London week one: complete!

It's hard to believe I've only been here for a week but at the same time I feel like I've been here for awhile. Things have been a ton of fun so far!

On Wednesday, I took my first field trip with my London and the World Wars class. It was a lot of fun and kind of strange touring through London leisurely with my professors. I have a lot of moments where I can't believe I'm actually here in London, and this whole morning was one of those. We went to Canary Wharf to the Docklands Museum. The museum used to be a working warehouse for the port that was there. They have the history of London and its' ports from as far back as Roman times, when London was called Londinium. It was extremely interesting to see Roman coins and other artifacts from so long ago! They also had more modern exhibits including a fallout shelter and whole "Sailor Town." The idea of it was to show a whole town that sailors would be at but it generally just scared me. Ha. I somehow ended up alone at this point of the museum so had to walk through this dark road-looking area with strange sounds and smells by myself. I was basically sprinting at one point during it. lol. After this I went to my school for tea and biscuits (cookies) then had my first Understanding Britain Today class. The professor was an Englishman who has taught at Oxford. He was a pretty interesting guy who definitely introduced us all to some new aspects of Londoners. I think it's going to be extremely eye-opening.

Today was a really relaxing day. I had class from 9-1 then me and two of my roommates went and got our library cards from Kensington Public Library. It was on Kensington High Street which is full of all sorts of cool stores and pubs. After that two of us came back to my flat and chilled with some tea and biscuits. We're a bit addicted to both at this point. We then headed out for our tour of International Student House, got lost, and then found our way back. We finally had a good meal there too - lasagna, salad, and garlic bread for only 2.5 pounds! It was a lot of fun to finally meet some other international students and other Americans as well. Sometimes it feels like there are only Missourians (and people from Tennessee) in London since I'm constantly surrounded by them.

Tomorrow we're heading out to Bath and Stonehenge so I should have a good update in by then!