Skimming through my last entry, I am amazed at how much has happened since then! I'll start with the several new photo albums I've added since that entry: *Greenwich/Yiota's Birthday: For Yiota's birthday in August we spent the day in Greenwich where we (among other things) visited the Prime Meridian. We then relaxed in Starbucks until it was dark so we could take in the London lights (Big Ben, Parliament, Tower Bridge). *More Campus: On the one August day ...

Hello all! You will be happy to hear that I survived Graduation Week. After standing in a car park (parking lot) beginning at 6:00 am for five and a half hours everyday wishing I had some paint to watch drying to fight the mind-numbing boredom (not to mention spending nearly my entire shift on Friday out in the non-stop heavy downpours that caused serious flooding in many areas), I was more than ready for the week to end. I have since had a couple fairly producti...

Last weekend was a busy one in London with lots happening in and around the city: Wimbledon (well done, Venus Williams!), the Live Earth concert at Wembley, the Grand Prix, the 2nd anniversary of the 7/7 bombings on London's transport system, and the Tour de France. Since we finally had a gorgeous, warm, sunny day after a couple weeks of cool temps and rain, rain, rain, I decided to take advantage of the weather and check out the Tour de France. It was free and...

I may not be a hardcore tennis fan, but when my classmate Becky mentioned going to Wimbledon I was in! We decided to go on Tuesday 26th June because we were both free the entire day. This turned out to be a good choice seeing as that has been the only day of the championships so far that hasn't had rain delays. After a long tube ride, we arrived near the grounds and began to queue (wait in line). We knew it was going to be a bit of a wait when we were given a...

I may not be a hardcore tennis fan, but when my classmate Becky mentioned going to Wimbledon I was in! We decided to go on Tuesday 26th June because we were both free the entire day. This turned out to be a good choice seeing as that has been the only day of the championships so far that hasn't had rain delays. After a long tube ride, we arrived near the grounds and began to queue (wait in line). We knew it was going to be a bit of a wait when we were given a...