BBQ turned Soiree!

I'm beginning to get a little less cranky about the food... It's still pretty bad though! I do however looooooove salmon and cream cheese sandwiches!!! Mmm'mm!

It's been pretty exciting around here. A bunch of us went out to The Sports Cafe in Picadilly last night. For 2 pound pints, we'll go anywhere! Londoners love their techno, and I'm beginning to appreciate it simply for decent (okay, good) dance music.

It's very posh here. None of the European students would wear blue jeans, a plain white T and flip flops to class, which is what I'm wearing now. Lots of tights, heels, big belts, high waisted skirts, loafers, sweater vests, and suit jackets. So yes, I feel a little out of place, but not horribly. The funny thing is that only Americans wear flip-flops, so you pretty much can always tell the American students from the European students.

There was a student "barbeque" the other day on the front lawn. Barbeque certainly wasn't the word for it. It was more like an outdoor soirée! American barbeques have burgers, beer, cole slaw... Yeah, this barbeque had all of that---including more. There was a big white tent with a gossamer ceiling, CHANDELIERS (!!!), wine, beautiful white picnic tables, astro turf on the inside of the tent. It was like a wedding, or the kind of wedding I would have, at least. Oh yeah, and the catering staff served us our food. Yes, much more classy than an American barbeque. ...I wonder if they know what a pig roast is...

I'm in the process of planning some trips with a few friends. This weekend there is a school trip to the Roman bath houses in Bath. Next weekend we're taking the bus to Liverpool to see The Beatles Museum, and what ever else we might happen to stumble across. It's about a five hour bus ride, but it's like, 5 pounds. If it's cheap, I'll do it. In a few weeks there is a school weekend pony trekking trip in Wales, so out in the country side. I'm super excited for that :-D Some people are talking about going to Greece for our semester break in October. I think I might like to go to Vienna to see the Spanish Riding School, so I may do that instead... You can also travel to Ireland fairly cheaply, so we'll see...