In London, then Winch

So, here's just a quick update on what's been happening the last few days...

Saturday:
Maria and I went on a double-decker bus tour of London, it was fabulous! We also did a tour of the Tower Bridge, which provided us with some beautiful views of the city. A few hours were spent just walking along the river and enjoying the mass amount of random street perfmormers - perhaps one of my favorite passtimes! Then we continued on the bus tour. That evening we ventured back to the river walk and went on the London Eye - spectacular view of London at night, with pretty sparkly lights. Pictures from it did not turn out quite so spectacular, but it was definately an awesome experience! We then went back to the hotel and tried to go to bed early.

Sunday:
Maria sneaked out of the hotel before I checked out, since technically I had a single room. After I checked out, I met her at a little market, then she and I went on the entire bus tour again because our ticked was good for 24 hours. We were going to take time to go to Westminster and do some other things, but we began to worry about the time crunch, so we decided to do Westminster and other things when we go back to London to leave for Paris, which is actually tomorrow. After we went on the entire tour route, Maria and I got off the bus and just wondered around Hyde Park and the Kensington Gardens before collecting our luggage from the hotel and going to Victoria Coach Station. At 4:30, we left the Coach Station for Winchester. At 6:15, we were back in Winch and had to walk 25 mins with all Maria's luggage plus my weekend bag to campus. It was a long walk. When we got back, we just hung out in my room for the rest of the night, talking, eating tootsie rolls, and attempting to watch "27 Dresses." We then went to bed early.

Monday:
I had class from 9-11, then Maria and I had lunch together. Then I worked on essays and travel arrangements for a few hours while Maria wandered around Winch. We met back up and had dinner together in the Game Room, then went on an hour long walk down High Street in the City Center while we waited for "27 Dresses" to load online. It didn't, so we ended up once again just watching another tv show and talking, which was nice and relaxing.

Today:
Class, lunch with Maria, worked on essays. In 30 mins I have another class, at which I have to present the research on my essay topic, Children's Struggle for Mental Health Care in the United States. Does that topic come as a surprise to anyone? haha. I will finish class at 5, then work some more on essays. Then Maria and I will go eat dinner, I'll do some laundray before Paris, and then we'll probably just chill out and get ready for Paris tomorrow! It's going to be a busy rest of the week!

I can't wait!