First Full Day

Hey all!

Today was our first full day in London - how exciting! We started the day with an orientation at the Anglo American building (where we have class). We learned a lot of good stuff. They gave us a break for lunch and I went to a cute place called London Cafe and got a "chicken and salad" sandwich, not to be confused with chicken salad. It was tasty. They had packets of ketchup, which made me quite excited! Then we finished up orientation and had the rest of the day to ourselves.

Rebecca, Stephenie, and I decided to go see the British Museum. It was HUGE! We went to an Arab , North American, sickness/life/death, Englightenment, China/Japan, African, Greek/Roman, and mummy exhibit (amongst others). The mummies were so cool! We walked around the whole entire museum just to find the mummies for Rebecca, whose sister has studied in Egypt. My favorite part of the museum was probably..the mummies. (Oh! And before the museum, we were super touristy and took pictures with the red phone booth.)

After the museum, we decided to explore Oxford Street..which ultimately meant turning the wrong way on the right street and walking an entire circle back to the place where we started! Luckily, we were in no hurry and had no real destination. We walked a lot around the city..down to Piccadilly Circus and Soho and a bunch of places. Eventually, we got hungry and stopped at a cute little Italian place for dinner. It was so good and the owner was a really cute old man. He gave us a plate of cookies at the end, which was nice! The only bad part was that we couldn't figure out if tip was included or not. They were so nice, so I sure hope it was included already!

The adventure for the evening came when we tried to get back to the flats. We decided we should test out the bus system, so we got on no problem. The only problem was that we ended up on a line that stopped soon after we got on. Therefore, we had to get off at a place very far from where we wanted to be. Therefore, we decided to get on the underground (which we are becoming very familiar with very quickly) on a significantly less crowded train. We got back safe and sound!

I'll have fun updates tomorrow, after we do some touristy sightseeing!