London

Hello,Last weekend Jenny and Karl and I set off for London on Friday. We went to visit some fellow Ripon students who are doing a program there for half of the semester and the second half will be in Florence. They took us to the tower of London where we had a tour by a Beefeater and even got our picture taken with him. We saw the crown jewels and of course got rained on a little bit. We also played a lot of games such as cribbage because on Sunday we were all tired and it rained all day. Sunday night very late we got on the bus to come home to Swansea, it is a four hour bus ride and we had a great trip. Then this weekend a few of the Ripon students and another student on the program who is orginally from Madison but goes to college at St. Olaf came to visit us. We made a big pasta dinner on Friday with salad and bread which was a bit of a challenge in our tiny kitchen and we have no oven. Jenny and I were clever and decided to make Rice Krispie treats with M&M's in them. Saturday we went to the Gower which is a great spot along the shore and it takes less than an hour and 4 pounds to get there. It was of course windy but still rather warm. Sunday we went to Joe's ice cream which is a great little shop that Ripon students who came here before told us we should go to. Then took the visitors back to the bus station waved good bye and there ends another week in Swansea. I handed in my first of two German assignments last week and will hopefully get it back this week. I am currently working on applications for summer biology research positions and hope to get one so I can gain experince in research, build my resume and earn some money. Things are going well here and the semester is passing very quickly. Karl and I just last night booked the first week of our four week break and we will be flying to Egypt with two other Ripon students and staying there and then back to London to meet up with Jenny who will be spending that week with her parents and sister. The rest of the three weeks are still in planning.Hope all is well at homeany thing new and exciting?KatyP.S. here is my picture link again and there are new pics on it http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/katyspicsspring2006/