Its been so long since I have last posted. Sorry about that. Since there has been so much stuff going on i'll split it up.

GREECE
Greece was very relaxing. A group of eleven of us went. The first night we stayed in Athens. ITS DIRTY! There are dogs all over the place that are just stray. It was funny when we were visiting the parthenon and all the ruins there were like 4 dogs following us. I don't know if they were protecting us or what but there was a homeless looking guy that was walking down the same street and the dogs just started attacking him! Thats when we got scared and didn't want them by us anymore. Nobody really wanted to get rabies or whatever on that trip.
The ruins were pretty interesting but they had some construction going on. It was definitely pretty by the parthenon. Its located on top of a hill so you could look over Athens.
We went to our island, Agistri, the day after. Agistri was very pretty. The water was sooo blue. GORGEOUS! It didn't really look like mamma mia but was still a sight to see!
One girl on the trip was like.. "i've been to a deserted island and I forgot my 5 things!" haha.
It really was deserted though. There were like 3 restaurants that were opened. Greek salads in Greece are delicious! They aren't like back home in the states. I'm going to write down the recipe to make when I come home. The green apples there are also the best!
Our last full day in Agistri was so nice weather wise. Robin took a few of us on a little photo shoot on the beach. Danielle and I got in the water as much as we could. It was beyond amazing. I wish all the other days were as nice but it was quite windy.
Just go look at my pictures on photobucket.

LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER
My British Life and Cultre class took a two day trip to Liverpool and Manchester. It was overall ok. I think it could have been more fun if we had more time at each place. In Liverpool I went to the Beatles museum. I had fun there. Its hard with a big group though because its hard to keep your own pace. I thought it was interesting though. Lauren and I ate a pretty good dinner at a place called Ha!Ha! I love the name. After that we met up with everyone at a bar which had an acoustic open mic night.
The next day we went to Manchester. We had a guided tour on our coach. (Their coaches here, not buses!) Before we headed back to London we took a tour of Manchester United football stadium. I honestly wasn't really impressed. It seemed like everyone else was obsessed with the team just because we were there.

Today Lauren and I went to the science museum. It was pretty interesting. I like the one in Chicago better though. My favorite part was called 'Who am I?' It basically had all different exhibits set up about humans like, gender, aging, comparing brains of different animals, etc. Another part that was really cool was this exhibit that takes peoples internet conversations and puts them to a symphony type sound. Its really hard to explain without seeing it, but anyways, it was neat-O!

On Thursday Nikki and I went to Fashion Weekend. It really wasn't what I expected. The boutiques set up had kind of crappy clothes, as in, they were very basic, some weren't made well, and they looked like mom clothes kind of? But our goody bags were fun. We got some snacks, bronzer (a big one!), a bathing suit (which i threw out because it was crappy), perfume, the new elle, and other things. My favorite part was the catwalk. It wasn't just one designer. This catwalk was taken in 4 sections. They were all different looks for the upcoming spring/summer season.

I finally found tortilla chips and refried beans so i'm definitely making NACHOS soon! This really excites me if you can't tell!
I have a lot of homework due soon, which I'm dreading. For my Brit Lit class we had to do a 20 minute oral presentation! That is ridiculous! Then in Brit Life & Culture I have a photo story (which I've started) and a (someone told me 6 page) letter to someone 'back home', but not really. I don't think its 6 pages either, but maybe. Then in Brit Music we have to write a review for a classic album. Mine is some Led Zeppelin album.

I only have 37 days left :(
It's sad because I really like it here.