Church, Movies, Planning

So today began with me waking up at 9:00 am to get ready for church at Westminster. I met some EUSA students at South Keningston, where some of the EUSA people live (others live in King's Cross as well). We headed to Victoria and the Westminster Cathedral to have mass. The mass was an hour and a half long, and it was mostly in Latin, however the new Archbishop of Westminster, celebrated his first mass with us. It was a great sight and the choir was really good (I am thinking it is all male - with some boys for the higher parts). Afterwards, I went gift shopping and then headed to lunch.

We had lunch at another Italian restaurant - it was delicious!

We then decided to head to the movies to see Angels and Demons. However, we were an hour early, so we ended up walking to a near bookstore where I saw some great books - the book "The Angry Ladybug" by Eric Carle, that I use to read as a kid was called "The Ill-Tempered Ladybug" instead. We then went to Paul's to get a soda (or a coffee or frapé) and some dessert - I got a delicious raspberry tart. We then headed back to the movies. The ticket was only approximately six pounds. The theatres in London are nice, although they have a smaller screen, the music and the sound is much better. They have more choices for candy and they also have a café inside too. The popcorn however, only comes in salted or sweet. Also, the rating system is 12A, which is under 12 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. The movie was really good and I highly recommend it!

Next, I went back to Baron's Court to get changed out of my church clothes to put on some shorts since it was in the 70s or low 80s today. Jet leg is not bad now - I think I have gotten use to the time. The key is to not take a nap the first day you arrive and go to bed with the public and wake up with the public - then you will be right on track.

I went back to South Kensington to meet some EUSA students for dinner. We went to a great Thai restaurant - I ordered chicken stir fry with cashew nuts and some sticky rice. It was delicious and well priced.

Next, we all went back to Manson Place, where the EUSA students live (right across the street are expensive apartments - going for 3 million pounds - 4-5 million US dollars!). We started to plan some weekend trips. So far our schedule looks like:

May 29-31: Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, and Bath & London
June 5-7: France
June 12-14: Oxford (sponsored by EUSA) & London
June 19-21: Scotland
June 26-28: Ireland - Dublin
July 5-7: Italy (Maybe)

The costs of the plane and youth hostels are not bad. We plan to research more tomorrow.

Tomorrow, I plan to go to a few places to get my camera fixed. I talked to a few locals and they recommended me to a few places. And then we will have lunch and plan some more and I will come back early to do laundry and get ready for my internship.

Cheers!