We had the best weekend in london this past weekend! With the volcano that blew up in iceland, there were (and still are no) flights in or out of the UK and the surrounding countries. We could tell, because the tourist level around buckingham palace was way down! The weather was perfect! We even pulled out the shorts and headed to Green park for a picnic. It’s crazy how the atmosphere and attitude changes when the sun is shining! Erica, Benji, Jackie and I decided to put the end of the semester stress away for the time and just sit in the park and enjoy the rays, read a book or magazine, people watch and just chill!
Today was a very productive day. For one of our assignments for British Experience Seminar (BES) we had to interview someone who lived through WWII and hear their stories and experiences. My friend Sadie and I went to the Chelsea Pensioners and were directed to a man named Bill – an 89 year old veteran who fought in Italy. He went through about 5 cigarettes in the hour we talked with him and told us about his friend Willy who he fought and about how he never got seriously wounded. The thing that surprised me the most was his respect and gratitude for America. Usually, the US gets spit on for some of the actions that have occurred in our history. But Bill had nothing but great things to say about American troops! He said “young people forget about the things that happened, but my generation remembers what really happened – I will always remember.” We had such a great morning with Bill!
Then Erica and I went to Liverpool Street to do a required walk around for one of our journal assignments for the same class – after we finished we somehow ended up on Oxford Street…but it was a very productive day overall!
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