Update on England

So the last two weeks I've done a lot, but because I've done so much, I haven't had time to write about much of it. I probably won't until the flight home, so here's a little bit.

Last weekend, I did a bunch of tourist things. Saturday I went to Westminster Abbey and then did the Tour of Buckingham Palace that you can only do in August. On Sunday, I went to the Tower of London and then walked back about 4 miles along the Thames.

During the week, I was mostly writing a 3,000 word essay that was due on Friday. I went to a casino for the first time and won 100 pounds, so that was cool.

On Friday, I took a bus from London to Amsterdam overnight including getting off on a ferry from England to France and got into Amsterdam on Saturday morning around 9 am. I spent the day in Amsterdam and we stayed a hotel outside Amsterdam. On Sunday, we went to a Dutch farm that makes Clogs and cheese. I volunteered for the clog making demonstration and got to make a clog. Instead of cutting of the extra wood, the guy left it on so it can be used to hold my iPhone on my night stand. His wife was American and her cousins are on the Cal football team. After that we drove for 3 hours to Bruges, in Belgium. It was a really cool city and we walked around for 2 hours, got some food, and got back on the bus. We drove for another 1.5 hours, went through French and English customs and took a ferry again. Then we drove for 2 more hours before getting back to London a little past midnight.

This week I'm focusing on my final which is on Friday at noon. I'm focused on just appreciating everything and the environment this last week, rather than trying rush a bunch of extra sightseeing in.

I might go see some other things, but nothing is definite. My flight home is at 4:15 PM on Saturday and I get into LAX at 7:30 Pacific time Saturday night.