London Calling: The One Month Mark

Believe it or not, I've already been in London for a month. The time is just going by far too fast for me to even comprehend! I want to make sure I make the most out of my trip, but sometimes I feel like I haven't truly explored the city as much as I'd like to. While it's important to see the "tourist" areas, I want to make sure that I get the most out of this experience and not regret not doing something in my time here.

Enough about talking about thinking negatively. I have to not think about how much time I have left and just learn to make the most out of my time here. I finally got to see the London Eye, House of Parliament and Big Ben this past Friday on a school sponsored Scavenger Hunt. It was really fun, and I got to learn some things I might not have learned otherwise! Plus, I got to meet a German student that was from a school within my campus, the European Business School. I brought my camera, but I didn't have a chance to take any pictures of the most iconic London spots because I was on a time crunch to answer the trivia questions.

Friday night I met up with a local I had previously met on a night out in Soho, and we went out with some of his friends to a nightclub. I had a great time and it was nice to hang out with people who were actually locals, and not just students from Regents American College. One of the best things about London is how cheap it is to get into most places if you plan ahead of time. Since there's so many clubs in London, there are tons of club promoters trying to lure you into their establishments with free drink offers, free entries and other gimmicks. If you make sure you are in areas that are heavily trafficked with a lot of options, such as Leicester Square, and you are in a big group, its perfectly fine to go into these clubs from the promoters. Oftentimes you can get in ahead of the line, or queue as the Brits call it.

Today was very relaxed, and I chose to stay in and watch some movies (Notting Hill, naturally!) with friends after a walk around Regent's Park, taking advantage of the sunny weather that doesn't come around too often here. It's so exciting to see the flowers already starting to bloom, and the cherry blossoms are already blooming! I'm sure people back home are envious of my spring weather when they're dealing with the mountains of snow and ice in New England. I definitely chose the right time to leave! That's all for now!

P.S. Here's the link to the facebook photo album for this semester. It's a lot easier to post multiple photos on facebook, but this link should work for everyone, even if you are not on facebook. Cheers!
http://www.facebook.com/LDNCallingAlbum