Definitely was more awake today! I got about 12 hours of sleep and was extremely happy for that because apparently Benadryl doesn't make me sleepy anymore (thinking back to the restless plane ride). I skipped breakfast mostly because I didn't buy anything to cook the night before, so I watched tv until the others were ready. They actually have some American shows, including Friends that I feel asleep to last night and Judge Judy that I chose to watch instead of the cooking shows.

A group of us went to a coffee house first thing. It's over a mile down to the place so sitting and having breakfast/lunch was nice. I chose toast and a diet coke. Don't worry, I'll get more adventurous with my meal choices as we go along. England's way of separating your ticket is to bring you the receipt and point our that the prices are on there so you know what to pay....together. I giggled about that one.
We walked through the down town area again. This time we found a very "cheap" store were I found my first souvenir....a cute pair of European looking  sneakers.

After our shopping adventure I went to the Museum of Natural History. Outside of the architecturally beautiful building there were representations of a ghost forest. Some lady was trying to help the forest to keep growing was what I recall from the poster, but I'm still kind of confused. Anyway, they were huge petrified tree trucks. The roots were all curly and it looked like something wicked from Harry Potter. Inside the museum was packed with skeletons of every animal from dinosaurs to dodo birds to shrunken heads of war victims. Most of the countries from around the world were represented some how. The key sections was my favorite (next to the shrunken heads) They even had the key to Luis the??'s wine cellar from back in the day.

We then met to have a tour of the laundry room that we share with the dorm behind our houses. (three washer/three dryers) and waled to Queen Lane's Coffee House (one of the oldest coffee houes in Europe from the 1600s) We had coffee were given the guidelines on how we will be grade for our class. Three grades including our take home final, our 9-12 page paper, and participation. I had hazelnut coffee and then we set off to the grocery store. We took the long way and I needed the "toilet" badly so when I asked the grocery store owner if they had one.....well, it took me four trys to get him to understand me through my thick accent. Needless to say they did not have a toilet.
We just got out of class again, having discussed our freedom of speech and are now curling up to read our chapters for tomorrow, watching tv, or sleeping. (it's ten at night here)

All in all, a good day. Although (i can't believe I'm about to say this but...) I'm ready to see something historical. Not only see it but go inside and possibly even touch something I'm not suppose to. Walking around shopping is...not as interesting. Wow, I'm definitely turning into my mother. Tomorrow I think I'm going to have tea in The Eagle and Child, which is were Tolkien and C. S. Lewis sat for years, as friends, to discuss theirs writings and have their own tea. Exciting times await.