Sod it... I'm out of fags!

I had a fabulous time in London! I spent my weekend relaxing and absorbing all the vibes that London has to offer. I arrived into the tiny London City airport on Thursday afternoon. I was picked up by Bronwen, a friend who had studied at Central. We went to her place, and one of her roommates had made a shepherds pie for supper. How British!We went sigh-seeing in Central London on Saturday- it was a beautiful day. I had to do all those things that American's are supposed to do in Britain. I saw the buildings of parliament, Buckingham palace, Big Ben, the London Eye, and so on. I drank beer in a British Pub, and heard the "Please mind the gap between the train and the platform" announcement while on the tube.

I was pissed when I found out that the World Premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film was on Sunday night. I wish I had known, because I would have stayed in London to catch a glimpse of the stars of the film. I was so surprised that they were setting up for the event on Saturday. That seems like a little late to me. I would not have wanted to be the person getting paid to get the event to happen. I mean, the World Premiere of Harry Potter is a pretty big thing, and to be unfinished the day before the event would freak me out.
This was fun. There were a lot of humps in the neighbourhood that Bronwen lives in. I had to take a photo because I'm amazingly immature.
I stopped by the Central College house in London to see if anybody I knew was in. They weren't, I was sad. However, I did get a photo to prove that I had arrived to Vandon House. It's amazing that the students who study in London have such an amazing location to all that Central London has to offer. I mean, compared to where they live, I'm pretty much in the country. Outside of Westminster Abbey, I ran into some students from the Wales program. How odd. This is Scott, a fellow environmental studies major, who just happened to be in London also. It was fabulously random. He apparently also ran into students from Central College who are studying in Spain. I swear, we Central students are taking over the world!It was Bonfire Night while I was in London. A night where people all over the UK celebrate the capture of 13 Catholic traitors 400 years ago who were planning to blow up parliament because they were displeased with the protestant King James I. Since they were caught, King James began a vendetta against Catholics, prompting him to get the bible rewritten (King James' Version) to promote Protestantism further. It was absolutely crazy. Fireworks are not illegal like they are in the states, and so anybody can buy fireworks. They were going off all around us all weekend long. Commercials on television showed people without hands and arms or with scarred faces telling people to be careful with fireworks. They also burn bonfires, with effigy of Guy Fawkes, the most known of the Catholic traitors. We went to see a city firework display. We went to the location for Lewisham, which turned out to be the largest display in all of the UK. It was estimated to have over 40,000 viewers. The display lasted a little under half an hour, and while we kicked British ass in the Revolutionary War- they've got us beat when it comes to blowing off fireworks.