Days 3-5

First day of school!
Monday was the first day of school. Masi took Topics and Media and Mullen took Fundamentals of Communications and PR. Masi quickly switched out of her class and is now enrolled in Literature in London. Mullen believes that the PR class is the best class that she has ever taken. These are both Regents University classes taught by Regents teachers (with accents) and meet on M/W. On T/R, we take Auburn classes: Masi taking British Lit and Mullen taking Creative Writing. Both very exciting and fun!

On the 3rd day, we started our classes which last a long 3.5 hours, but the time actually goes by pretty quickly! After that, we went to check out the student bar that is located on the university's campus and was hosting "welcome drinks" that night. We met a few new friends are from America but spending 6 weeks at Regents.

After that, we tried to find a fun pub to go to, but we ended up just taking a walking tour of London because we had no idea where we were going and couldn't find anything. Even though we walked a lot, it is true what people say about London: everything is closer than you think!

The next day, we went to our prospective Auburn classes (Brit Lit/Creative Writing) and then traveled with a group of enthusiastic super-fans in our group to see the filming of the British TV show, Sherlock. Neither of us had ever seen the show, but it was still cool to see everything! We did get to see Martin Freeman who has starred in a number of films including Love Actually and recently, The Hobbit.

After that, we traveled to a magical place called Harrods. We spent a large amount of time walking around, oo-ing and ah-ing at all of the gorgeous clothes (hats, shoes, and everything else you could ever want in life) that were FAR from our price range. It was so much fun! 

Next, we traveled to Kings Cross Station and almost made it to Hogwarts (not really)! Despite Masi's fierce hatred for Harry Potter, we had a grand time visiting Platform 9 3/4 because the guys that were working the photo-op, were absolutely hilarious! (I did not enjoy it -Masi) They gave us scarves that on the count of 3, would throw them up in the air to make the photo look more real? I'm not really sure, but it was pretty funny.

That night, we went to Regents Park for a picnic and duck feeding. We got some wine and sandwiches at the local grocery store and sat in a circle, enjoying the picturesque setting. We even got to watch a guy do a personal training session with 2 women that were hilariously struggling while he yelled in their face. I would have definitely been struggling as well because he was INTENSE.

The next day, we discovered the city of Camden, which is pretty close to Regents Park, to a drink milkshakes at a restaurant named Byrons & they were delicious. It was a normal restaurant, but we showed up with a group of around 20 just for milkshakes, but the host was very nice about that, thankfully.

Today, we took a field trip with our Auburn classes to the Museum of London! It was so fascinating and cool!