Monday, April 20, 2009

Goodbye . . .

Hey everyone, in case you didn't know, the London program is over! I wrote my last paper, and now I'm done. We're leaving the Highbury Centre in a few hours, and some friends and I are headed off to Ireland, Scotland, and Belgium. I'm flying back to the US on May 6. It's going to be hard leaving London and everyone, but traveling is going to be great, and it will be nice to be able to relax and be home.

Anyway, I just wanted to write a final post before I leave. I'm sorry that I haven't kept up better, but expect some London memory posts once I get home. I love you guys! Thanks for reading. :)

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

So . . .

I can't believe the program is almost over! Less than two weeks left . . . It will be such a relief to be done, but it's going to be sad too. I'll miss London, and I'll miss my friends. For now, though, I'm just enjoying the time I have left. Today was great--short reading, short MAG, and beautiful weather. I read and wrote in the park for a while, then came back for dinner, which was chili--a good meal! And dessert was chocolate cake. So perfect. After dinner we watched On the Waterfront. We'd seen the play last week; both were good, although done very differently.

Earlier this week--on Monday, to be exact--we went to the Imperial War Museum. It deserves a mention just because it was such a hard experience. Utterly emotionally draining. Seeing the devastation caused by the war, the stories of the men who died and the people who were left behind . . . and then there was the holocaust exhibition, which was equally trying. It was painful. It was sad. Overall a pretty depressing day.

Anyway. I just wanted to let you all know what's going on. That's all for now. :)