My London Top 10!

I love watching David Letterman's Top 10, so I thought maybe I would make my own Top 10 of my favorite things of London. So here it goes. And it definitely won't be as funny as his lists.

10. Kahn's Indian restaurant

9. Bueno bars! And British candy in general

8. Regent's Park

7. Portobello and Burrough Markets

6. The Waffle House on Queensway

5. Wicked!

4. Primark

3. Chocolate covered everything from Cranberry

2. Imperial War Museum

1. Minding the gap

This is in no order, and I definitely have more things to add to the list, but these are just some things I would recommend to anyone coming to London.

So Much to Catch Up On!

Stourhead, which is a beautiful garden and mansion.

Defying Gravity!

Touching the rocks at Stonehenge

I'm in the middle of my third week of study abroad, and it is going by so fast. I feel like I've done everything. We've been to Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, and all of the other cool places. Last week we even went to Stonehenge and were able to touch the rocks! It was so cool because no one ever gets to do that.

We finally have hot water at the Centre now, and because of what we put up with, the faculty is letting us ride the London Eye for free! I'm so excited because that was something I wanted to do, but because of the price I wasn't sure if it would be worth paying for.

My new ward, the Peckham Ward, is great. I'm the Primary chorister and I have so much fun. The children are adorable and I love them already. It's so neat being in a local London ward, because I get to see how the Church works in other parts of the world.

Yesterday we got back from visiting Cornwall, and it might be one of my new favorite destinations. We visited Pulperro, Truro, and Tintagel, which have some beautiful beaches and cathedrals. And Cornish pasties are amazing! We stayed at a beachside hotel in Falmouth, and had an amazing time!

I love being here. I've made such good friends and I've learned so much. I'm worried that the time is going to fly by!

In Love.

I have fallen in love with the city of London. For the past 6 days, I have been on the go, trying to see and experience everything. Yesterday alone we went to Westminster, Hyde Park, Covent Gardens, Trafalgar Square, ad Picaddily Circus, and that still isn't everything!

Being here has opened up my eyes to so many amazing things. At St. Paul's Cathedral, I was asking myself how in the world people could build such a beautiful building. Where did they start? How did they figure out how to do it? I can't even comprehend it.

Yesterday at Westminster Abbey I walked through Poet's Corner, where many prominent British poets and authors are buried, such as Wordsworth, Dickens, Hopkins, and Owen. I was so excited because I studied many of these writers last semester in my English 292 class, so to see where they are buried was such a neat experience.

London is so beautiful, and I can't even begin to start telling how grateful I am to be here. This really is a once in a lifetime experience, to actually live here and immerse myself in the cultures and people and food and fashion and everything else that comes with it!

Kensington Gardens...Beautiful!

Kensington Palace

St. Paul's

The Prince Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens

My home for the next 6 weeks!