We made it to London! Our flight left from O'Hare last night at 7:45 pm and we arrived in London at 9:20 am London time (3:20 am Chicago time). The flight went well. We left on time, there was minimal turbulence, and the food was good. I slept most of the time but never fell into a deep sleep, but for the most part I felt fairly rested when we l...

Rachel's here!!! After having tried unsuccessfully to meet up with several friends from school who stopped in London over spring break, it's so nice to finally see a friend! I picked Rach up at Waterloo last night and we're getting started on what is sure to be an awesome few days. After my class this morning, we grabbed lunch at Wetherspoons (o...

Ugh, so school's FINALLY kicking in - I have two papers due next week (still just starting the research) --> one on how development theory has shaped the behaviour of multilateral economic institutions and another on whether the FTAA is an example of US imperialism or a quick path to development. Pretty captivating eh? Today I also had a meet...

Well up and at it again. We had to go and organise our bank accounts that we had prepared in Australia. So we went into Oxford Circus - yes our third day on the tube - we are becoming experts - NOT!. However we aren't finding it too bad. HSBC was not opened as we were told in Australia, so we headed to our meeting with Visa First. So we shall ha...