End of Term!

BANKSIDE, LONDON, UK -- And just like that, the term is over. 10 weeks of classes, over. For that matter, all 20 weeks of classes are over. All that we have left is 4 weeks of revision classes in the summer term, which is April 26-May 17, plus two assessed essays due April 30 and May 7. Then, I have final exams on June 2, 3, 4, 10, and 22. Three exams in 48 hours will be fun, but at least everything is calm after that. After my last exam I'm taking a short trip to Wales, Ireland, N. Ireland, and Scotland, and then no later than July 7 I'll be touching down at O'Hare, just 3 1/2 months from now. Time flies.

In the meantime, I have had a productive last couple of weeks of classes. Nothing too exciting to speak of, but I have been keeping up on the walking to try and see as much as possible. Speaking of which, I had a delicious falafel wrap for lunch made fresh at Borough Market today. Everything in that market is amazing, there is just no other way about it. It is considered the best market in the UK, and there is a clear reason why! After lunch I walked to the Tower of London, and in doing so I walked right by the London Monument to the Great Fire of 1666. It was built the following year, in 1667, and is 202 feet tall, exactly 202 feet away from where the fire originated. It's only 2 pounds to climb all the way to the top, and while I was in a bit of a hurry today (and the weather wasn't that great anyway), I am excited to check it out with my camera sometime in the next few weeks while I have all this time off!

In sports, Chelsea has bowed out of the Champions League after losing 3-1 aggregate to Inter Milan last week. That said, they still are at the top of the table of the Premier League, though they have Manchester United and Arsenal right on their tails. Win out though, and the league is ours. In the FA Cup (the British Cup), Chelsea is in the semifinals for the whole tournament.

The Blackhawks have been subject to a firestorm of controversy the last few weeks. I'm not going to get into it, but the good news is that they won a big game last night 3-0 in Los Angeles, and now they have two big back-to-back away and then home games against Phoenix. As it stands, they're in 1st place in the Western Conference and would get the #1 seed if the playoffs started today. Three weeks till the real season begins!

I'm off to a friend's for her birthday celebration tonight... then off to Egypt first thing Monday morning!

Have a good weekend everyone!