On Friday I explored Primark on Oxford Street with Jen and Nicole, some fellow SU goers. Primark is fabulous, I adore it. Although since Oxford Street is pretty much the 5th Avenue of London, the store was HUGE and absolutely packed. I can tell I'm going to be spending lots of my money there though. I went back there on Saturday by myself with the intention of getting just a couple things and came out with about ten haha. (It was all cheap okay!) It was super cool because I took a different way to Oxford Street and was just wandering in that general direction and stumbled upon John Lennon's old apartment! It was totally on accident and that made it even better! But I learned that Oxford Street is the perfect place to just sit and people watch. You see so many different kinds of people, it's awesome. Oddly enough, at the tube station I ran into some nice boys who go to Regent's as well. Small world in a big city.
On Sunday, the school hosted a walking tour of Camden, which is this quaint little section of London about 15 minutes away from our school. It's so cool there. Then of course we visited Camden Market, which I've been dying to visit for a long time. It was amazing, there were stalls and stalls and stalls, and then some more stalls of clothes, jewellery, shoes and pretty much anything else you can imagine. And you can actually get some pretty good deals if you're willing to haggle! Then the market is surrounded by a bunch more little shops and restaurants. We definitely saw some quintissential Londoners and their crazy fashion. I love it there and will definitely be going back again!
Then yesterday I didn't really have any concrete plans so I decided to make the most of my last free day before classes started and go venture into Westminster. For those of you who don't know, Westminster is where Big Ben, the London Eye, and of course Westminster Abbey is. I can't even begin to explain the feeling I got when I walked out of the tube station (which by the way is right next to Big Ben) and saw the Parliament buildings and how beautiful they are. They are something you just have to experience for yourself to understand their true beauty. I also finally saw one of the red telephone booths that London is so famous for, and this sounds corny, but I wanted to cry because I was so happy. I finally felt like I was really in London. (I of course took the predictable picture of me smiling and hanging out the door of one of the booths). On the tube ride home I ran into some friendly boys from Boston and we chatted for a bit. Apparently I look like a native Londoner, because they asked me for directions and that's the second time that's happened already. But hey, I'm okay with that. Then later on that night I had made some plans to hang out with some new friends who go to uni (that's how the Brits say college) in St. Louis and we watched the cutest British movie called Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. It was exactly what I needed. We even made plans to watch another favorite British movie of mine, Driving Lessons, so I can't wait for that!
The view right out of the tube station!
Some random pictures:
My dorm building!
King's Cross/aka Hogwart's
Regent's Park, the park right next to my school
Tuke Hall
Could this city get any prettier? This is the view from near the eye and across the Thames
