A Typical Day and My Trip to London!

Some of you might be wondering, I can't seem to go on in life until I know how exactly Rachel spends all of her days in England! Well, this post is for you.

I wake up
Go work out
Go to my one class of the day
Come back
Eat Lunch
Do nothing
Find out what my friend Jim is doing
Harrass him for a bit
Make dinner
Have some friends over or see a movie or go explore the town.

Unfortunately it hasn't really varied from this. I don't have homework or tests to do or study for so I'm afraid my days are not terribly stimulating intellectually. I do enjoy cooking, though. After avoiding the stove and oven like the plague growing up, I am enjoying it more and more.

I went to London last weekend and had a great time! My study abroad program took us out to dinner and put us up in the Clink Hostel (apparently used to be a jail - clever), and we spent Saturday exploring at sight seeing.

We saw Big Ben, the Portrait Museum, The London Eye, Buckingham Palace, and did the double decker bus tour. We're not tourists or anything.

My spring break plans are shaping up nicely!

My friends Jim and Mark and I are flying out of London on Wednesday, March 25 to Rome, and are going to explore Italy, Paris, and Spain for about ten days. We are also looking into a trip to Africa to go on a safari!! Then, my mom comes and we will spend a week in London. I can't wait!
Here is me and Jim in London

and here is the group I traveled with, my friends Annie and Janelle, and me and Jim in front of Big Ben!


The weekend is about to begin, and I have no real plans... except my brother Matt and my Dad are coming in two weeks! I'm excited. I think we are going to Scotland for a long weekend. Talk to you soon!

Rachel

Amsterdam

Thursday Feb 5
4:30pm Took bus to Lancaster Train Station
5:00 Train to Wigan Station, switched
6:00 Train to Liverpool Station
8:00 Bus to Holiday Inn Express near Liverpool Airport

Friday, Feb 6
12:00 am Decide to go to bed, as flight to Amsterdam is at 6 am next morning
12:30 Decide to stay up all night
2:30 Go to bed
3:00 Fall asleep
3:30 Time to get up
4:30 Shuttle to Liverpool Airport
6:15 Flight from Liverpool to Amsterdam Airport
8:00 Arrive in Amsterdam
8:30 Train to hostel
9:00 Try to check into hostel, can't until noon.
9:00 The threats begin (ie, "If I can't take a nap at exactly 12, I'm going to start screaming"
9-12 Walk around, eat lunch, threats continue
12:00pm Van Gogh museum, threats increase in volume and severity
4:00 Nap time!
7:00 Dinner
9:00 Tour town, Start to feel not so great, coughing, shaking, and aching.
10:00 Rachel is in bed

Saturday, Feb 6
1:00 am Everyone comes home, wakes Rachel up
10:00 am Wake up
12:00 Anne Frank House (this was great, all jokes aside)
2:00 Heineken Tour (actually called the "Heineken Experience")
5:00 Fever hits, cough continues, right eye becomes bloodshot and goopy.
6:00 Skip dinner
10:00 Everyone goes out, Rachel is in bed. Again.

Sunday, Feb 7
1:00 am Everyone wakes up Rachel again. Cannot open right eye.
10:00 am Wake up, check out
10:30 Sit in cafe with book, fever, and first drafts of my Last Will and Testament
2:30 Train to Amsterdam Airport
5:00 Plane from Amsterdam to Liverpool
6:00 Bus to Liverpool Train station
6:32 Realize last train was at 6:30, now must wait for 8:30 train
6:35 Nobody minds because there is a Chinese buffet across the street. Currently can't hear out of either ear, realize the goop in my eye kind of looks like Egg Drop Soup, and face is red and estimate a fever of about 101-102. I drink tea, while everyone feasts on Sweet and Sour Pork and Chicken Balls. Resolve never to eat Egg Drop Soup again.
8:30 Board train to Preston
9:30 Change trains, Preston to Lancaster
10:00 Bus to campus.
10:03 In bed.
10:03:30 Asleep and grateful for the closest thing to my own bed.