Many of you have been eagerly awaiting a new post telling of my adventures in London...so here it is! London was definitely an adventure for sure. My friends and I took the bus to Madrid and camped out in the airport over night in order to be on time for our flight at 8:30 in the morning. We flew via Ryanair which is one of those smaller airlines that offers cheap flights. Let me just say this: their checking-in and boarding process is probably one of the dumbest thing I've ever experienced. I think I had my passport/boarding pass checked 10 times. Anyways, we arrived in London, ate lunch, and went to get our London Passes. The London Pass is around 90 pounds (I think) and allows you to get into many tourist attractions and sites such as cathedrals, museums and galleries, landmarks, etc without further admission fees. It also gives you a travel pass for the city. Our goal was to get as much use out of the pass as possible, and it was a success. I'm not sure of the exact numbers, but I do that we saved money by not paying for each attraction individually. In four days we went to
- The British Museum
- St. Pauls Cathedral
- The London Zoo
- Westminster Abbey
- London Tower
- The London Tower Bridge (Yes, London Bridge and the Tower Bridge are two different things)
- 3 art galleries
- A river boat tour
- the show Chicago
- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (I'm dying to see a show there now. I guess I'll have to go back to London again some other time!)
- an outdoor market
- other stuff that I'm probably forgetting at the moment...I should really get better at journaling or keeping mementos.
I would love to recount each day, but again, there is too much to be said in a mere blog post. I loved London and despite the high prices throughout the city, it's a great place. London even decided to give me a taste of home with some snow on our last night in the city. This snow unfortunately caused many delays at the airport the next day, as our flight back to Madrid was delayed by over six hours. This caused us to miss our bus back to Granada, so we were forced to buy all new tickets and didn't arrive home until 3 am. Needless to say, I was not the happiest camper the next morning when I had to wake up for my 8:30 class.
This brings us to our next topic for this update! I have now started my actual semester classes for which exams will end on May 24th. I had four classes on Monday, which was quite a feat for me after traveling practically non-stop through London and arriving home so late the night before. I liked all of classes, and even found that I'm probably going to like a class I didn't really want to take beforehand. I had a literature class on Tuesday, but after going and realizing the professor is a complete jerk, I have dropped the class and switched to a history of Spain course. I will attend this class for the first time tomorrow, and I'm hoping that I will like it better.
The classes I'm taking are as follows:
- Islamic Culture in Spain (But technically, Islam didn't influence "Spain" because Spain wasn't a country yet)
- Oral and Written Production. Called POE, it's basically a class where we learn to speak and writing skills. The teacher calls me "Santi" which is short for Santiago. Let's just say the teacher has trouble saying the name "Jameson."
- 18th Century Literture. The teacher is hilarous and frequently asks us if we hate her when she throws a bunch of material at us.
- Civilation and Culture of Latin America. I'm pretty interested in this subject so I'm eager to learn. Professor is nice, but has a pretty thick accent.
- History of Spain:Modern Era. Haven't gone to this class yet. Wish me luck!
Well friends, I think that is all for tonight. I must get my beauty rest for my 8:30 class. Looking this good is hard work. If you have any questions about London or my classes, please write a comment. I would love to share more about each of these experiences with you! Hasta luego!
Jameson
Sounds so awesome! :]
ReplyDeleteWhat was the inside of the Globe Theater like?
-Mackenzie