Back Online!

Okay so the first three days we were here - NO internet access. There was some crazy bureaucracy about the fact that we weren't technically King's College students, blah blah. Our program directors finally got it all squared away so I got internet on Wednesday but it's been crazy the last couple of days. I had my first test today first of all. Not bad at all really. We were all really scared for a few days because there is SO SO SO much reading for the class - on average like 100 pages a night which is hard to balance reading and studying with we're in London and want to have fun / explore etc. I've met a lot of cool people here. There are only 6 of us from IUPUI and the other 34 are from Bloomington. We've kind of formed a group to hang out with which is the 6 of us and 4 Bloomington people most of the time... so 1/4 of us hang in a group a lot. But I've also hung out with more of the Bloomington people too. However they (on the average) are professional partiers and a little much at times for that reason b/c we have to study a little bit at least :)

This weekend some of us are going down to Wimbledon to see the finals of the men's tournament on Sunday and tomorrow there's actually a 4th of July celebration in central London which is crazy. I think after Wimbledon in the morning some of us are heading to Hyde Park to see a concert with Kid Cudi, Young Jeezy, Flo Rida and Kanye West among about 10 other that I don't know. So that should be a blast. Then the next weekend - Brussels Belgium and the following weekend - Amsterdam! So there's a lot happening in a short time! But I love it.

I'll fill you in on the last few days - we've gone out exploring every night after class. We have Harry Potter tickets for July 20th at the largest IMAX in the UK - awesome! And we have explored Leicester Square some more, Picadilly Circus, and Knightsbridge - which is the high-end shopping district of London where Armani, Prada, Burberry stores are located as well as Harrods- which is like Macy's New York but on steroids. It was nothing to see items that were between 40,000 and 100,000 pounds! That's a department store - with items between 65,000 and 170,000 dollars!!!!
I did buy some Burberry cologne and some Aramani underwear! woo hoo!
We also took an excursion to the town of Bath (Roman ruins and a BEAUTIFUL town), Windsor Castle and Stonehenge! All equally amazing!

If you want a post card (can't guarantee I'll get one to everyone - just shoot me your address to my email ranmarsh@iupui.edu!)

Now that I have internet in my room and things are calming down a little bit I should be able to blog with more consistency! So keep on the lookout!

- Randy