Friends

First of all, let it be known that I am a horrible blogger. I apologize that I'm bad at updating, but on the bright side the anticipation builds!

After having been here only a short time, I had the fortune of seeing several familiar faces. My friend Stephanie from Delta Gamma back at DePauw came to Canterbury to visit a friend and spent a few days with me in London. We got to do some of the fun touristy things together before she had to head back.

Stephanie and I eating a very exotic meal of pizza, considered an exclusively English dish by many...

 After my class on Friday, we went to the Tower of London, getting caught in rain and hail on the way. Unfortunately, we got there too late in the day for a visit because it was closing in 45 minutes, and it takes longer than that to experience the Tower. We decided we would come back the next day and fit it in.

It looked so warm and welcoming inside the Tower while we were freezing outside.

We ended up heading to the British Museum, which, conveniently, was open into the evening. It's a truly massive building, and we only went through the Egyptian and Greek exhibits.

Me in front of the museum.

The Rosetta stone.

 After the museum, we met up with another DG sister, Amanda Lane, for dinner. Then after that, Steph and I met up with the DePauw winter term group at their hotel, which included more DGs: Rachel Rominger (One of my littles!!!!), Ashley Catillo, and Rachel Lemonds (New House Manager!!!) and one of my good friends, Zaq Keller! We went and got them some food, and Zaq and I downed two pitchers of Sangria because we are awesome.

Sisters and friends. And Sangria.

The next day, Stephanie and I went back to the Tower of London and actually got to go inside! We saw so many cool things, including a 530 carat diamond which we couldn't take pictures of. But seriously: 530 CARATS. The crown jewels were all gorgeous and the armor was quite impressive. We also got to go into the church in which many famous people are interred, including the wives that King Henry VIII had executed.

This is the site where truly important executions took place. The majority took place outside the grounds on Tower Hill, but Queen Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Gray, Jane Boleyn, and Queen Catherine Howard all met their doom here.

In the next post (which will theoretically be soon): pictures of my room and Parliament.