Walking and more walking

Okay, so again, I slept like a rock (except for just an hour in the middle of the night) and might still be asleep had it not been for my roommate's alarm at 8:00! But it is good. Ate breakfast in, relieved that the yogurt was good! I still haven't tried the peanut butter; just afraid of a bad experience, I guess!

At 11:00 this morning we did a walking tour around Bloomsbury which is the area that the FSU Study Center is located. We walked and heard about all the amazing people from this area . . . Virginia Wolf, John Maynard Keynes. I learned that most of the land around here is still owned by the Bedford estate who controls all the construction. There is even a building that has an apology on the side of it that it was designed without consultation with the Bedfords.

With all this great history, the only picture that I took was of a little green shack. Our guide, David, explained that these were tea rooms for the cab drivers. Apparently this was the solution to the problem of drunk cabbies. They simply provided an alternative to the pubs!

After an 90-minute historical tour, I had lunch with Tony, who is a social work student doing an internship over here. He has been accepted into the Fall 2011 doctoral program at FSU, College of Social Work. It was fun knowing more about this insane process than somebody else did!

Tony and I then were joined three new friends as we participated in a scavenger hunt which led to yet another 90 minutes of walking around London! The best thing that came out of this (since we didn't win) was that I ventured out a bit by myself to a place that we had passed on yesterdays practical tour! It wasn't so exciting that I found it, but that I went and made it back! Nothing looked familiar on the way there or on the way back, but I made it! I was quite proud of myself and it was quite the confidence booster!

Dinner tonight was at Wagamamas. I didn't know what most of the items on the menu were, but I found one that was pretty good! Enjoyed time with my teammates! I had to laugh, one of them asked me what I had planned for the rest of the day. What rest of the day, it was almost 7 o'clock! Kids!

I'm happy to report that tomorrow is a coach tour! I do plan to walk to Hyde park in the afternoon, weather permitting! Can let my legs think that they get the day off. Then we have a flat meeting to make sure that we all know how to play nice together. I'll try to be nice.