Don't Feed the Birds

     I'm going to take a minute to address a certain avian problem that London has. Pigeons. There are literally pigeons everywhere you look. And they are the fattest birds in the entire world. Many times I will see a pigeon fail at flying a few times before it manages to get more than about two feet off the ground. They also have a great tendency to fly right at your face as you walk by. I've taken to ducking when I see a pigeon because I don't exactly want feathers in the face. And while I have never been the biggest bird person (I'm lookin at you familia, with all of your Ohio Bird Books), I've always at least appreciated them. Until now. So please don't feed these birds. They do not need any extra food. Their young ones are not hungry, their nests are not bare. Save your tuppence.

Abbey Road!..of M&Ms!

    Hello! Friday began as any normal morning full of procrastination and then heading to class. After class, my friend Hope and I headed to St. Paul's to meet up with her friend Shelly who is studying in a manor house in England, but was in London for the day. It was so much fun! We walked across the Thames and wandered around Borough Market sampling different foods before crossing back over the river for dinner. We ate at Ye Old Cheshire Cheese pub. I had steak and kidney pudding (a kind of pie) and definitely avoided the pieces that qualify as the kidney part of that dish. Even so, it was delicious! I also finally had sticky toffee again, which I haven't had since the first full day in London. We then wandered around the Trafalgar Square area. We walked to Buckingham Palace and then headed up towards Leicester Square where we stumbled upon M&M World. This may be a huge tourist trap but it also is pretty cool. It is a large building with five floors dedicated to selling M&Ms and t shirts and such. They even had a mood indicator. I was Orange, which meant I was apparently nervous because I was afraid someone was going to take my peanut M&Ms. It was a great day!

so many feathers!

   Saturday I woke up early to go to a political event for my British Politics class. After spending about 15 minutes searching around King's Cross Station for the event I returned home to realize I had the wrong day...it is NEXT Saturday. Oh well! Later Deanna and I headed to Trafalgar Square where World Pillow Fight Day was being held. Thousands of people were packed into the square to watch the air fill will feathers. The ground was literally covered. It was crazy and awesome. We then walked through the National Portrait Gallery before heading home. My night ended by watching The Princess Bride with Hope, Warren, and Olivia. It was fun! Today has been a day of actually really working on homework (I'm caught up on theatre reviews, what is life?). This evening Deanna, Krissy, Caitlan, and myself tried to go to a fringe play for class. When we got there we found out that the play had actually been four hours earlier. TimeOut had the times wrong. We'll just have to find another one!

   Tomorrow is the first "full week" of classes I'll have had in two weeks...and that is with class cancelled for Friday!