'Ello chaps!

Hey all! okay. So can I tell you what an odd yet titillating experiance it is to drink with your professors? As in, finish six bottles of wine with them? It's a bit like the first time you're old enough to go to town by yourself. Forbidden, but excitingly so! Because that is what we did the first night we were here. Then Tuesday we went out to a pub for a birthday amongst us, which was quieter but lots of fun still. And last night was pub night, in which we (again) drank with our professors and alumni on Prof's tab. Yes, I ate on it as well. The joys of being a poor student! Allie and I have been doing well on spending as little as possible, which means we've probably been eating pretty poorly. But small portions of bad food? Better than endless portions of bad food (re: D Hall).

So yeah. I am absolutely having the time of my life. Last night Allie and I walked the Millenium bridge at twilight. It was absolutely magical. The view of St. Pauls' from across the bridge, with London's lights just begininning to show up, was incredible. The Thames is definitly one of the prettiest rivers I've ever seen. Not the water, I'm sure that's polluted. Really, really polluted. But the view! And its a very serene place, in that in between time when day time tourists are gone and the real locals havent started to come out yet. We also wandered along the banks a bit, came across the Globe of all things! And some lovely cobblestoned streets and old buildings.

Then we stumbled into an alley with a man pissing in the corner and another muttering drunkenly to himself across the way. An interesting site, to be sure, but somewhat off putting and proved to be the end of our explorations. There was another tunnel with some sort of art along the walls, with quotes about the Thames carved into it. Lovely, lovely, lovely! Also we got this Naan bread yesterday which was filled with meat. Scrumptious, I tell you! I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. Today we saw Platform 9 and 3/4s, aka half a shopping cart shoved into a brick wall. Of course we loved it. Don't fret, I have wonderfully touristy photos now of me pretending to be Harry Potter. Good times, people!

*phew*

Ta ta for now, duckies. See you eventually. Give my love to the homestead.

H