Home Sweet Home- Week 5

This certainly will not be my most exciting entry, but it is an important one. I didn't see any great sights or travel anywhere exciting this week, but I did really start to love living here.

I finished my first paper for a class- it was odd- up to this point I've kind of just felt like I was on vacation. But finishing a homework assignment for a class really kinda got it into my head that I live here now.

This week I just basically spent a lot of time with my girls, and just hanging out around London. I feel like everyone feels so guilty if they don't go do a million things everyday- but I'm starting to realize, with all the travelling coming up, maybe I should relish these quiet weeks.

I did get to go see the National Gallery though- just on a whim. I popped in my Celtic Women CD (thanks mom!) and just strolled through. It's an amazing place- so much incredible artwork under one roof. Plus, it was pretty cool- I walked home from Trafalgar Square to St. James. No tube required! It was one of the prettiest walks I've taken here- you go right by Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and then home!

This weekend was fun as well- my friend Kirk, who's studying in Nottingham, dropped by London for the weekend! It was fun getting to play tour guide! I took him to St Pauls and the Tate Modern, and then we got to go catch up at a pub. So nice to see a familiar Austin face!

Hope everything's going well with all of you back home!
Next weekend- Germany!
Until then,
Everlee