LONDON CALLING

Hey everyone...

Well, I did make it to London. I paid for the internet access to our apartment today but it didn't work. Everyone else's works, so I'm wondering if my MAC address was either input wrong or I wrote it down wrong, but I'm mildly annoyed because I've paid them for it & I would like the chance to be able to USE it. I might call the guy tomorrow and check. Fortunately, one of my flatmates is delighted to let me use her computer to check my email and stuff. So, a short update for everyone.

London is lovely, I think I have a very fickle heart but I could easily say that I love this city. The very first night Kyu & I went all over the place, sat in Trafalger square and watched the sun set, the lights come on in the fountains & on Big Ben. We had a wee picnic from Marks & Spencer. It was great. Then some Irishman tried to pick me up. He really wants to have dinner with me, but he's old enough to be my dad and I think he has the wrong idea - he has the American concept of women. I've been hit on a half a dozen times already and I've been here 48 hours. It's crazy. But Sunday Kyu and I went out again and did the bus tour thing, then we went back to Trafalger square because there was a big Korean food festival there. Kyu is Korean - her parents moved to the states when they were 19 & started a shop in New Jersey. It was really cool because Kyu speaks Korean fluently, so to hear her talk to everyone and have her explain everything was neat.

I went to classes this morning & all my profs seem cool. Very funny and personable - it would appear already that there is a LOT less reading here than there was in Edinburgh. It is my understanding that the ABA came down on them for having too much reading for a summer course a couple years back. Since the Edinburgh peeps were unwilling to reduce the amount of reading, they reduced it in London for those of us that are doing both. There is hardly any reading. Next monday we're going to Wandsworth Prison. We've been told that all the girls must wear trousers & have been warned that it might be uncomfortable. But come on, it's a maximum security prison for men. What do you expect? I had to go out & buy some type of trouser. I found a pair of linen black trousers with a tie waist for 15 GBP on clearance. I figure they'll do well, it can't hurt to have a pair to trousers that AREN'T jeans. I'm actually getting a little sick of my jeans already. I miss my wardrobe!!!

So, in summation, I've made it here. I have my oyster card & checked into my apartment. My roommate is VERY cool - today she went shopping with me and we're very much on the same level. We're about the same age (she's 32) so we're both into this place where we like to do fun stuff but we aren't rampant about it. We had a great time weaving our way down Oxford Street today looking for sweatshirts and pants, buying postcards, all that stuff. So London is lovely thus far. I'm doing more walking than I even did in Edinburgh, which makes a great deal of sense because it's a MUCH larger city. My shoes are going to be quite worn in by the time I get to Europe.

It's so crazy that I'm here!