London - Day 4

Jet lagged, jet lagged, jet lagged. I never really knew what that meant until now. When I traveled to Germany when I was 17 I didn't really experience it, probably because I was young and full of energy. The last two days I've been tired and just wanting to sleep. Today is the 4th day and I am finally feeling normal, with the help of a ton of espresso.

Yesterday was our first orientation for class. We took a four hour tour of Central London, which was incredible! More about that down below. One of the many things I didn't know about London:

Mace is illegal! Did you know that?

Today a girl in my program got arrested when an officer asked to search her bag (I guess they are allowed to ask at anytime) and she had mace on her. They confiscated in and told her to move along. In the meantime they called backup and she was arrested by another officer a few minutes later. Intense! Innntense!

Needless to say, it didn't take me more than a minute to dig mine out of my bag and secretly toss it into the trash.

So I haven't taken any pictures yet. The weather has been extremely unpredictable, even more so than Seattle. One minute it's sunny and warm, the next minute cold rain is pelting you in the face.

We went on our first tour of central London yesterday. We saw everything--Buckingham Palace, Parliament, Big Ben, Palace of Westminster, the British Museum where Karl Marx spent a lot of time in the reading room, and the pub across the street. We walked through the covenant gardens outside of the Actors' Church where Audrey Hepburn was filmed in My Fair Lady. We walked a few of the same paths as Virginia Woolf. We saw so much more but I'll have to write about it on another day.

It's been amazing! Today we're meeting with the class and then taking another walk around the city. I'm going to brave bringing my camera even though the weather is starting out like it did yesterday. But we'll see. Oh yeah, and so far the bus and tube are super easy to use. I thought it would be more complicated.

It's been a great trip so far. I'll have more to write and hopefully some pictures later today.