Hello there! Alright time to just catch up on all the adventures. I apologize if this is scatter-brained and choppy and makes you sea-sick but here we go! On Sunday, we took the tube and train (about 45 minutes of travel time) and I went to Young Women's for my calling. One girl showed up and that's typical. So I hope to get to know her better and see if we can encourage the others to come. I'm going to teach the lesson next Sunday so wish me luck! Oh and it was fast-and-testimony meeting so the bishopric invited us all up to bear our testimonies and introduce ourselves, so that spiced things up! So Monday we journeyed to Cambden Market. Kristina and I got separated from everyone so we just explored the market together. I didn't realize it was a bartering market, so I was taken off-gaurd when one of the guys started trying to sell me a dress. I didn't really know what I was doing, but apparently I did well! He started at 20 pounds and I got him down to 11, but then I still refused to buy it :). We also found Primark (Forever 21 on steroids) which is basically black Friday every day and you can get shirts for a few pounds. Oh we also had fun trying to figure out strange foreign styles.

On tuesday I went jogging in the morning and it was raining quite a bit. I like jogging in the rain though so it was a treat. Here's a few photos from the jog! Someone just left flowers on a bench like this and the other is of a heart carved on a willow tree. Again, who knows what the stories are behind them, but it's fun to imagine!

Ashley and I did a 'London Walk' for our London Walks class later on Tuesday. It was really fun and we didn't get lost! I found Wood Street and had to take a picture. I was getting a lot of confused looks when I took this picture. My favorite is the man to my right! T

That night we went to the play 'One Man Two Guvners'. Well we took the tube in small groups and everything was going just dandy. We arrived at the National Theatre and were looking for where our play was showing, so I decided to ask one of the ticket holders. He looked at my ticket and kind of laughed and said we were at the wrong theatre!! We had ten minutes to get to the right theatre which was 15 minutes away, so we literally RAN through the tube stations and down stairs and escalators, lost poor Katie and then found her on a tube train again, and we ended showing up only about 10 minutes late, dripping in sweat! The play was great despite the craziness. I got a work out but more importantly learned that just because you are in a group, you can't just blindly follow whoever is leading. Got to pay attention! Alright so Wednesday, Thursday, today, and tomorrow, I am on a West trip. We headed out Wednesday morning for Whales and side then I have been to Stonehenge, Salisbury, Bath, Cornwall, St. Ives, St. Michael's Mount, and I'm currently in Penzance (no I am not a pirate...yet....). It's been great and I've had a lot of fun! It's a good way to get to know the others in the group too. I don't have time to explain all that has happened, so I'm just going to post some random pics of the past few days! Enjoy!

Tintern Abbey in Whales

Welsh coal mine- The Big Pit

Me and Celeste at Stonehenge-yes we tried to do a jumping pic. I just love how awkward it looks!

Me and Kristina before the treacherous 4.5 mile hike. We did not look this happy at the end! The views were breathtaking and so worth it though. The pictures don't do it any justice.

Roman Baths in Bath-I got to drink some of the water and it was disgusting!!!

Sheeeeeeeeepppppp!!!!

Cornish Pasty. It was pretty good!

On our way up to the castle at Michael's Mount

We love castles!!

Oh Shelby!!! Words cannot begin to describe her amazingness...

This man and his buddy biked 900 miles from Scotland to 'Land's End' in England. We just happened to be getting on the bus the moment he crossed the finish line and then got off his bike, onto one knee, and proposed to his girlfriend!! I think our American enthusiasm was a good touch to it all. Anyway I gotta get to bed! I'd love to post more pics and talk more about it all but I don't have time! I'm still loving every minute of it and I still keep pinching myself. I'm learning a lot about this beautiful land and about myself. Until next time!