This should have been 4 different posts, but I'm a little behind.

There's always something to see and do around London, that's for sure. On Wednesday, I went to the Victoria and Albert Museum (The V&A). As all other museums, this one is massive. I thought the building itself was impressive. I began wandering around rather aimlessly when a lady came up to me and asked if I wanted to join a tour. This one happened to be of the British Galleries. After the tour, I went to the floor called Materials and Techniques which showcased ironwork, metalwork, glass and ceramics. I then saw some of the galleries devoted to different countries before ending my day with a visit to a musical instrument exhibit followed by a visit to the fashion exhibit.








Ladies, can you imagine walking in these?

This exhibit was in the process of being set up.

On Wednesday, there were a lot of people sketching at the V&A. The next morning, I bought a sketchbook and went back to the V&A after class to do some sketching, which I haven't done in a long time. I should mention that Thursday morning was once again an early morning as it was time for another Lost screening.

The Science Museum was across the street from the V&A. Overall, it was pretty disappointing (as I kind of expected it to be), although I did see something that made me laugh. There was a whole floor of scenes of everyday life and work places in the 1900s. One of them was supposed to be a bacteria lab from the 1950s, although I'm pretty sure that the museum felt it was sufficient to simply order lab supplies from Fisher Scientific and make them look a little dirtier because everything looked a lot like the materials I've used in lab.

Sam and I had been talking about making crepes for a while. So on Thursday night, we made dinner and desert crepes. We stuffed the dinner crepes with chicken, spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, and pesto sauce and the desert crepes with baked apples and peanut butter.



Friday was our first trip outside of London! That morning we took a one and a half hour bus ride to Oxford. The town was very cute, and the university buildings were gorgeous as expected.








We then visited Christ Church and the Tudor Dining Hall. Not only was it the inspiration for Hogwarts in Harry Potter, but it was also where Lewis Carroll and Charlie Chaplin dined and where Charles I held his parliament. We also met Talia, who is studying at Oxford this semester.









Speaking of Lewis Carroll, we passed this cute little store devoted to Alice in Wonderland.

I then followed a sign to Oxford Castle. I thought that I might finally get to tour a castle, which I have yet to do in London. However, when we got closer to the castle, I realized that this was not like any castle I was interested in touring. It had a gift shop stuck to its side, and Sam even found a Krispy Kreme stand inside.


Sam and Josh found the physics department with the intention of recreating a scene from the most recent episode of Lost at the expense of the receptionist. At this point, I turned around and pretended not to know them.

We went to a couple pubs. The first one was the oldest pub in Oxford (I think built in the 1300s). It also had a sign that said "It is alleged that it was here at the Turf that Bill Clinton while here at Oxford University during the sixties 'did not inhale' whilst smoking -- illegal substance." We then went out to a bar with Talia. After that, we said bye to Talia and went to another pub that claimed to be one of Bill Clinton's favorites.





We then ran to the bus (see Josh's blog for the video), and after my first trip on a night bus in London I made it home by 2am.

The next day, we went to a football match. It was freezing outside, and I couldn't feel my toes by the time the game ended, but we had great seats and it was a lot of fun. The match was Fulham v. Portsmouth. Fulham (the home team) won 3-1.




Whew! I know that was long, so if you actually read to the end, then thank you!