London in the Spring

London has been beautiful so far in April.  I love sitting in the park and people watching.  It has been so amazing.

The past few weeks have flown by, actually the whole semester has flown by and now I am down to less than 2 weeks and I have very mixed feelings.  I am happy to be going home.  I know it sounds crazy, but I need a break from all the craziness that this semester has brought.  I am also sad to be going home and leaving London because who knows when I will be back.  I really do love this city.

Legally Blonde Cocktails

FDR and Churchill

Peter Pan

Fish eating my feet

My weeks have been pretty busy with class and papers, but my weekends have been a lot of fun.  Now I am cramming them with all the things I want to do before I leave.  I saw Legally Blonde the musical which was amazing.  It was probably one of the best shows I have ever seen.  Afterwards we got Legally Blonde cocktails from the bar across the street and they were delicious.  The next day I went with a friend to Hyde Park and Kennsington Gardens and found the Peter Pan statue I have been looking for and the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain which was cool except people were letting their kids swim in it, which is rude.  I also found the "Allies" statue which is FDR and Churchill on a bench with room for me in between.  We talked about this in my history class so I was glad I found it.  We finished the day by going to Camden market and getting a fish pedicure.  We stuck our feet into a tank of water with lots of little toothless fish which sucked and ate the dead skin off.  It tickeled, but was a unique experience.  I probably would not do it again, but am glad I tried it. 

Hampton Court Palace

I went to Hampton Court Palace which belonged to the Tudors.  It was a neat palace but at this point all the palaces are starting to look the same.  The only unique things was there were a lot of deer antlers on the walls which made me think of Pennsylvania.  The gardens at Hampton Court were absolutly beautiful however and I could have sat in them and read forever.  We took a 3 hour boat ride back to London which was cool, but also very relaxing. 

I spent more time at the park this weekend which was nice like always although I did get kicked in the head with a soccer ball.  Friday I had Easter tea at Kennsington with some of my friends.  (Kennsington will be where Kate and Prince William live after the wedding).  The tea sandwiches and desserts were good but the scones were amazing.  I love having tea; I really should do it more often.



Saw Ride




Samurai

 Today I went to Thorpe Park which is a thrill ride amusement park outside of London.  They had a Saw (like the movie) rollercoaster.  It was amazing.  They also usually have a live action Saw maze, but it was closed and I was bummed about that.  Thorpe had lots of really cool rollarcoasters and spinny, upside-down rides.  I had a lot of fun, although when we were on the log flume ride, it broke and we had to get evacuated off.  Never had that happen before.  It really was a great day and I finally got some color on my skin, although right now I am more burnt than tan, but it will get there.





This week is another busy one with papers and then finals are next week.  I hate trying to balance school work with final London exploration, but gotta do what I gotta do.