Well I landed safe and sound in London at 7:35 on Monday morning (local time) and made it through customs without any problems. My bags were some of the first off the plane so it was a quick transfer to the Tube (subway) and just a little over an hour later and after climbing way too many flights of stairs with my bags I was checked into my hotel. It was around 10 am, just in time to make a round through the breakfast line and then it was off to bed with me.
I woke at 5 and went out with a group of IFSA students and the staff to a wonderful Japanese restaurant a few blocks away called 'wagamama'. Superb atmosphere, great food, even better desserts (I had a coconut ice cream with a mango sauce and grated coconut on top, but was seriously considering a White Chocolate and Ginger Cheesecake...next time I guess). Afterwards we returned to the hotel and then a smaller group of us set out for a night on the town.
We stopped at two different places the first was a small pub called 'The Tottenham' which boasts of being the only pub on Oxford Street. Think small, quaint, English pub and you'll picture this place. We then strolled down Tottenham Place Road to China Town down in the West End. It was beautiful to say the least. We took in the sights, sounds, and smells (freshly roasted duck smells amazing) for a while and then set out to find another pub that some of the other students (who arrived last Thursday and left this morning) had told us about. Waxy O'Connors was the name of the place. It was an extremely peculiar place to say the least. Imagine a cross between an Irish Church and a treehouse, no joke
Today we ran through the traditional academic, cultural, and safety lectures but have the rest of the day off to explore.
Tomorrow we are going to go see 'Cat on the Hot Tin Roof' starring James Earl Jones and the mom from the Cosby show. It'll be fun.
My next post will be from Colchester itself.
3 comments:
glad to hear you're having some fun already! and your illustrations are awesome! now i want to go there even more :P
keep safe, have fun, learn lots. i'm praying for ya!
OH MY GOSH!!!! You get to see Phylicia Rashad onstage?!?!??! I have all 8 seasons of "The Cosby Show", and she is seriously my idol! My goal in life is to be just like Mrs. Huxtable someday.
If you hung out by the stagedoor afterwards and got an autograph, I would pay you 100 bucks for it. We all know you could use the extra cash.......
Andrea
That ice cream sounds amazing! Good to hear you're getting around ok so far. Sounds like it's going to be a great time!
Kira
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