Sunday was a lot of fun. I decided to do a few of the touristy things and buy tickets to the Tower of London and one of the exhibits at the British Museum. The tower was such a cool thing to see, mainly because I love The Tudors and much of what took place with Henry VIII took place at that location. The neatest was the crown jewels in their vault and also the location where all beheading took place for those in the royal circle. It was the location of all three deaths of Henry VIII's wives, most notably Anne Boleyn. After the Tower of London, we went to a pub where a group of people got the fish and chips with tartar sauce. I tried some of theirs and I am sad to say that it was not my thing. Our beefeater tour guide named Colin was funny and had a lot of this type of information. I was interested to find out that to become a beefeater and work as protection for the crown that one must have 20 years of military experience. They then reside with their families within the walls of the Tower.

Monday and Tuesday were filled with more class in preparation for the exam we have on Friday. Nothing too eventful happened other than venturing to a club with all of my roommates. It was a gay club so they had a neat drag show that everyone thought was so entertaining. Some of the men dressed up were very pretty!

Today was the first time that I set foot in Parliament. We had a tour of the House of Lords and the House of Commons with our professor. The houses are so small in comparison to those of the Senate and House. The members do not have desks, but instead sit on benches facing each other. One side is for the government and one for the opposition. I will be working for the opposition so when question time takes place on BBC, I get to see the Labour party dig at Cameron. It will be a different experience compared to Washington because I will not be working for the dominant party, which I think is exciting! The houses even have voting rooms because no procedures have been updated in over 150 rooms. They have to physically be checked off and verbally give their vote in a particular line, either on the yes or nay sides of the chamber. I also saw my office building that I work in called Portcullis House. It has an unusually large amount of chimneys on its roof so I could not miss it. The last bit of exciting news is that my member will remain the chair of the Transport committee and maintain leadership with the liaison role within the committee! I am now more excited than before to work for her. I cannot wait for Friday's interview!