Sunday, October 9, 2011

Classes, Cambridge, and Comida!

These past two weeks have been a lot of fun for me and Paige. Classes started at LSE this past week for me, and Paige started a French class! The economics, finance, and economic history classes have been really great with very good professors, and very smart kids. I think I have it easier than Paige though. In her first class the teacher spoke French for the first hour! Luckily, she speaks English, too, and Paige has excelled. Hopefully I will have the same luck in my classes - sometimes it seems as though my professors are speaking a foreign language, too!

This past weekend we took a day trip to Cambridge and checked out the other beautiful university campuses of England. Of the 31 universities in Cambridge, we got to see a few of the most beautiful. We got a great discount on train tickets by traveling with some friends we have made from Australia, and after doing circles on the buses in the city, found our way to a great little lunch spot that Virginia recommended to us. It was a cute apple orchard in a little town called Grantchester, which a nice old lady on the bus helped us find. Even though the "5 minute" walk turned into a 20 minute trek down a side street somewhere near Cambridge, it was neat to come to an orchard where, apparently, a lot of famous and smart people have been. After reading the list of "notables" who had eaten at this fine establishment, we had only heard of 3 of the 40+ people, so we figured we obviously were not intellectual enough to enjoy the history of the place, and we decided to take a walk down to the river. There also seems to be a translation error in what a river in the US is and what an English river is. At a little more than 3 feet wide, the river was not exactly roaring, and the one man fishing there said he had not had any luck. It was, however, a pretty little creek.

This past week we have also realized that the best way to overcome small storage space in the kitchen, is by going grocery shopping...a lot. So, we have gotten to know quite a few of the small grocery stores around our place and have really enjoyed cooking in our small kitchen. Everything from marshmallow brownies, to tonight's tortilla soup has been delicious thanks to Paige!

So far our time in London has been pretty great and we are really enjoying being in a new town and meeting new people. More to come later!

2 comments:

  1. I love the updates, keep them coming!

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  2. I'm so glad y'all were able to find it! I think we got pretty lost walking there too...

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