Brighton, Bath, Stonehenge

Last weekend we went to Brighton, Stonehenge, and Bath.

Brighton is a town by the sea with a very cute pier. It reminded me of Santa Monica.

It was VERY rainy on our trip to Brighton. We were completely soaked-jeans, socks, everything. However, there comes a point when you are SO wet that you stop caring, and that is when things get fun. Our umbrellas were being blown inside out and broken by the wind. We had a great time teasing one member of the group who insisted that his American umbrella was of better quality than our cheap, $2 umbrellas from here. As you can probably guess, his umbrella definitely snapped in half by the end of the day. It was hiLARious, let me tell you!

The next day we went to Stonehenge. No rain this time, but EXTRA wind. These are five of the six Americans in my program who are studying at Reading. We have fun together. Lauren was kindly holding my bangs (aka "fringe") down for me, because they were blowing in my face. Thanks Lauren!

Finally, we visited Bath. This is me in front of the Roman Baths, which were built in AD 43. Crazy huh??

Last night I watched election coverage until 2:30am with friends from America, England, Malaysia, and Switzerland. I think I will always remember it! This morning I woke up to cheering as my floormates discovered that Obama had won. One of them offered me champagne when I stumbled out of my room to visit the bathroom. I politely declined. I think it is safe to say that our foreign relations are looking a tad brighter with Obama as our future leader...it seems as if the rest of the world is obsessed! Hopefully he can follow through on all of this change he talks about...

Today we celebrated Guy Fawke's day here in England-"Remember remember the fifth of November." If you don't know what I am talking about, go watch V for Vendetta. We went to a fireworks party at someone's house, and it was pretty fun. But, I would like to mention that the fireworks that they were shooting off would DEFINITELY be illegal in the US.

Also, they tried to make s'mores, and it was not too successful; instead of roasting marshmallows on a stick, they put the marshmallow between a cookie/biscuit thing, wrap it in foil, and set it on the fire. So, the cookie burned and the marshmallow was lukewarm. Not the best tactic.

I guess that's it for now...

On Friday morning I am leaving for Italy for the weekend. Ahhhhh!!!