On Wednesday, after my
class (Conservation and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems) Hayley and I went
on another adventure in London!
Our first visit was the
Wellcome Collection, a free museum for the “incurably curious”. We got to see the ‘Miracles and
Charms’, ‘Medicine Man’, and ‘Medicine Now’ exhibits, which were super cool!
The ‘Medicine Now’ collection was my favorite.
Next, we checked out St.Pancras Parish Church; it’s so lovely being able to explore all of these beautiful old buildings for
free!
After the church we headed across the street to check out
the British Library, which is absolutely massive! The
building is really cool, and we got to see a free Charles Dickens exhibit (in
honor of his 200th birthday!). I’ll definitely need to go back and
check out the other exhibits and collections.
We also headed past St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel,
a super fancy hotel that looks like a castle, and visited King’s Cross Station
for the obligatory visit to Platform 9 and ¾! I’ll definitely have to go back
and get more pictures.
From there, we headed to Grays Inn Road and Calthorpe
Arms Pub, where we met all of the Emory study abroad students currently in London!
It was nice to meet all of the students at different colleges in the city, as
well as our study abroad advisor who lives in London , Anneka! Emory paid for
our dinner; kI had a wonderful cheese, apple, and pear tart with a salad and
potatoes. Anneka also got all of us sticky toffee pudding, a traditional British
dessert. All of the food was absolutely wonderful; I don’t know why people
think the Brits can’t cook!
After dinner, Anneka lead us on a short tour of Bloomsbury
on the way back to our dorms. It was a really fun night!
I still can't get over how quickly it gets dark in London; the sun seems to go down around 4-4:30 PM! I'm looking forward to the days getting longer, for sure!
