it's cold

We're back in London! Another train ride, another day of carrying our packs, and we're back in London. Yesterday was much more pleasant thanks to a successful purging of my pack. While it was sad to leave the only forms of entertainment I had in Salisbury, I have read books before, and my back is ever-so-thankful. Besides, after Blake (one of the girls on the tour) described RealSimple like this, "It's like, 'How to more efficiently organize your closet', and 'how to turn your candles into...mocassins!'", I decided everyone had made fun of my southern-ness enough, and I could part with it until I got home. Also, my back was very thankful after losing the extra weight.

Last night we went on a little walking tour of London to orient ourselves. We took a bus down to Piccadilly Circus then walked around to Trafalgar Square, walked by Tony Blair's house, the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, saw Westminster Abbey, walked across the Thames, and then Erica and I rode the London Eye. Very touristy, I know, but it was worth it. We were lucky enough to be on with a really sweet young British family who told us what all of the buildings were, so we got to see everything across London and actually know what it was. Also, at one point their little girl who was three got really confused and grabbed onto my leg (apparently it looked really similar to her mother's) and didn't realize what she had done until we all started laughing and I was rubbing her hair. It basically made my night.

We're off to our 2nd history lecture. It's going to be riveting, I'm sure.