On Thursday I went to the British Library like I had planned, and I’m so glad I did. I spent the whole time I was there in the Treasures Collection, which is a collection of many of the more famous and history-rich artifacts of the library. It was so amazing and I was glad I brought my journal to write some things down. I saw the Magna Carta, collections of hand-drawn maps from centuries ago, old sacred texts from different religions and original manuscripts and journals and sheets of music from Leonardo da Vinci and other famous scientists, Beethoven, Mozart and the Beatles, just to name a few. It was definitely one of the coolest things I’ve seen and really meant a lot—it really hit me that I was looking at things that were so influential, and not just reading about them or something. That night some of the other girls and I went out and just walked around and got some ice cream. We went to Trafalgar Square, which was so pretty at night.
On Friday morning a bunch of us went to the park to play ultimate Frisbee—I am as bad at Frisbee as I expected, haha. After showering, I went to the V&A (Victoria and Albert) museum by myself to do a little drawing for my class and that’s about it. That night most of us just stayed in and did reading and studying for our classes and played scrabble. We were pretty worn out by the end of this week.
On Saturday Hailey and I headed off to Borough Market where we got some delicious cheese and bread and fruit for our lunch Saturday and Sunday. Borough Market is huge and there were so many good samples. It is so exciting to taste the amazing olive oil and cheese and candies and everything. After we came home and ate, Hailey, Erin, Kaleb, Abbie and I went to the park to just kick the ball around and play and hang out. It was nice to be outside. A little later a bunch of us went to Camden Town for cheap dinner again, and I had Thai this time for 1 ½ pounds. It was good, and we had a nice time.
This morning was kind of an adventure, and not really a good one. We weren’t able to go to our ward. We got to the tube station and realized there wasn’t any way to get to our ward for under 50 pounds or 2 hours. Since there really aren’t very many ways to get to our ward it’s hard if they close a line we need because we don’t have a lot of alternatives. We really didn’t want to miss the sacrament again, so we went to church with some others. It was nice, but I did miss my little sunbeams. After church I went to Green Park to finish my reading for religion class and walked through St. James Park and the street that leads to Buckingham Palace—which they close to traffic on Sunday.
Well, we’re just getting ready to leave for Paris in the morning and I’ll be gone through Friday. I’m really excited, I think it’ll be a fun trip and we only have our art class while we’re there! So I will update this after I get home!
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