St Georges London

... I suddenly found myself in an empty room in the heart of Camden, two days before classes started!

The next two weeks were basically spent registering for school, setting up a UK bank account, getting a cell, internet, towels, sheets, pens, tea...the whole shebang. Word on how I came to live in Camden...Rich has a close friend Sarah who was about to start her masters at the University of Central London. She has been in contact with two other UCL masters students (Matt ...

... make dinner.

All in all, a pretty chill day, but honestly one of my favourites of the whole trip. The thing I love about London is that for me I don't feel like a foreigner (though I am a dirty foreigner accoriding to Diana!) I just feel so at home when I walk down the street, or sit in the park, or take the tube. It was so relaxing, a perfect way to (grudgingly) end the trip.

I can't believe the trip is over already. It went by way too fast, but I really feel like I ...

... some more general wanderings through the markets, I popped into the World's End pub for a pint. It's another of those things you just have to do. Well, I do anyway. From there, I made the surprisingly short walk back to Kings Cross and the hotel. The evening was spent relaxing (I'd somehow hurt my leg during the day) and going through all the photos taken, deciding if the ...

... China Town and then into Soho, where we finally got into the club. We met a bunch of people that night. For the first half we sat upstairs which was pretty calm, just chatting to people and having some drinks. When we finally checked out the downstairs we figured out where everyone was at. There was a dance floor downstairs with aw some music and another bar. We danced for a few hours and met some people from Denmark, some ...

... sweetly by the wind to your nose. Hmmm. The paintings on the ceiling are...wow. The artifacts of clothing intricate. Most of the rooms are under low lighting to preserve the fabrics. I now have to pack, as I leave first thing tomorrow morning. see you all soon :)

... very cool one close to the station. The new YHA hostel looks slick and is very big, tidy and organised; it looks smart...not like anything I would have expected from a new-build hostel, or have ever seen! I felt like taking the good old Piccadilly Line the next morning and to have a nice Sunday stroll from Alperton station to home. It's a 15 minutes walking distance to where I live and the thing I usually like when I exit the station, turn left and left again is the view of the ...

... However it was still worth seeing and the audio tour was fantastic and very informative. We than continued our journey to London and braved peak hour traffic on the M25 around the south of London to Croyden wherw Robert's cousin Melanie and her family live in a lovely house only 20 mins via train into London Town.

... begins. The place is so overwhelming. Giant sculptures by the ancients. Thousands of years of history lay out before you, just waiting for you to take it all in. We followed the tour in our Rick Steve's' London book. If I went into detail about our entire visit, I wouldn't be doing much vacationing. But, if you are really interested, here are some of the highlights (I just can't help it): (1) Upper Half of ...

... if you don't have a dog already. There are beautiful dogs everywhere. One of the cutest dogs named Doogle the Labordoodle stopped to play with us and was the cutest dog I've ever seen. He looked like a teddy bear. I contemplated stealing him, but his owner was wisely watching. On our second night out, we went to the Imperial College student Union pub. Hookahs riddle the Lawn outside the Pub and students are laying on the grass, snakebite ...