So we met a Jewish American bartender named India....

Last night we went to a pub called the Duke of York and became friends with the bartender there... we were the only people there, it's a cute small place down the street.  India told us we could come to break the fast there on Yom Kippur and she will have the chef make us bagels and lox! Too funny. It is going to be our local place.  Oh and last night I booked my first weekend getaway!!!  Dublin here I come (oct 7-10) wooo...I think 4 or 5 of us in the flat are going and two of our friends from Syracuse are there.  I'm excited!

This morning we woke up extra early to walk to school.  It took us about 45 minutes but was really easy...straight down Oxford Street to the end.  I had my art history field trip so we all met outside the British Museum and then took an hour tour.  We saw and learned how to identify parts of the Parthenon, the Rosetta Stone, and a family tomb.  While we were outside the museum our teacher explained to us the structures on the top of the building and how at every museum/gallery the outside structures will let you know what is inside the museum/gallery.  Pretty cool.  I also learned the difference between a museum and a gallery.  Galleries are in chronological order (oldest to most recent) and then sorted geographically.  Museums are the opposite and are sorted geographically and then chronologically within that.  Also, galleries are just art while museums can include food, science, etc.... interesting. (There is a good chance I just wrote all that to earn brownie points from grandma...love you!)

Kylie, Flynn and I then went to a cute cafe near the museum, finally time to rest my feet.  I had a cappuccino and spinach quiche, yummm. We talked about life and had a great relaxing meal.  Kylie and I then figured out the bus route home (took a while, stupid tube strike).  After taking a break at home we decided to take a walk through Hyde Park.  It is literally two blocks away and we haven't explored it yet.  I'm really glad we finally did because it's gorgeous. The park is huge...there are lounge chairs set up in random areas...lots of pigeons : / .... and a really nice pond/lake called the Serpentine.  There are random cafe's and tourist areas throughout the park and on the water as well as memorials and structures.  We tried to find the Peter Pan statue but had no luck with that.  We came out on another corner of the park..Kingsbridge...which was kind of near Piccadilly I think.  It was really high end..burberry, dulce and gabbana, and a hotel called the Mandarin Orange which was really nice.  We then trekked back home.  What a day....I will post more pics of the museum and the park on facebook later this week probably.

Homework time....