Finally! A Sunny Day in Londontown

Today was a beautiful day! We were spoiled with them the first couple of weeks we were here but recently it has all been rainy. This morning I enjoyed a nice run in Hyde Park before breakfast...this time without the wind in my face the entire way. After breakfast and a couple hours of class I went with Rachel to the Apple store to get her computer looked at...they didn't have time to talk to her then so we went back to the center for lunch and then back to the Apple store...but this time we dragged Jordan with us. Jordan and I got totally distracted playing this Frenzie game on iphones...it was too much fun.

Anyway, Rachel got her computer fixed (we think) so we took off for a walk through the Kensington neighborhood and Holland Park. It was really cool to see some of the houses in the area we live in...some of them are worth millions of pounds. Its really amazing that something so small can cost so much. I love walking around the quiet neighborhoods and the parks...sometimes its so nice to escape from the busy city life (although I love that as well).

Tonight a group of us went to see Blood Brothers. It was way different than the other shows we have been seeing but it was still amazing. The acting was great and their voices were so powerful. The theater was packed with kids though. It was like a field trip or something. I swear kids in London are never in school...they are always at shows and museums and galleries...it gets really annoying sometimes.

Outside the Blood Brothers theater.

I realized today that I must be getting integrated into this fast London city lifestyle. I was getting off the tube at Queensway, by the center, when a bunch of tourists got off too. Since the elevator was so crowded (and they don't know how to pack in) I climbed the 123 stairs (yes they are labeled) and got up just in time to see a bunch of people get out of another elevator and stand in front of the ticket gates...and then look for their tickets! It was impossible to get out...standing there in frustration I said "I hate tourists!" then just laughed at myself. I guess I have been here almost four weeks though...what do you expect.