End of day..... only 4? haha.

So it feels like we've been here over a week, but I guess it's only been four days... jet lag is something else.... it's almost 2am our time here.. and we've been up hanging out with our "flatmate" Britni, and our new friend Chelsea (who is also from MSU - ironic, aye?)... everyone's getting ready to crash for the night, but it's my turn with the cable for internet, so I'll use it while I can :-).
Today was pretty uneventful - it was the first day that was completely unscheduled. So we refrained from setting an alarm and woke up when we felt like it (for Sarah and I it was noon - ha, I love my roommate ;-))... we ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast/lunch and headed out to wander with JT. We walked around the Kensington - Chelsea borough (which is where we are) - taking pictures of the GORGEOUS buildings (this borough is one of the two richest ones in London), wandering into a few shops, and being stared at like we were Americans or something :-) until we reached Kensington Gardens.. we walked around Kensington Palace and discovered that Kensington Gardens/park is one of the most beautiful places ever... it was just like in the movies. A GREEN park, tons of people - couples, babies, families - with a huge pond in the middle with people feeding the hundreds of birds, ducks, geese, and swans wandering around... it was incredible.. after looking at a map later, we discovered that it actually connects to Hyde Park, which is right next to school for us, so we're hoping to picnic there for lunch most days :-). After we wandered around for a while and felt more secure in our bearings, we wandered into the grocery store for the third day in a row (people really only buy day by day here..) and bought supplies for a nicer dinner since we didn't go out to any pubs tonight :-). With Lisa's cooking skills we made chicken, rice and broccoli with cheese... it was GREAT.
We spent the rest of the night in the flat getting to know some of the other people in the program better and just spending the night in.. it was a really nice, quiet SUNNY day...

What's up for tomorrow you ask? Well, we might make it to Camden (sp?).. to wander around.. we're kind of going where the wind blows us until we have to be in class on Monday :-(.... but that's all I've got for you tonight folks...

Love you all,
Gen