Well if you didn't already figure out, it rained quite a lot today. We started out the day dry but that didn't last very long at all. It rained pretty much all day which was a bummer and definitely didn't help with getting over the jet lag. And not only did it rain all day it was SO cold! And y'all know how I deal with the cold so the weather is not my best friend right now. It is currently pouring so needless to say walking to get to dinner was fun haha. I'm hoping that it won't be like this the whole time we're here but I know London is known for being rainy so keep your fingers crossed that it won't be!
Anyway enough about the weather. Today we had orientation and it was great! We had a police officer come and talk to us about safety which was very helpful and according to him Londoners love them some alcohol which I never knew. He was funny though because he was very very skinny so I would never take him for a police officer. Also interesting is that they don't carry guns, they only carry sticks to beat you with because apparently guns are illegal here. Anyway, the people from our program also gave us facts about London as a city and their culture...also very helpful. It's amazing how different the British are than us. I never knew that there were so many differences.
We took our first stab at the Tube today and thankfully we didn't get lost! The Tube is actually really nice and not very hard to figure out once you undestand how it works. It will be my best friend for the next 6 weeks as long as my legs haha. We walked SO many places today which was fun except for the fact that it was on and off raining all day which I already memtioned. We also got more information about our internships today which was really exciting! My interview is on Monday so please pray that it goes well because I will probably be peeing my pants from nerves. I'm interning for an up and coming Scottish fashion designer which I'm SO excited about! It's a fantastic opportunity and definitely a once and a lifetime opportunity so hopefully my interview will go well! Pretty sure she will be interviewing me since they told me to ask for her when I arrive on Monday. If that's not intimidating, I don't know what is haha. I'm very excited though and definitely ready to gain some experience in that area.
We then had a break for lunch and ate at a cute little Italian cafe. Margarita pizza nom nom nom. It was kind of expensive though. Everything here is kind of expensive unfortunately. After lunch, we had our first lecture for my class and our teacher was great! He was super interesting and we discussed British and American stereotypes as well as the differences between Great Britain and the United Kingdom. I actually learned a lot and our professor made it really fun so I'm actually looking forward to that class if it's going to be like it was today! We'll see though because it could turn out to be a bust haha. Tomorrow we have a sightseeing tour of London and I'm super pumped because I'm ready to see more of London. I still feel like we're not even really here because we haven't seen a lot of the city yet. Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow during it because I definitely want to see the city clearly!
We also got our first taste of London shopping today...well a little bit of it. We went to Primark, TopShop, and Neu Look (if that's how you spell it) and it was a little overwhelming. Primark is like a New York city Forever 21 x like 1000. It was absolutely nuts! There were SO many people everywhere and SO SO many clothes everywhere. I don't normally get overwhelmed in those kind of stores but it was SO crazy. Everything was way super cheap though because I saw shirts starting at 2 pounds. The clothes I'm sure are not good quality but if you need any basics or trendy items it's def the place to go. Neu Look is similar but a little more expensive and a little better quality. TopShop was the nicest of the 3 so I'll head back there some other time of the trip to buy something I really really like. I only bought a grey sweater because I didn't want to buy a lot of things that would fall apart and I definitely want to explore more shopping too. I needed the cardigan though because it's a lot colder than I expected. Mom, should have brought the tench haha. And we aslo found a TK Maxx...not TJ Maxx though it's TK. I guess it's their version and it was basically the same but we all just thought it was funny.
Alright alright enough about shopping sorry but I will be writing a lot about that when I'm here because y'all all know I love to shop! We're all still really tired so we'll prob head to bed earlier tonight so we can rest up to explore the city tomorrow! We're going to try to walk around to places we haven't seen yet and hit up a different grocery store because the one close to us is not so good. Well that's all I got for now so pray that it won't rain tomorrow haha! Love and miss all y'all!
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