What to say, what to say. It is at this point in time where I have gotten over my initial reactions and started to notice flaws. London is a great city, beautiful and huge with lots of things happening, and in that there are plenty of instances for flaws to appear. One I have noticed is that people like to start fights here. A Ginger in one of my classes was apparently head butted at a club and now sports a black eye, a few of the other students have had people walk into them and then demand an apology for it. Brits tend to be reserved and with this must come pent up anger. Maybe it’s the weather? (which is another bad thing) It is usually rainy. We have definitely had some beautiful days but through and through, London is a rainy fucking city. The dye from my tennis shoes has become so soaked that colors are bleeding into one another- at least I have an excuse to get new shoes? Any suggestions?
And another thing! It’s true what they say- Brit food is not very good. I suppose the best way to put it is Brit food is just not worth the money. No wonder they’re all alcoholics.

Through and through this is a fantastic city. I took a panoramic tour on Friday and saw some great places I have to see. I took some pictures but they turned out horrible so I’m going on an excursion one of these days to bring back evidence of the majestic this city holds. Stay tuned.
In other news- my roommates are pretty fucking nice. As much as we don’t hang out and don’t have much in common, we can still hold a conversation and can still go to the pub together and have a good time. And, gasp, they are a little bit domestic! Mason made a great pasta today that I definitely scarfed down, and yes they clean (to an extent)!
Vodka is literally twice the amount of money as in America. (sadface) I solemnly report this, as if I’m telling you a friend of ours has just passed away. I guess this is yet another reason for me to get used to beer.
Classes started this week and I can tell it will be a difficult task to stay awake during each three hour long lecture, but all of my teachers seem to be very reasonable and nice and I have a lot of classes with people I know. It should be fun.

It should be noted that the thing that makes London so great is the people. It’s a melting pot of culture arts and alcoholism, what more could one ask for? Last night I experienced my first party that didn’t include people from my program. It was hosted by my Swedish friend, Anton, and his roommates. There were people from all over hanging out and having a blast. I would consider that to be the most interesting night I’ve had so far. I really hope to continue meeting new people from all over.
We also took a trip to Stonehenge and Bath this weekend. Stonehenge is certainly an interesting place, but I feel like it’s better just to take a picture in front of it and move on. Also it should be mentioned that there seems to be mysterious flying cobwebs that swarm and attack you while at Stonehenge. Yet another unsolved mystery? Let’s get Velma on the case!
Bath is certainly an amazing city. The city was first founded by the Romans who would use the hot springs there, of course, as a bath. These hot springs, now green, mucky, and quite revolting, are said to have healing powers, but I wouldn’t try it! Their whole economy is based on tourism, and they certainly don’t disappoint. It’s so beautiful, and with good reason- every house is at least half a million to about 7 million pounds! Nicolas Cage and Johnny Depp are both residents. And they love pigs. Yes, pigs.

I really feel like this blog is very random and scattered. I’ve never really blogged before so I’m hoping I will get things organized (including more regular posts!) There’s just so much to write about and so little time to write it that I forget what to mention, what I’ve seen, and who I’ve met. So definitely more to come! Oh and I can't figure out how to add pictures into the middle of my posts. so for now you'll just have to suffer!




Peace out all! Update me on what's going on!

Lots of Love,
Michael

Side Note: Number of times the smoke alarm has gone off: 13