Tidbits

It has been a while since I have just rambled in my posting, talking about random London things so I thought I would write about some of the little things that rarely warrant being mentioned in posts.

Overall, London is an amazing city. Having been in Cardiff for the weekend, I missed the hustle and bustle of London. I missed being surrounded by so many people, museums and things to do. In London, just walking to class is exciting because I pass spectacular monuments and tourist traps. For instance, on Wednesday we had history class in South Kensington. We walked around and saw the Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum, The Royal Albert Hall, and the site of the Great Exhibition all within 3 blocks. Furthermore, my other classes are also busy and out in London. My art class will be in the print room in the British Museum today looking at things most people cannot, my polysci class will go to the Imperial War Museum next week, I am going to Cambridge tomorrow for neuroscience, Bristol next week with the econ class, and three plays next week.

In a few weeks we will begin our Irish literature course and have lots of time on our hands. Thus, Meredith, Sara, Eleanor and I are working on planning what museums we will go to as we want to go to at least one a day. So far, this is our list:

Abbey Road

Bank of England (free)

British Museum (free)

Cartoon Museum (4)

Changing of the Guard (free)

Charterhouse (£10)

Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms (£13)

Crystal Palace (free?)

Dulwich Picture Gallery (4)

Florence Nightinggale Museum (4.8)

Hampton Court Palace (£13.65)

Hampstead Heath (free)

The Harry Potter Experience (£28?)

HMS Belfast Museum ((£9.90)

Imperial War Museum (free)

Kensington Palace (£11.40)

Kew Gardens (14)

Leighton House (3)

National Gallery (free)

Natural History Museum (free)

National Portrait Gallery (free)

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (free)

Samuel Johnson's house (£3.50)

Science Museum (free)

Sherlock Holmes Museum (8)

Sir John Soane’s Museum (free)

Southwark Cathedral (free)

South bank (free)

St. Etheldreda (free)

St. Paul’s Cathedral (£14)

Tate Modern (free)

Tate Britain (free)

Victoria & Albert Museum (free)

Wallace Collection (free)

Westminster Abbey (£15 or £12)

Who knows what we will do but at least we have lots to do and will not run out of activities! Also, the program will reimburse us for 20 pounds for cultural activities that we do so that is nice!

It is crazy to realize how long we have been here and how quickly the time is going, but we still have two and a half months to enjoy!