Right. Monday was a lovely day, a mixture of both historical site seeing and actually being social at night. It started off with my Intro to Old English class, which was a bit daunting but I think (hope?) now I'm starting to get the hang of it. Then I left to go searching for obscure texts for my Gender, Race and Empire class including the novella Oroonoko by Aphra Behn and The History of Mary Prince by Mary Prince. Well, I decided if I was heading out to London might as well make a proper trip out of it so I chose a book store in Cheapside, London. I especially wanted to go there because in Pride and Prejudice that's where Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner live, and Jane visits them there when she's all heartbroken about Mr. Bingley. So I walked around and saw old buildings and wonderful architecture. It took me FOREVER to find the book shop though, and when I did what would you know...they didn't even have my books. But I spent a good 15 min looking at a book of Keats' letter to Fanny Brawne. Ah, Romance.
So then I went to location b) in search of another bookshop. It was by Kings College, and the area here was lovely as well. But before I could look for the book shop, I got distracted by the buildings and streets ahead of me and ventured off. I discovered the British Royal Courts, which were just down the block from my Tube stop, the brilliant Victoria Embankement, which is right on the River Thames looking over at the Tate and the London Eye. I also saw some great, majestic buildings and truly felt immersed in the essence of London. I then came across a rather shabby looking sign for a Roman Bath. Even though the entryway was deserted and small and dark, I ventured forth anyway because my curiosity got over my common sense (dark alleyways tend to be a big no no when you're a female and by yourself). But alas! I am here and well. I didn't actually see the Roman Bath, the sign told me to peel through this window and I did but the windows were so fogged up I could barely see through them!
So finally after this, I decided to get serious about finding the book shop. But I never found it. After walking around for twenty more minutes, and finally locating the exact street it should have been down, I discovered it no longer exists. So much for being old fashioned and using books as your guide rather than what most people use, the internet.
I then went back home, and got ready to go out and meet Michell for some drinks as it was his last night there. We walked and chatted and drank a bit and then went on an adventure outside of central London to a very lovely Suburban area where Michell's friend needed to drop off some luggage. It was a gorgeous street, and if it hadn't been so dark and rainy I would have taken a picture. After suddenly realizing that it was 10:20, I said my farewells and darted out of there because I realized I was super late for a video date with Edgar. And it took me about an hour to get back home oh goodness!
Tuesday I ran into a minor crisis when I thought I lost my laptop (someone returned it to the English office the next day) but Eissell and Lakshman were there to make me feel better and then later that evening we all went to Meds which is this cheap diner type place nearby that serves breakfast all day. I got the veggie English breakfast of course! Can't get enough of those...
Wednesday and Thursday pretty low key, I wrote some postcards and had some much needed ME time : )
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