So i'm really bad at this blogging thing...

Yeah, it's been awhile. Sorry guys. I am a fulltime student after all. Anyways, I am writing you from rainy London! After I visited in 2008, I told myself I would get my butt back here asap. And here I am. I've been doing all the things I didn't do last time. I went to the Tate Modern, the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, Hyde Park, and Kensington Palace. Not quite sure what I am doing tomorrow. I saw the movie Easy A today as it is not playing in France. Not bad but nothing spectacular. I also battled the crowds at Primark. I didn't buy any clothes but I did come out of it with a very stylish shoulder bag for my schoolbooks and a lint roller. I had a sweater in the washer that decided to shed so my entire wardrobe is covered in lint. Probably the best pound I have spent.

I also went back and visited the outside of the Tower of London. It was by far my favorite thing I saw in London last tim. If it wasn't so expensive I would have toured it again in a heartbeat. Good thing the family went when we did though and not now. A couple of the towers are covered up for construction work. I went back (in the pouring rain) to visit the Tower Shop. Why? Well, if you truly know me, you know I am obsessed with Henry VIII. Last time I was here I bought Henry VIII and Anne Bolyen Christmas ornaments. I went to buy another to add to my collection.The other Queen I bought has something in common with Anne. Brownie points to whoever guesses it (I assume my Grandma Diane will be the first to know).

I'm staying at a hostel for the first time. I quite like it. It's kinda like a dignified frat house. My room looks like something out of Harry Potter. There are curtains on my bed and a reading lamp. Not bad for how little I am paying. It is right by the Tube too which is nice.

I leave Thursday morning. Or, I hope I leave Thursday morning. The French have called for yet another strike on Thursday. I wish they would just give up. The Senate has already passed the bill to raise the retirement age (from 60 to 62, poor things). Get over it and get back to work! But that is just my opinion...