Updates, updates.

My roommate arrived yesterday.  She's really nice, though there was a mix-up about the Internet that I feel rather badly about now.  But she's cool -- she's from Minneapolis, but goes to U of Chicago, and she's direct-enrolled here at the Courtauld Institute for art history.

I was thinking today that I should have done art history.  It's really a cool field.

Also yesterday was my first class at City University -- French Upper Intermediate.  It really struck me how diverse the class is, or maybe that's just how all classes here are.  I mean there were maybe 3 British students there out of like 20.  The rest were from Portugal, Brazil, Israel, China, Germany, India, Romania, Mexico, Canada, the States... I mean in the States you might have one or two study abroad students per class.  But here, they're all studying here for all 4 years, and they're the majority. 

It goes back to what I was telling Dad about living here.  I decided within about... 2 weeks of coming here that I don't feel out of place.  I mean the majority of Londoners are foreigners, statistically.  So they're just like me.  It's rare to find someone who was actually born in London.  I decided that I live here too, and I'm not going to worry about what they might think of me, because I'm a Londoner just as much as they are.  I think that's a really unique aspect of London -- such an international city.

After class I met Dad at the Queen's Larder near Russell Square, and I met... the Provost?  of Huron?  I don't remember, but his name was Bruce too and his niece goes to Hope.  And then we went two doors down to the Swan so I could get dinner and we met up with Mark, whose house we're going to tonight for dinner.  (Yum homecooked food.)

TODAY Dad and I went to Stonehenge (via train), which was sweet.  Well, I won't lie, it was freezing with the wind blowing, but it was really cool.  I got some nice pictures.  And it's just one of those places that you have to see once.  So now I have!  Very exciting.  Heard all about the Druids and Merlin and Giants and the myths surrounding it, and how it's a calendar and all.  Pretty cool.



My favorite of the pictures I took.  No people, and the sky looks kind of ominous and stormy, which I like.



Hahaha.  Don't worry, there are other pictures of me with the stones, but I thought this one most amusing.

So there you have it!  I'm meeting Dad in about an hour and a half to head to Mark's for dinner, and then tomorrow we have plans for Portobello Road (or the King's Head with books if it's raining).