On Monday we had our first day of class at 9 a.m. It was informative about the events we will be attending and how many papers we have to write. We have quite a few papers, but we can handle it. After class we went shopping on Oxford street with our friend Tayler and our roommate Garett. That night we took the tube to Victoria station and attended the show Wicked. We both really enjoyed the show and were very impressed but the singing and the set of the show. The only downfall was they don't do air-conditioning very well in London and it was pretty warm in the theater.
Tuesday, we went to the 2012 Olympic Park! There was a lot of walking involved and we had a tour guide who was very informative about the history of that area and how it is going to improve the city as a whole. They had started construction on the main arena and the aquatic center, we can tell it is going to be a very impressive site. After that we went with our roommates to the National Gallery of Art and Trafalger Square. We saw many famous artist's paintings. We had a really good afternoon. We then met up with Meredith for the last time at a pub called The Three Greyhounds. We tried the famous english drink called Pimm's Cup, we all really liked it. The drink is really refreshing especially in this hot weather. Right now in London they are having an extreme heat wave. We are having temperatures up to 90 degrease, which is really really hot here especially since there are hardly any places with air-conditioning and the tube gets very very hot during the day.
Wednesday (today) we woke up at 4:45 a.m. to queue for Wimbledon, it was really hard to wake up that early especially since we didn't sleep very well last night because we were so hot in our flat. We took the subway to the grounds then we waited in line until the grounds opened at 10:30. We then walked around for a while, saw Court number one and of course visited the gift shop. We finally found a spot to sit and watch the matches on a hill call the Murray Mound where there is a big screen T.V. that they show all the center court matches on. That was fun to be in the middle of all the commotion, but it was SO HOT! We all got sunburned, but it was nice to be soaking up the sun. We had the famous strawberries and cream, which were actually just strawberries with half and half type cream over the top. They were good, but nothing too special all the hype did not seam necessary. It was a really long day but it was so exciting to actually be there! We just came back from dinner now we are just getting our things together for our trip to Munich tomorrow. We have a speaker tomorrow then we are off to Germany for the weekend we will tell yall about it when we get back on Monday!
With Much Love for London,
Anna and Jordan
I know it can get hot there with no AC - I witnessed a bit of that last summer .. I was stuck in a museum queue with screaming babies etc. thought I would go crazy! They are having unusually warm weather there - very unusual. Hope you get a breeze in Germany !PS MsR is your cuz Karen :)
ReplyDeleteGood reporting job! Sorry about the heat...guess you're not going to need those sweaters we packed! Have fun in Germany and anxious to hear how Ryan Air worked out..we need to book for august. Guess you're back Sunday night? Happy 4th of July! mom
ReplyDeleteOh mein little schotzie, vas is the matter?
ReplyDeleteIs it too hice? Vell you have a goot time mein little kinder and prosit!!! Blow the foam off the beer. Ich liebe dieck. Bootsie
Gans goot no???
Gooten Tag mein little shotzie. Oh it is so hice and maybe yah, it will get better. Blow the foam off the beer. Ich liebe dieck.
ReplyDeleteGans goot right? Love your Oma (Bootsie)
Mein little kinder in the old country all my herself. Yah, Yah.