When It Rains In London, It's Still London

Hello!! It is my second day here, I started off nice and refreshed after an almost 11 hour sleep, must needed! Don't worry, we still made it to the pub last night so I didn't sleep through all the fun :) First off I want to say, this was the best decision of my life! From the moment I got on the plane, I met a man traveling to Africa to work on solar power technology for an orphanage. After arriving, I have met so many different people from all over the United States. My roommate's name is Jenn and she is from Boston. She is a great girl and her, our neighbor, and I get along great! Yesterday (Tuesday) was the LONGEST day of my life! It was filled with little activities and meetings and I was completely exhausted. The girls and I took a nap in the "common room" and missed 20 minutes of our mandatory meeting, oops! It was well needed to keep us through the day! Today has been rainy all day, thank goodness for rain boots! We shopped at Boots, pretty much like a super Walgreens, and we got hair dryers, strainers, and a toothbrush! High Street here is like a less hectic Michigan Avenue. I will have to venture more down that street later on. From 1:30-4:30 we took a bus tour around London, now the reality set in that I am living in a totally different country and an amazing city! There is history on every block. We saw the Tower of London, London Eye, Big Ben, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and so much more. London has 53 theaters and we saw probably 10 of them. Sorry Brandon but I didn't see Northern Trust...I'll try to get there sometime :) A few of these places I will be visiting more this week through orientation events, I am so excited! It is such a good thing that they give us this one week of orientation because there is so much to see and I would have hated being in class not know what was out there. Tonight we are most likely going to the pub in the Student Union of Imperial College, just a few blocks away. This is where we went last night. There are many British students there and it is just like a Student Union at any college but you can drink there. Students from another American program invited us to sit with them and they were a lot of fun. There was this very cute boy (his accent made him even more cute), George, from Manchester there and no, he is not a Manchester United fan..I had to ask of course! We messed around with him asking him silly questions of the typical British stereotype and he went along with the fun. It was a great time. Wednesday nights at the Union all the athletes come out and drink, so I am sure I will have stories to come about that :) Well there is a little taste of my first two days here in London. To sum it up, I love British accents & boys, British children, the scenery, and drinking age being 18. I am going to go shower now since I haven't showered since 9am Monday morning, gross I know! The showers on my floor are co-ed..and by that I mean there are 4 showers, barely tinted, and both guys and girls use them...I am not too sure how I feel about that. Does the phrase, "Do as the Romans do", fit? We'll see. Hope everyone is doing well. Miss you all. Cheerio!