My Visit Thus Far: In Pictures

I realized recently that I have absolutely zero pictures up so far, despite being here for coming up on two months now.  So this entire post will be based around pictures from the time that I left California for England.

First up, my flight!

On the runway, about to leave LAX, at a bit past 9pm

And the plane I came in on from across the terminal, at 3:30-4ish in the afternoon, ten hours later.

There are quite a few lovely pictures I have of MK; but none of them quite capture how just plain pretty it is there quite the way this one of the canal does.

And then, C and I went to London to meet D:

Taking a break in Hyde Park toward the end of the day

And a trio, all finally able to hang out together :)


And then came move-in day and the various Fresher's Week events.  Beginning with, the walking tour of London:

The very typical photograph of the London Underground sign

A view from a quiet courtyard of Westminster Abbey.  So peaceful when seen from here rather than the main area, with all the tourism and traffic.

I never was very good at taking pictures of myself; this is the best of my attempts at a self-portrait with Big Ben

And me with the three other girls who I walked around with, on a bridge over the Thames.


The rest of my pictures are generally going to be from trips specifically for the Study Abroad students. 

The entrance to the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.  Decorated Indian on the outside, Chinese on the inside.  Or at least attempted Chinese, as nobody who worked on it had ever been to China.

I just like the juxtaposition in this photograph: The very old, with the moderately new.  This kind of contrast is noticeable just about everywhere here.  Like the marketplace in Kingston.  It's over 800 years old, with quite a few old-looking buildings around; yet the things being sold are very modern, such as DVDs and BluTack.

And finally, Brighton Pier.  It really was a lovely day out, surprised the instructor, but made for a pleasant day.

The only photos I have left are from Stonehenge and Bath.  But as I have not posted about those tours quite yet, I think I'll put those photographs in with my post about the tours, when I do that.

In the meantime, the tours are through a class available only to Study Abroad students, and I now have to go finish a short essay on it before bed.  Goodnight.