My Legs Hurt, but I bought a picture uploader thinger!!

I was informed that it was -17 degrees Fahrenheit in Pittsburgh today. That sucks. I'm pretty much loving the constance 45-50 degree weather here. :-) But really, I'm sorry to everyone stuck there.

On a more different note, today was fun, mostly. I woke up and tried really hard not to wake my hung over roommates. I got ready to go and Alan and I made breakfast in his flat. Then we left early for his meeting because we were going to go get isic (international student identification cards) cards this morning. Instead of going to our normal tube stop we went on an adventure to find a different near by one and the walk led us through a cute little town. Unfortunately the ride on the tube was rather warm today (despite the fact that its underground it gets unreasonably hot). And the fact that I was wearing a hat and scarf and gloves and coat and sweater and it was 50 degrees didn't help. Then we shoved more people than should ever be on a subway on to it and set off on a jerky, hot journey. It didn't last long. We go off several stops early cuz I couldn't ride anymore without feeling sick. It turned out alright though, because the stop led us to Buckingham Palace! And since we decided to look around there instead of going to get isic cards, we had a fun time exploring again.

Then we made our way to CAPA for Alan's meeting (which was the same as mine yesterday). While he was there I went and walked around Hyde Park and looked at Round Pond and Kensington Palace. There were birds and dogs and groups of primary school children in matching uniforms playing football (soccer). It was glorious. It started to rain, but that's London and I stuck it out and it was still fun! Afterwards I walked down a bustling street shoppers as I was looking for a computer store to find an upload thinger for my camera. I found one that wasn't terribly expensive and that is why you will now get to see some of my photos.

Then Alan and I met up again and came back to our flats to change for out orientation outing tonight at a historic pub called The Gate. Something really famous happened there, but something really famous has happened everywhere in London and I can't remember what it was. The food was good but the rest of the students acted like stupid, loud, rude, American drunks, and yes, they got drunk. So Alan, Brittany, and I left to go find a Gelato place near a tube stop nearby. It turned out to be an adventure because we didn't know the name of it, and were not even sure if it was the right one, but we found one. It was tasty. A random Londoner told us it was too cold for ice cream. It was 50 degrees. Unfortunately, the Adventure took 2 hours and my high heels did murder to my feet.

So we came home and now I'm relaxing and I'll show you some pictures.


This is the Last picture of Alan and I in America. It was in our hotel in Philly, outside our suite door (which was amazing).
This is me on Westminster Bridge in front of Parliament at about 10 pm. Notice the double decker in the background (they are everywhere).

This is me on a stairway that leads down to a boat on the Thames. In the background you can see the Eye, the County Hall building (the colorful one) and the Aquarium beneath it.
This is me again on a really cool bridge. In the background is Big Ben, Parliament, the Eye, and the Thames.
This is one of the Palace Guards at Buckingham Palace. We missed guard switching by an hour :-(
This is me, in a phone booth. Ones that look like this really aren't very common.


This is the Sunken Garden from Kensington Palace, part of the Palace is in the Background.
This is one corner of Round Pond in Hyde Park. You can see that it is just covered in birds. Unfortunately, there are no giant geese in this picture for you guys to see. (They really were huge!)