I got my internship placement today!! I will be working at Westminster in the parliamentary office of Louise Ellman. She is a member of the Labour party, which the exact party I hoped to work for. I'm excited to work for a woman and even more excited to work for one who received so much support in the recent election. She was elected with over 59% of the vote, which is quite extraordinary since the next closest contender only received 22%. She represents Liverpool as her constituency. If you are unfamiliar, the UK is much more liberal in their beliefs than the States. The most left wing bordering on socialism is the Liberal Democrats, then closest to US democrats is the Labour party. They have become slightly more conservative in the past 20 years, which now makes them very comparable to the dems in the US. The Conservatives are of course the most conservative, but still reside very left on the political spectrum. I go next friday June 4th for my orientation and interview with a staffer in her office. The commute will not be bad, only about 25 minutes which is nice. I don't think it is possible to get as lucky as I was in Washington with a 3 minute commute, so I am pleased.

I know this because we went to Westminster yesterday and visited Westminster Abbey. It was such a beautiful church with so much unique history. The coolest part was definitely getting to see the coronation chair being restored. It was built in the year 1300 for King Edward I. Almost all British monarchs have been crowned in that chair since 1308. It is typically put away and rarely seen, so to get to witness its restoration was so great! I also saw the graves of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Darwin, and Oliver Cromwell. After we left the abbey, we decided to walk home and guess what we ran directly into? THE SEX AND THE CITY 2 PREMIERE!!!!! I was beyond words, especially because I have never seen a premiere before. I sat down at a restaurant right off of the main road where the premiere was so I could see everything while eating dinner. Sadly I did not stay long enough to see the stars because they did not arrive until close to 8pm and we had already made plans to go to a pub called O'Neils. However, when Twilight comes for its premiere I will be camping out to see Rob. I already did find out where his flat used to be here in London.. I may have stalked it just a bit. (I am kidding I swear). I am very excited for another weekend here to enjoy more of the weather. We decided to remain in London this weekend and take a few tours and go to the markets around town. I also really want to go see Diagon Alley from Harry Potter, which is an actual alley here in London and of course the sign for platform 9 and 3/4. Apparently people actually run into it and knock themselves out still... That should be a really humorous afternoon for me!