A Catch Up



Second floor of The Pembrooke

After my interview I went back to Thoresby on the tube (and figured out how all by myself). I changed, had lunch then walked over to City University where I'd be taking some classes. The interns in the program all gathered for a kind of orientation then we split up for a scavenger hunt across the city. I teamed up with some girls from Lehigh, Lauren and Katie, who also live at Thoresby. Their friend Michael and a girl named Dominique later joined the group. From there we covered the hot spots - St. Paul's Cathedral (across the street is the Millenium bridge from HP!), Covent Gardens, a great market place where we had some delicious ice cream at this kind of fetish styled shop called "The Icecreamists" (the servers wore leather military hats and tights), Charing Cross, where we browsed through the halls of the National Gallery, Westminster and finally Parliament Square, home of the Houses of Parliament (Big Ben too) and across the street to the London Eye.
My feet were killing me and I was exhausted (still sniffling) but Katie, Lauren and I headed back to Thoresby to clean up then go down to our local pub, The Eagle. Where we also spent our first night trying out the different beers (none of which I had ever heard of before except Guiness). Michael came down from Earl's Court to join us, he's a hoot is all I can say.
The next day came with a short meeting then lunch at Dabucka, a Lebanese restaurant, that was dimly lit with blue sashes covering the ceilings and walls. Lunch was followed by more sightseeing and later more drinking, this time at a club on Shoreditch (an area right next to Hackney with bars and clubs). It was a 10 pound cover to get in to "Favela Chic" but the cocktails were good and the music was even better - lots of reggae tone/infusion style with a few random American songs thrown in.