Last week in the UK

What a whirlwind my last week in the UK was. On Monday I greeted Gina at the train station with a welcome to Portsmouth sign (that was upside down, but that is besides the point)! As I was waiting some random kid asked me if I had an ID on me to buy him fags (cigarettes) I was so excited to see her! I took her back to my dorm (she didn’t have time to be jet lagged haha) and we headed straight to the Isle of Wight. We took a Hoover craft over (which was way cool) and the island was absolutely beautiful! It was just a journey to get to the hotspots because we had to take a bus to the edge of the island, but the long journey was so worth the view! After we got back we met up with Brenden (Gina’s friend who she knows from Ohio that has been living in London). It was an adventure because it was all three of us in my tiny room so it was like bumper carts getting ready. But after hanging out, we went to Liquid and Envy! It was a fun night other than the fact that I forgot my ID. I tried to get in using Fnaan’s id, but since I couldn’t spell her elaborate last name of W-O-L-D-E-G-I-O-R-G-I-S so the bouncer at Liquid would NOT let me in! I was a bit upset because when I had previously forgotten my ID I was let in but NO, not this night. So Gina and I had to walk all the way back where we ran into some characters that we eventually ended up seeing at the bar when I was finally let in! But liquid was a good night, I had LOTS of fun (lets just put it that way), the end of the night kinda sucked when I was told to go back to America because I was talking to another girls “crush” but it was a fun night otherwise!

The next night we headed out to the registry for a final night of pound pints! It was fun as usual, and I will definitely miss going there. After the registry we went back hung out in the Pier room and Charles got some pizzas!

On Wednesday, I had my final exam so that morning I woke up to study for it (for the first time haha). Then headed out to get lunch and do some shopping at PRIMARK (the prime cheap clothing spot out here)! I then headed to my exam wrote some stuff down for my essay exam, and was finally officially officially done! That night Gina helped me pack, Fnaan came over we watched the Hills, and then headed out of Portsmouth the next morning.

It was pretty sad leaving Portsmouth, I feel like I have grown as a person and experience so many things while out here. Also I have met great people that I really hope to keep in touch with!

Mary, Rachel, Charles, J, Mynhardt (new guy haha) and Lee have been the reason my experience in Portsmouth was so great! They are all great people and I am so glad to have met them!

London

I had been to London previously a few times before, so when my aunt and sister arrived I was able to show them everywhere! We were able to see all the main attractions, but this time we did the London Dungeon, which wasn’t scary. Personally, I feel like haunted trail the frat at western puts on is A LOT more scary! And Gina and I got on the LONDON EYE! Talk about SCARY, but BEAUTFIUL! The view you could see from the eye was amazing. I started to get a bit freaked out halfway through it since we were so high, but it was so worth it!

Funny quote from London “Tony Blair you there” hahaha (this occurred when on Downing street)-we were joking though!