Willy, Vicky and Al.

(My two friends named Sara(h) and I in front of the V&A)

Today was our first day of classes. I'd almost forgotten that I was here to take a class. I'm glad that I am only required to take one class and that it is only for 2 hours a day. Our class today was good. We worked out a pretty intense schedule that involves day trips to Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford, two plays at the Globe Theatre, visiting the exhibits at the Globe Theatre and even possibly (although it is a remote possibility) seeing Jude Law play Hamlet. Suffice to say that it will be exciting!

I believe I have every day planned for the next 3 weeks. The are four girls here that are leaving on July 3rd and so they're trying to get everything done they can before they leave. Tomorrow is the Globe Theatre, Wednesday is the Houses of Parliament, Thursday is class and a lecture, Friday is possibly the London Eye and Aquarium, Saturday is Hampton Court Palace. How quickly the days fill up! When I first got here and was so incredibly overwhelmed, I silently questioned by decision to be here for seven weeks. As time has gone on, I've realized that I could not have just been here for three and a half weeks and seven weeks was a good decision.

Today I went to the Victoria and Albert Museum after class. We were there for about 3 hours and still didn't manage to see half of it! I hope to go back sometime and see some more. It is just around the corner from our classrooms, which is really nice. There are always people in the museum sketching the various works of art. Seeing them made me once again wish I had picked up Gpa Ruth's artistic genes. I would love to be able to sketch marvelous works of art in while sitting in the window sill of the fabulous museum building. But alas, no artistic genes have I. 

One day I will have chandeliers in my house... They will look like this:

Or this:

Or even this:

I am certainly planning on going back to this museum during my stay here. In other exciting news, I think I can finally navigate to the grocery store and back. And I can almost get to class and back by myself. Maybe by the end of this week I can manage. In the meantime, I'll be hanging with a buddy or two to navigate my way around. 

All in all, things are going quite well here. Time is already flying by, which is to be expected, but still a little shocking. I'm trying my best to take pictures and journal and remember everything that happens, but it's harder than it sounds! 

Well, I should be a diligent student and move on to the next item of procrastination... I mean go do my homework.

G'night mates!

_Kt