4:09 AM. Time to finish any last-minute packing and cleaning and get ready to board the buses in an hour or so. I'll be back to Minneapolis at around 5:30 PM (Central time) tonight, which is just something I can't wrap my mind around right now, though perhaps that is because of the time and my apparent lack of sleep.
Thanks for reading the blog or even just pretending to. I hope it's been interesting or even humorous at times... I hope to post more pictures in the upcoming days, so keep an eye out if you'd like.
And again, thanks for reading. It's been an amazing semester, and I'm glad I could share it.
Cheers!
18 December 2008
17 December 2008
Day 111: Last day in London
And now it's Wednesday, December 17. The last day in London.
We leave the flats tomorrow morning at 5-something a.m., so today is the last bit of time we have in London. I got up early this morning and went outside to take some pictures and get a cup of coffee at this place I've been meaning to go to for a while, and now it's time to finish packing. It is a beautiful, sunny day out, though... absolutely amazing.
The plan is to finish packing soon so I can go outside and walk around, but we'll see how it goes.
I'm still in denial that we're actually leaving, and I'm usually pretty good with this kind of thing.
Anyway, I'll try to get another post in sometime soon with pictures, but I should probably just wait to do an overall recap when I'm home tomorrow (yikes!) so I don't take up time in my last day here.
I'll leave with a short quote from one of my favorite songs to listen to on the morning walk to school since I listened to it this morning while taking pictures, and the last line rang quite true - Elbow's "One Day Like This" (definitely listen to the song and you'll see why it's such a great morning song):
So throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year'd see me right
We leave the flats tomorrow morning at 5-something a.m., so today is the last bit of time we have in London. I got up early this morning and went outside to take some pictures and get a cup of coffee at this place I've been meaning to go to for a while, and now it's time to finish packing. It is a beautiful, sunny day out, though... absolutely amazing.
The plan is to finish packing soon so I can go outside and walk around, but we'll see how it goes.
I'm still in denial that we're actually leaving, and I'm usually pretty good with this kind of thing.
Anyway, I'll try to get another post in sometime soon with pictures, but I should probably just wait to do an overall recap when I'm home tomorrow (yikes!) so I don't take up time in my last day here.
I'll leave with a short quote from one of my favorite songs to listen to on the morning walk to school since I listened to it this morning while taking pictures, and the last line rang quite true - Elbow's "One Day Like This" (definitely listen to the song and you'll see why it's such a great morning song):
So throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year'd see me right
Day 110: Done with finals!
(This is for Tuesday 16 December)
Done with finals! Had Theology and Economics finals yesterday... then headed out with a friend to celebrate our birthdays and do a little shopping. We ended up getting food at a pub right near the flats which we'd heard was really good; it ended up being the best pub food I've had here, although I haven't really eaten much pub food. A much better birthday meal than the Subway sandwich I picked up on the way home on my actual birthday!
Done with finals! Had Theology and Economics finals yesterday... then headed out with a friend to celebrate our birthdays and do a little shopping. We ended up getting food at a pub right near the flats which we'd heard was really good; it ended up being the best pub food I've had here, although I haven't really eaten much pub food. A much better birthday meal than the Subway sandwich I picked up on the way home on my actual birthday!
15 December 2008
Day 109: History, done.
Had my history final today at noon; one down, two to go. I've got my theology and economics finals tomorrow, and then I'm done! I'm actually only one of two people I know of who don't have Wednesday finals.
Oh, and I should mention: We all leave Thursday morning from the flats at something like 5:55 am, and I think my flight to Chicago from London Heathrow is at 10 am. I'm not really sure. I'll check on that soon... but I'll be back to the MSP at around 5:30 pm Thursday night, so only a few more days before I see you all again!
I'm definitely content with everything I've done in London, but I still can't believe that everything this semester has comprised is coming to a close. It's still strange that classes are over, and I'll be done with finals 24 hours from now. Wow. What a semester.
Oh, and I should mention: We all leave Thursday morning from the flats at something like 5:55 am, and I think my flight to Chicago from London Heathrow is at 10 am. I'm not really sure. I'll check on that soon... but I'll be back to the MSP at around 5:30 pm Thursday night, so only a few more days before I see you all again!
I'm definitely content with everything I've done in London, but I still can't believe that everything this semester has comprised is coming to a close. It's still strange that classes are over, and I'll be done with finals 24 hours from now. Wow. What a semester.
Day 108: Studying and packing
(This is for Sunday 14 December)
Spent all of Sunday studying and packing... nothing too exciting. It's so hard to believe the semester is coming to an end, and kind of sad that what lies between now and being home is finals and packing.
I did watch Love Actually yesterday while I packed for the first time since being in London - very fun. I actually recognized the places and things they were referring to, and the airplane scenes at the beginning and end also made me excited to come home (which, don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly excited to see you all, but I also don't want to leave London yet)!
Spent all of Sunday studying and packing... nothing too exciting. It's so hard to believe the semester is coming to an end, and kind of sad that what lies between now and being home is finals and packing.
I did watch Love Actually yesterday while I packed for the first time since being in London - very fun. I actually recognized the places and things they were referring to, and the airplane scenes at the beginning and end also made me excited to come home (which, don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly excited to see you all, but I also don't want to leave London yet)!
Day 107: Mass with the Cardinal
(This is for Saturday 13 December)
Saturday after studying I headed off to the London Centre to practice guitar for the closing Mass. The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster was coming to celebrate Mass with us, which was really special.
The Mass was really nice, and thankfully the music went well too. It was the last official London Program event of the semester, and it finally feels like things are officially wrapping up here.
After Mass some students were invited to a reception with the Cardinal, and I was asked to take some photos. Here are a couple:
Saturday after studying I headed off to the London Centre to practice guitar for the closing Mass. The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster was coming to celebrate Mass with us, which was really special.
The Mass was really nice, and thankfully the music went well too. It was the last official London Program event of the semester, and it finally feels like things are officially wrapping up here.
After Mass some students were invited to a reception with the Cardinal, and I was asked to take some photos. Here are a couple:
A great close to an amazing semester.
Day 106: Dover + Christmas Party
(This is for Friday 12 December)
Friday I finally made it out to the white cliffs of Dover! Sadly, the castle and war tunnels (which I really wanted to go to) closed super early, so even though we were there at 3 pm we couldn't go. Very sad.
It was a cute town, though, and the cliffs were gorgeous (even though it was cloudy and freezing and windy). Made it feel more historical than just like a beach city... you could almost see the Nazis flying over.
After getting home one of the flats decorated everything all cute for Christmas, so I stopped by for the Christmas party. Very fun and festive, and it almost felt like we were a big London family.
Click here for the Dover + Christmas album.
Friday I finally made it out to the white cliffs of Dover! Sadly, the castle and war tunnels (which I really wanted to go to) closed super early, so even though we were there at 3 pm we couldn't go. Very sad.
It was a cute town, though, and the cliffs were gorgeous (even though it was cloudy and freezing and windy). Made it feel more historical than just like a beach city... you could almost see the Nazis flying over.
After getting home one of the flats decorated everything all cute for Christmas, so I stopped by for the Christmas party. Very fun and festive, and it almost felt like we were a big London family.
Click here for the Dover + Christmas album.
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