The second week of my experience in London has been great. I have been up and down, over and under. Basically, exploring every corner of London sort of speak. London has so much to explore that could not be covered in a month. Although, I feel proud of myself because I have learned how to travel through the tube, bus, and train. At the beginning I was not confident riding any type of transportation without a group of people, but now I feel confident enough to ride by myself. Therefore, I have been taking advantage of the transportation passes and going on adventures around London.

Through this adventure I have been to many places and many more yet to explore during the last few weeks. Places I have visited/encountered include; London Eye, Tower of London, Aquarium, Ripley’s believe it or not museum, Oxford circus, Piccadilly circus, Royal Opera House, Childhood Museum, Wimbledon Tennis Lawn museum, Chatsworth, Winchester, Chawton, a few bars, local restaurants, and grocery stores. All of the places mentioned were amazing and they each contain significance to this journey.

As mentioned, there are many places that I would like to visit such as, the Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Camden Market, Hard Rock café, Brighton beach, and a few of their night clubs. Basically, anything that seems interesting along the way throughout my journey in this gorgeous city. The visitation to these places would probably work best during the weekend given I am taking two classes and on my free week days I have field trips for those classes. Which I cannot complain about the field trips, they are fascinating and fun.

  The first week in London was more oriented towards expectations of the CCSA program,   helpful tours around London and basically housekeeping stuff. My first impression once I entered the coach was “wow London is beautiful and odd”. I was very observant the first day, noticing everything from their road system to their buildings set up. I was thrown off by their vehicle steering wheel being on the right side and driving to the left, whereas in the U.S. we have our steering wheels on the right and we drive to the right.  Also I found it interesting how their different complexes are labeled such as court, mansion, and house. They are also located above businesses and are crammed into one big complex. London is a beautiful city with many places to explore in such little time. It is also a very busy place, there are pedestrians walking everywhere, crossing the streets like crazy, and running around all over the place.