On Tuesday afternoon we went and grabbed some lunch and
groceries at a local convenience store, Tesco. We finished unpacking, went
grocery shopping, had a quick dinner and settled in to our flat. I was able to
fall asleep easily and got 9 well needed hours of sleep.
Today, we had a busy morning, visiting the bank, ATM, St.
Pauls Cathedral, Millenium Bridge (over the Thames River), Boots the chemist
(drug store), and then enjoyed fish and chips at a pub. St Paul’s Cathedral was
gorgeous and amazing. See the picture below.
We did not tour it, but plan to at
a later date. Due to our proximity to the Themes (pronounced Tems), we walked
over to see the river. We walked across Millennium Bridge and from there we
could see the London Eye and Tower Bridge.
We made our way to the teaching site where we
got our IDs. We had our first fish and chips at a restaurant called Fish and
Chips.
With some time to kill, we went to the British Museum and spent a little
time in the mummy exhibit. We had afternoon tea at the teaching site and we
learned some basic information about the program and our first week here.
Afterwards we walked home and grabbed dinner before heading out to a pub. We
called it an early night, but unfortunately it is 3am and I cannot fall asleep.