Quiet.

London is so quiet sometimes.
Even though there are cars always driving around on the streets,
And the city is busy and full of life,
If you pay close attention, you notice how quiet it truly is.
How the people don't speak,
And if they do, not loud at all.
It's changing me too.
When we go out in public, we sit.
We observe.
We don't talk at all,
But if we do,
It's in hushed tones.
I think it's good for me.
My loud, in your face personality is toning down.
And I notice I'm more observant,
And reserved out there than normally.

The tube has become our best friend.
I can navigate myself pretty well on it.
We spend a lot of time going back and forth and changing over lines to get where we go.
We get so bored.
Obviously.

I still can't get over the fact that going out to McDonald's is fine dining over here.
People get SO dressed up.
And they have attendants(who are in skirts) constantly cleaning and clearing people's spots.
Yes, peeps.
It's a sit-down restaurant down below.
It still cracks me up.

Tower Bridge. These be the girls I spend my life with.

Saint Paul's.

We've been to SO many historical sights,

Like Saint Paul's,

The Tower of London,
The Magna Carta

And of course,

Windsor Castle.

Seriously, the castle has been my favorite part about London so far.
It was so pretty.
And so big and old.

Here's the reason I will come back 20,000 pounds heavier.
Obviously an exaggeration.
But.
The food as meals here isn't so hot.
But.
The eat out and the pastry/bread shops,
AMAZING.
I love them all.
Even if they aren't good for you.
One of my favorite activities here is to go to the markets on Saturdays.
They have all these open air markets with like food and cute jewelry and other trinkets.
And you can just walk around for hours just taking it in.
It's so great- and a good way to spend the morning too.

People are constantly asking me how classes are,
In reality, they suck.
NO ONE wants to be in class while we're here.
The teachers know that.
They try to give us as little homework as possible.
We have class from 9-noon, Monday and Wednesday
And from 9-10:15 and 2-3:30 Tuesday and Thursday.
No class Friday.
And it's all good.
I'm learning more here than I'll ever learn in my life.
Just by interaction.
So I feel like I'm getting the most out of it...and maybe a 4.0?

We are constantly going from about 9 am-10 pm.
And later if we go to a show.
We don't stop.
We do all our homework late in the evenings.
We stay up talking until 3 am or when we all fall asleep.
We're tired.
Our feet hurt all the time.
Half of our tube rides we spend with our eyes closed.
Classes are meaningless since we just sleep through them...
But honestly, things are looking up.
It's been getting better and better every day.
I still am in a HUGE daze.
I can't believe I'm here.
But.
I'm falling in love.
Like I said.
More and more everyday. 

..chelle..