Mid-Term Crunch and a Quick Synopsis of Previous Adventures

Due to the overwhelming concept of actually being in England for an extended period of time, it’s taken me a while to adjust and thus a while to update my blog. So, this will be an attempt to update briefly on things I’ve done, experiences and trips that are the light at the end of the dark tunnel that is my mid-term essay pile.

First off I would like to explain where I do my grocery shopping. The nearest grocery store is called ASDA, it’s basically a giant Walmart superstore and is in fact, owned by Walmart. Layed out the same, easy to navigate and I don’t mind it. What I do mind is the absurd variety of food that it sells!

Example, the flavours of crisps.

The hotdogs...

And this needs no explanation.

That cake was actually part of something I really like about going to school here, the overwhelming presence of Doctor Who. A group of us had a season finale party 2 weeks ago and the cake from ASDA was a fun treat.

I also spent a weekend in England with my friend Casey only to be hit with a freak heat wave. Our hostel room was 45 degrees Celsius and the streets were at least 30 degrees. It was actually great sunny weather and really added to the trip. I rode the London Eye, went to London Dungeons (SCARY STUFF) and completed a dream of mine. I went to the Sherlock Holmes museum.

The Sherlock Holmes museum is at 221b Baker Street and is basically a remake of the house from the Conan Doyle books. I’ve been a huge Sherlockian for a while and it was such a dream come true to stand in Holmes’ study and look over the journals of John Watson. I did raid the gift shop a bit but it was a worthwhile investment. There was a Beatles store beside the museum which was a nice perk as well.

Last week I went to Cornwall for three days on a King Arthur epic of sorts. It was a trip with 20 of my classmates where we went to sites from the Legends of King Arthur and a random out of place giant indoor jungle (the biggest jungle in captivity apparently) called the Eden Centre. I climbed up the Tor, and the Holy Grail is said to be buried at the bottom somewhere, and I also navigated the beautiful ruins of the castle the King Arthur was born and spent his childhood in. I’m also pretty into the legends of King Arthur and loved the experience as well.

So many other things have happened and I feel that a post on dorm life and my new friends is in order but I just don’t have the time right now. The mid-term crunch is on and between running from my dorm to the castle for classes 3 times a day I’ve been living in the library or the computer lab attempting to keep ahead of things. I do have my midterm trip quickly approaching, I’m leaving Sunday for Scotland and am ridiculously excited.

Links to pictures from all adventures listed in this post are available on my pictures page. (Or will be soon)

Will Update soon with more interesting things and possibly a better writing style.

-MegaTron