[P] London. July 5th - July 11th.

My first week was spent alternating between being a tourist and trying to become localized. I have been trying to find a balance between being a good student and still experiencing the city. The class for my first session at LSE is Intermediate Macroeconomics. It is very difficult as it is much more math based than I am used to as well as only three weeks long. My midterm is on Wednesday. My main teacher is from China but studied at Penn. I have her class for three hours every weekday starting at ten o’clock. I then have a two-hour lunch break and have a one-hour class at three o’clock with a teacher from Guatemala. Luckily, I have still been able to have some fun with friends. We journeyed to the British Museum, only a few blocks away from out dorm, after class one day. It closed on us but we got to see the Rosetta stone, the Parthenon statues, and other treasures. We were also total tourists on Saturday and did a double-decker bus tour that came with a free river cruise. We stopped at a pub for lunch where I had fish and chips. That night we had a picnic for dinner in a nearby park.

 A friend and I went to mass this morning at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Although it was the eight o’clock session, we were surprised that there were not many people there. I also did not expect to be allowed to take communion but any Christian who was baptized in their church was welcome to so we did. It was a very serene experience and we plan to go back again another Sunday.

 These next few days will be full of studying but tonight is the World Cup finals game and I will be rooting for Spain. ¡Viva España!

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 The beer trivia question was surprisingly not about beer, turns out it was just the prize. I actually was not even trying to win. I just like to guess things. 

Q: What was this used for?

 A: It was a storage unit for coal!