London

Hello from sunny, yes sunny London! Most of you are probably familiar with the idea that England is very rainy, which is what I expected when I went there in the beginning of December. Instead I was fortunate to experience the fantastic weather you see here in the photographs. I went to London on a rather spontaneous move with my friends Kara and Emilie. I didn't actually stay in London but in Milton Keynes where Kara lives, so I also got to see some English countryside as well as spend some time in a typical English home. The fun with being there at Christmas time was that I got to enjoy some English traditions like mince pie and Sunday roast dinner :-) Anyways, we spent the first day doing touristy things like walking around London and visiting places like Big Ben, the Millenium Wheel, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace and the Globe Theatre which were all really neat to see. The second day involved more of a relaxed pace (well as relaxed as it might be in London 2 weeks before Christmas!). Though I might add that I did get to see the Christmas display at the famous toy store Hamley's, which as my friends tell me is usually impossible to see around this time due to the number of people crowded around. Our last day of the trip the three of us joined Kara's parents for a day trip to the Cotswolds which was absolutely beautiful. It's the typical English countryside and it was such a different pace from busy London. The last night we went out to TGI Friday's and had drinks and burgers before heading out to an English club where we amused ourselves with the differences between the typical English guys and the Swedes we had grown accustomed to in the last term. All in all it was good fun and I hope to continue with fun travels in the near future. London pretty much wraps up my first term abroad and I must say its left me with some pretty great experiences and impressions thus far. I am not going back to Texas for Christmas but instead am going to visit my grandparents and relatives in Saarland, Germany.