It has been a few days since I have last blogged, mainly because I have been very busy with class and Caitie is here! She arrived on Monday, but before her flight got in, I had the chance to truly enjoy the beautiful weather that London was having. We decided to go to Regents Park to listen to music and lay in the grass. It an amazingly large park for its location illustrated by how long it took us to find the hill that we wanted to lay on top of. Cait, Marty, and Jake decided to see how close they could get to the zoo, which is also in the park, so Dan and I headed on the long trek to Primrose Hill. On the way, we saw the royal gardens and the cricket and shuffleboard fields, plus quite a few ponds. When we finally got to the hill we wanted to climb it, but of course neither of us saw the trail to the left of the hill and we ascended the grass. The view was absolutely beautiful! You don't realize how high you are until you reach the top and turn to see Big Ben, the London Eye, St. Paul’s, and the overall London skyline. It was so great! Eventually all of the rest of my roommates arrived and we laid and enjoyed the weather until Caitie got here. After she arrived, they wanted to grab food and the only thing opened that I could navigate to was Subway (I know shocking). We then took her and her three friends to a pub so they could see the typical London pub and experience Carlsberg beer, which they had heard about.
On Tuesday, Caitie and I woke up early and had breakfast before I headed to class and she went to explore London. Class was of course very uneventful and long, but following it, we had internship orientation. Originally, I was really excited about that because I thought I would receive my placement. Sadly, I was mistaken and the entire orientation was how to behave in an office. Well I have worked in an office for years and coming straight from Washington I got annoyed very quickly at how repetitive it was. I do understand though that it has to be done. After class I came back to my flat to shower and wait for Caitie to return from the London Eye so I could grab dinner and take her out to a new neighborhood. We ended up at a really neat bar/restaurant called Sports Cafe which has student night every Tuesday. Everyone was young, but even better was the amount of futbol on! I have already caught the futbol fever here. I not only know some players, but I have a favorite team and I am beginning to learn quite a lot about England's team with the World Cup approaching. I definitely love Real Madrid, mainly because of how fun and recognizable they are to watch. In addition, it doesn't hurt that Cristiano Ronaldo plays for them. I will definitely return home with his jersey!

Today I had class once again, but after all of us went to a great restaurant that our sponsor recommended to us. It was great and fun! They don’t write down your order here, but instead they carry around what looks like a TI-89 calculator and they just punch in order numbers. They even use it as the credit card machine which is quite nifty as well. After lunch I came back to my flat to relax a bit before tonight. We are going to the London Open Air Theatre in Regents Park to see The Crucible. It should be a fun time, especially because we are picnicking beforehand.