Walking was the word of the day today because we did SO much of it! For those of you that know me, you can probably guess that I really enjoyed it haha. I felt like a lump on a log this morning so it felt great to get out and explore the city! The weather was SO nice outside today so that made the walking that much better. It was warm enough for me to wear shorts today so I really enjoyed it.
Our first journey was to go find where one of my roommates internships is. We successfully found it after a little trouble but like I said it was nice to see different parts of the city and get out and do something. After we found that, we came back and went to the Marylbone Farye which was really cool! It was a festival to help raise money for teen cancer. TONS of local restaurants and vendors had booths set up all along the streets and it was really cool to see all the different foods and items that people were selling. The smells coming from all the restaurants were so good it was ridiculous. I wanted to eat everything like ususal haha but since I had lunch food at our flat I resisted the urg and saved money. I did end up splurging on a dark chocolate cookie that is nom nom nom though. It was so worth it though because it is delicious and I will be enjoying it for the next couple days. The score of the day though was when I bought a whole pineapple and 2 packs of green grapes off a local vendor for only 2 pounds total. The pineapple is perfectly ripe because I already had a tasting of it tonight haha.
While going through the festival, we finally found a good grocery store. The grocery stores here are SO different than the ones at home. We have it so good in the US in terms of buying groceries so I won't be taking that for advantage anymore. All the stores are so small, no selection, so expensive, and everything goes bad so quickly because they don't use preservatives. They also don't have like any low calorie or low fat stuff either which I find interesting. You would think that since they don't care about that stuff like we do in the US that they wold all be fat but that's not the case. I haven't seen one fat person which I find really interesting because their food isn't very healthy and they drink ALL the time. Guess it's because they walk everywhere but I guess I'll never know haha. Anyway, I finally found pretzels and salad dressing at the grocery store which I was very very happy about. I will be cooking deliciously all week so I'm very excited because I had my first stab at it last night when I made chicken stir-fry with veggies. I have to say it was really good and my roomie agreed even though I think I used too much soy sauce haha. O well live and learn I guess.
After we got back to the fair, we took another walk to find the Blockbuster here because we wanted to watch some movies at night. We rented a ton of English inspired movies like The Other Boylen girl and Elizabeth because we were inspired by our tour of Westminster Abbey yesterday. We watched The Other Boylen Girl and part of Elizabeth and I have to say, the royal family was way way messed up. I don't know what all those people where thinking but just watch the movies and you'll understand. Although I think they were crazy, it is a very entertaining and interesting story.
Tomorrow is my interview for my job and needless to say I'm very very nervous. The designer that I'm interning for will be personally meeting and interviewing me when I get there so that's going to be interesting. I'm really excited because it's a fabulous opportunity but still very intimidating. Hopefully I won't get lost on my way there because apparently I have to take 3 different trains on the tube and it said give yourself 40-60 min to get there. I will definitely be leaving at least an hour and a half early because I do NOT want to be late and I figure it's better to be early than late. So pray that I get there on time and that my interview goes well haha. It's not till 2 so I will have time to get up and be completely prepared for it so I'm happy about that. Hopefully the weather will be as good as it was today too because I'll be in nice clothes haha. Fingers crossed! Well anyway I'm heading to bed soon but Happy Father's Day to my daddy and I'm sad I can't be with him :( Love you dad!
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