What a last day in London.
I woke up with no voice and a terrible cough, which I'm now trying to make the best of ('cause believe me, it's been a real basket of fun today). Luckily we have a Boots right in the Baker Street tube station, so I could get some cough syrup before class and start defeating whatever it is I've got.
Hopefully the clean Edinburgh air will make a big difference!
We had class this morning, where we watched a documentary on Wilson (who has become more and more interesting to me throughout our courses) and met Prof Bailey for the first time. He'll be our professor in York, for HST452 (a class about English architecture in history). He's hilarious. I love that our professors and TA are all quite funny; it makes having to write papers a bit less daunting and horrible.
Following class, I took a nap--my first and only nap in England, be proud!--and began to pack for Edinburgh before heading off to the Cabinet War Rooms for a tour. Honestly, seeing the war rooms is something I could have lived without, but no matter. It was a learning experience nonetheless.
We were there for only an hour before wandering back to Brent to pop into our pub for dinner. I indulged a bit and got English Breakfast for probably the hundredth time...I can't help it! It's delicious!
And now, fully packed, we're back at Queens Arms, enjoying the functional internet and getting things done before we leave the city. I'll be skyping some family soon, so before then I need to get a head start on this bloody paper...sigh. Can we take the "study" out of "study abroad," please?
Oh, side note. My trousers are now way too big for me. Either London stretched them out, or all the walking and eating semi-healthy and being crazy busy has finally taken its toll. While this is not an unwelcome change...I think going back to America will probably ruin it, lol.
Off to Scotland in the morning!
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