Winding Down…

After Ben left, my weeks were pretty damn boring. I locked myself in my room trying to get a 20 page paper done, a group project turned in, a 2,000 word essay, and study for finals all at the same time. I also had to keep up with all my work at my internship. My last day was bound to come around eventually, but I don’t know if I was ready for it. I bought flowers for Edwina and breakfast for the office and Edwina, Katie, Eleanor, and Jose got me a present! It’s a British cook book, which is perfect because I love to cook, and Ben likes it when I cook. They wrote a bunch of really nice things to me, yearbook style. I am seriously going to miss working for Amazing PR, they taught me so much (proposals, press releases, chase-ups, writing, liaising with clients and publications) and I can’t thank them enough for welcoming me into the company.

After finals and papers were finally turned in, I started focusing on more important things, touristy things!! I went to the Zoo this past Friday with my good friend Bilal. He was having a panic attack, threatening what he would do to me if there weren’t any lions. Thank god there were lions, but they were asleep- that didn’t make him very happy. And when the tiger was asleep too, I thought I saw tears in his eyes. We went into the “nightlife” building and there were rats crawling in tubes above your head. I almost died. There was only one gorilla to see and the baby they promised was nowhere to be seen. We tried to see the penguins, but they aren’t being shipped to London till May- which makes little sense to me.

We also saw the monkeys- they weren’t in any cages! And then we looked at bugs, which was creepy and my skin was crawling the whole time. We eventually went back to the tiger den and he was awake, happy! He even gave us a growl, which I thought was a nice touch. Anyway- it was actually a really fun time for being such a lame zoo.

Saturday I went to the Aquarium (I was having a major need for animals this weekend) with Elaine. We were over by the Thames and next to the London Eye (along with the million other tourists in the city). We saw sharks, lots of exotic and normal looking fish, and touched starfish. Afterward we ate hot dogs and doughnuts (weird combination I know), overlooking the Thames and Parliament- so pretty.  

I can’t believe I’m on my last week in London. Just a few more days and I will be back in merry old Evansville (doesn’t quite have the ring I’m looking for). Anyway, I’ll be posting one more blog before I am officially off the continent, so keep an eye out.

Love from London,

B