Weekend in London

After a brief mishap with my flight to Scotland, I decided to stay in London for the weekend. After traveling for about four weekends in a row it was a nice break away from the usually exhausting travel cycle. On Thursday Corey, Zack, Torrey and I went out to our favorite Thursday night spot called O'Neil's in Piccadilly Circus. It is a cool three story bar/club where a lot of Americans go and on Thursdays they have a live cover band. Torrey and I got a song dedicated to us which was pretty cool. Friday, we got up and decided to go to one of my favorite places in London called Covent Garden which is an open square with tons of shops and street performers. From there we walked along the River Thames underneath the London Eye all the way to the Millenium Bridge. After this we continued to walk around the area near St. Paul's Church and then back up to Trafalger Square where we went to our favorite spot: Gordon's Wine bar. Friday night we went to Piccadilly Sports cafe to watch the NCAA games. (I was in first going into the sweet 16, but dropped out after Memphis lost...bummer)

Saturday, we went to a place called Portobello Market. This market was huge, taking up several city blocks which was very cool to see. It was packed despite intermittent hail and rain throughout the day. They basically sold everything that markets sell, but the people watching was very hilarious. From the market, we took a stop by Hyde Park, but our journey was cut short by massive hail, so we took a cab back to school.

On Sunday, a group of about ten of us went to the famous Oxford v. Cambridge crew race on the Thames River. Our location was near the Hammersmith Bridge and the entire walkways alongside the river were packed with people. Though we literally only got to see about 15 seconds of the race, it was a good thing to say that we have done.

I hope all is well at home.

I can't believe that we only have a month left here.

Cheers,

Paul