London, Austin and the dreaded paper

London and Austin

London was fantastic. Here are some of the highlights.

• Long long long tube/train/bus rides. Not totally a bad thing, it just meant lots of time for Austin and I to catch up. London is HUGE

The tube stop to get to Austin's Flat

• Harry Potter! The movie, plus Austin surprise took me to Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station!!!!! When we were there we met some ( I mean rather a lot) of Americans and chatted with them about their time abroad and things

Hogwarts!!!!

• Pubs and other British things. We went to a real English pub and had English beer. We ate crisps and I got fish and chips... sort of lame touristy but it was worth it :)

At the Pub

Fish and Chips!

• The British Museum. Which has the oldest things i have ever seen. We also discovered that people from ancient times were tiny... like hobbits basically. I am taller than a medieval viking man, which is weird. I am in awe of this museum... it blows my mind the amount of history there. 

British Museum

Old Things!

More old things!

Rosetta Stone

• More movie watching! Oh man I have missed movies. We went and saw Due Date as well, and watched Scott Pilgrim on Austins computer. It was nice, especially since normally I see movies all the time back home. 
• Tourism!! We went to see the London Eye, Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. All of which were awesome. Tourism for me is like being in a dream... its hard for me to grasp that is it reality and I am actually in these places. 

Skyline

London Eye

Big Ben!

I think that is the main parts of what we did, Austin showed me around some of the places he frequents, like his school. It was sort of a short trip to see the whole of the city. But it was still super great!

The Paper

Its clutch time, the research paper is due in six days. I have about 700 very rough words out of around 5000... so I will be attempting to write at least 1000 words a day. This is going to be the end of me, more than likely you will not hear from me until the end of this awful Paper Quest. 

-Noreen