad movie…), followed by transport to the
dorm through London traffic which was close to an hour.
But alas,
I am in the UK. This residence hall
is smack on the Thames, and the walk to the London Eye is mere minutes. We all
checked in this morning/afternoon and got settled, and then our class met up at
4 pm to do a neighborhood tour. We strolled around the South Bank, ate a bit of
pizza, bought Oyster cards, then practiced taking the tube by going to Leicester
Square, and finally circled back toward our dorm at King's College.
I stopped at Sainsbury’s to nab a few groceries for breakfast and such, but perhaps yogurt and cereal were not the best choices seeing as I don’t have a spoon… or a bowl… I limited myself to one Cadbury bar this evening, although I wanted to gorge on every single wondrous-looking kind they had. The McDonald’s here all have signs for a McFlurry with Cadbury Flake pieces in them too (--- damn you lactose intolerance!!!).
It was
rather pleasant weather today, about 65 degrees F and drizzling on and off – my ideal
conditions! It is supposed to warm up a little this weekend, oh well; at least
it’ll make for some better snapshots. I do plan to take more and better quality
pictures than these throughout this trip, but photography was just far beyond my mental
and physical capabilities in this state of exhaustion!
Hi Emily! I love reading blog posts so I'll keep my eye out for future posts from you :-D
ReplyDeleteAlso, fniogwjitf20f re: Cadbury flakes in the McFlurry OMG my head just exploded at the THOUGHT.
Have a great time, pics look awesome :)