London vs. The Snowstorm

So this week has been pretty sweet so far...

For starters..we all watched the Superbowl when it aired in the UK at 11:00 PM and we were subsequently up until 3 AM to watch Pittsburgh win!!! It was an awsome night! A lot of the British students didn't really get why we were all so excited though..lol.

London was hit with this HUUUGE snowstorm and as a result, classes were canceled on Monday and the entire city seemed to shut down. Banks and post offices were closed and people just didn't go to work. They don't usually get this much snow at all so no one knew how to handle it...except for the American students (haha). The busses also stopped running and parts of the tube were not in use so it made for a pretty interesting day with literally nothing to do and nowhere to go except for the neighboorhoods we live in. That night, me and a ton of the people I live with got into this hufe snowball fight outside the dorm and it was so much fun! I probably havent done that since I was little. After we all went to a local bar, The Wrestler and warmed up by the fireplace until about midnight.

Tuesday I met Teddy, Ross, and Alun (Welsh spelling) went to Hyde Park to play in the snow, walk around, and get coffee. The three of us went back to Alun's flat and watched several episodes of House until that night when we met up with a few more people and went to get Indian. We all ended up back at Ross's dorm room for some quality drinking time. He has this amazing view of London from his balcony (he's on the 18th floor of the building) so we had a good time just chilling out and Teddy and I headed back to the flat around 10:30 since we both have early morning classes on Wednesday. We usually end up taking the tube to campus together and to say the least....we both were falling alseep on the way in Wednesday morning :).

After the most boring lecture of my life (Area Development) Helen, Ashley and I went to get food which ended up lasting several hours so by the time I got back to the dorm I was exausted and passed out watching Fight Club with a bunch of people in the common room which has the most comfortable couches ever! haha

Then later that night Jackie and I started planning our Easter Break travel-fest! We have about 3 weeks to do whatever.

We found a one-way bus to Paris for £12 which is a definite steal. From there we'll take the train to Brussels and then to Amsterdam. That entire trip including fares for the hostels should be about £230 which is amazing for the amount of traveling it is.We'll fly back to London after that and rest for about 2 days before flying to Barcelona for a few days (the round trip ticket for that is £40!) but we're still trying to decide between there and Copenhagen in Denmark. Overall, I'm so excited! We'll get back just in time for finals!

Tonight we're all going back to O'neils in Leiscester Sq. for some live music so we'll see where the night leads us.

Also...only four weeks until Liv and Angelina come visit me!

love,
al