Hello,

I realize that I am a terrible blogger and I am very sorry for my complete absence the last few days. If there are any readers left I would be happy to tell you all about the last few days. Also a very sad side note I will not be posting any pictures on this post because the Internet here is very slow and I cannot post many at a time. I know... you might as well stop reading now (This is a JOKE. Please do not take this seriously).

Okay, first off I guess I should give a brief outline as to why I am here in London. I am taking two classes. 1st, Harry Potter in Context and 2nd, Intermediate poetry. For English, I am writing a nice long 10-12 page long paper and for Poetry I need to write 11 poems (if I am not mistaken).

Okay, now that I have given a nice little intro, I can talk about what I've been seeing the last few days.
Tuesday: First we went to the National Gallery where we saw beautiful paintings (originals) from Van Gogh to Da Vinci. I also saw Rembrandt :) Thence we went to the British Library where we saw a small museum that included Jane Austen's writing desk, original scores by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, the original Magna Carta, and many other historical works. We then traversed the tube (the London Underground) and walked around London before we came back to the dorms and rested.
Wednesday: The next day we went to the British Museum that included Rosetta's Stone, the remnants of the Parthenon, and Mummies There were artifacts from all types of civilizations that I was only able to rush past and snap pictures of (pictures available at a different date). After the Museum we were groundlings at the Globe's production of All's Well that End's Well. It was beautifully performed but I was not fond of the play itself. You'll have to read it yourselves to understand why.
Thursday: We went to the Poetry Library and the book store Foyles this day where I bought a book of Rilke's poems (He's one of my favorite poets). We also went to Sherlock Holmes Restaurant and had a wonderful meal. Then we dropped by a great comic book store where we perused the shelves and enjoyed the books and paraphernalia immensely.
Friday: Today was another busy day full of museums. We went to the two Tate museums: Tate Briton and the Tate Modern. The Moderns was my favorite except for the Ophelia and the Lady of Shalott in the Briton. There were a few others I absolutely loved but I cannot remember the name :/

Anyway, that was just the bare minimum and I wish I could share all my adventures but I'm too tired and it would take just too long.

Enjoy and Have a wonderful day/night where'er you are,

Katrina (Elise)

London

Well... I'm here!!! I'm officially in London. I arrived yesterday at 10:00 a.m. (London time) and successfully took a train from Gatwick to Victoria's station in London. We checked in at a Best Western (quite charming actually) and wandered around Finchley street for a few hours buying supplies, looking for sim cards, etc. We all (Laney, Kyra, and myself) hit the wall around four o'clock and took a bit of a nap but we still managed to sleep the night through.

Today we arrived at Regent's College and to say it lightly, it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. The campus is green and lush, and it's smack dab in the middle of Regent's park which is this beautiful oasis in the middle of London (not technically in the middle of London... that's just how I see it) I'm living in the dorms for two weeks while I take my two classes and I will have no lack in excersize. It takes three long flights of stairs to get to my room (it feels more like ten flights after a long day of walking around the park, to primrose hill, and taking a small tour of the parts of london nearest to us).

Anyway, I'll now post what you actually want to see... the pictures. And I'll give you a brief update of what I'm expected to see tomorrow :)

Picture of Regent's college from my dorm window

Picture of a trail in Regent's Park

Picture of a coot (yes, I recognized it by its lobed feet and its similar appearance to the American coot)

Well I'm too tired at the moment to keep posting pictures but I promise to give you good news and (hopefully) good pictures tomorrow. I'll be visiting museums and if they allow cameras I will take many pictures and post them for you.

Enjoy,

Katrina

Heading to London

Alright all... Here is my first London Post. But wait! I'm not in London yet.

This is just to let you know that I'll start posting pictures and stories probably on the 9th or 10th of May. Just a head's up.

~Katrina

Water.

The only place I can escape the clumsiness of land.

When I'm in the water, I'm alone. I like to feel the swells lapping my face as I float on my back. I like to close my eyes and see myself as something different. Not better or worse. Just different.

I relearned an important lesson today... Do NOT judge a book by its cover... People are definitely not who they seem to be. It's good to remind yourself of this every once in a while. It's important to remember that about yourself as well. I'm not always who I seem to be.

Word of the day: Peregrination. Look it up, write it on your hand, translate it into Spanish.

~Kat

P.S. It's good to remember symbols. What does water mean? Reflection? Purification? Or maybe it isn't as clear as that.

It's easy to forget...

It's easy to forget when you don't care to remember.

Things I've forgotten,

German vocabulary, compliments, details, facts...

What happens to them all? Do the forgotten things take journeys to sunny, tropical places? Do they fade, quick and silent? Do they hide?

I suppose there is an answer somewhere.

Word of the day. Acrimonious. Look it up, use it in an email or in a status update, say it in a british accent.

~ Kat

P.S. Put in the effort to remember important things.

A beginning... or is it.

Hello... to those who peruse the online world.

word of the day.... pulchritudinous.

look it up, use it in a sentence, say it to a random person.

~Kat

P.S. this is just the beginning... or is it.