Darice in London!

Fellow Vassar and Cushing House gal pal Darice Murphy was in London this weekend!  She traveled from Madrid where she is studying abroad and it was lovely to be able to spend some quality time with her–she stayed over Saturday and Sunday nights.  Luckily, I was in prime London tour guide shape following madre/ma mère’s visit and showed Darice around the Londontown!  Her visit was also a great occasion to spend time with Annie and Jenna.

Besides seeing the sights documented below, we spent some time at the Tate Modern, danced Saturday night away at Zoo Bar in Leicester Square (to ridiculous 90s pop throwbacks while sipping on delicious cocktails), and watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix (clearly the best, and clearly tons of London references). All in all, a great weekend!  The downside: my bed will never be as warm as when I was spooning with my girl :(

Published in: on November 24, 2009 at 5:42 pm  Leave a Comment  
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London Calling for Madre!

MD in LondonOff to Heathrow I go!

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London Eye

Thanks to a sweet hook-up through FIE, I got to experience the London Eye for only £10!  I headed over after work on Thursday and was lucky enough to meet up with some other Manson Place residents–3 girls who live in another flat but go to Marist, so hang out in my flat a lot–which means I actually got to be IN photos!

Our “flight” began at 6:30pm, and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect.  We got to experience sunset, seeing London by day on the way up and London by night on the way down.  I know there are a lot of photos of the same views, but I really wanted to document the temporal experience more than anything.

Afterward, I headed back home to the lovely sight of Julia Arena!  We were both on the Cushing house team last year and lived in the same hall.  She is studying in Copenhagen, Denmark but was in London all week with her program for a study tour.  She came over and out with us on Tuesday night, and instead of leaving on Thursday with everyone else from the program she stayed with me until Saturday morning.  It was great to have a true friend here with me, and we had a great time.  We had a true pub dinner Thursday night, cooked an exceptional stir-fry with king prawns and oyster sauce for Friday dinner, invested in Party Rings for dessert, and went out on the London town to Zoo Bar (Leicester Square) on Friday night, where Annie Black met us with two of her flatmates.  It was quite the reunion!  I was so sad to see her go so early on Saturday morning.  It might have been a little too great having her here, cause now not pales in comparison :(

Published in: on October 10, 2009 at 6:33 pm  Comments (1)  
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