Hullo mum and dad and everybody!
How are you? Greetings from the United Kingdom! I'm currently sitting
in my room trying to avoid the oppressive pot-smell emanating from my
1500-SAT-score-fluent-in-7-languages-California-surfer-dude-look-alike
flatmate from Sweden or Switzerland or one of those countries that starts
with an S (he's from one but his ancestry is from the other)...this is a
guy who made "special" gingerbread cookies on Thursday and proceeded to
give one to an unknowing Japanese friend, Noah (who wants to be a pilot
for Japan Airlines). Noah then replied that the Swedish guy "is very
bad," and "if he ever listed as passenger on my plane, I won't let him
on!" The saga of my flat continues...and I continue to be holed up in my
room!
Anyway, I've had quite an uneventful week...I don't seem to remember the
majority of it! London has had unusually beautifully weather, sunny
practically every day, and most days, such as today, are complete sun all
day with no clouds. :) My umbrella has been used--1 x--since I arrived
in London a month ago. A little Italian bird has told me that Rome is
making up for it, though! :oP I'm trying to soak in this sunshine while
it lasts, since I've heard that this weather is rather infrequent here!!
I got sick on Tuesday or Wednesday, and still don't know if I've got the
flu, mono, or a cold. No need to recap that one, but it's certainly
limited what I've done! I've studied quite a bit, since I have an oral
report this week, but it's rather strange having to go to the library
every time you want a book! (British students borrow all of their books
from the library, and it can be a hassle when there's one book for 45
students) By Saturday, I was feeling good enough to go out, so I went out
with some British friends to the Chinese New Year celebrations in
Chinatown followed by some antique-book-shopping in Covent Garden. The
great thing about London is that the weather is always warm, so on the
weekends there are huge crowds at outdoor festivals everywhere! I went to
at least two outdoor markets yesterday and saw plenty of others, and
there's even a local outdoor market in our neighbourhood where you can get
the yummiest fruits and veggies (you can see pics of this market and my
other weekend journeys at http://www.geocities.com/lemonaid_98).
That's pretty much all that's new from me! Today I did a lot of
studying...actually, it was more thinking about how I should be studying,
and then pushing such guilt out of my head. :) Next weekend I'm off to
Bath and then off to Edinburgh in two weeks, for a week (since we have our
first week off beginning Feburary 9). I love this life!!
Kirsten
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