Birmingham

This past weekend almost all of the Americans from my programme went to ring in the Lunar New Year in Birmingham.

I think all of us had expected the celebration to be a bit more lavish than it actually turned out to be. But I'm certainly still glad that I went of course. It just wasn't quite what I thought that it would be. Maybe it's better in London, I've heard good things about celebrating Chinese New Year there. We got to see lion dancing, young girls dancing to "I Got A Boy" by Girls Generation and lovely fireworks.

Also there we got to go to a free art museum (see photo above). I love looking at art very much! They had a modern and postmodern section and as I was walking in there first was a room with white walls and nothing on the walls. I laughed so hard, if somebody did that as a joke they are hilarious. There were some of Degas' dancer sculptures and a huge sculpture that I saw in art history class (the name escapes me right now).

On Saturday we're going to see Stonehenge and then go to Portsmouth on Sunday (to see old Royal Navy stuff). It should be fun to be away for the weekend! I am rooming in the hotel with two girls, Cait and Kendra who go to the same uni as I do back in the States. There is a really good chance that it will be a great time with those two.

The rest of February my weekends are packed with stuff. Next weekend I'm going to London to visit my roommate, Kayla and my friend, Olivia (both are from my Philly life) which I'm super excited about! I glad that I'll get to spend time with people from last term so we can talk about Philadelphia, MCPC and our new English lives. Then the following weekend I think I'm going to Oxford (can't quite remember).

Life has been absolutely crazy busy even though I really don't do a ton of stuff. I keep busy doing minimal school work and spend a maximum of my time with my friends in our flat. In the next couple days we are celebrating Hannah and Eric's birthdays (I can't write what we're doing just incase they read this) which will be fun. Hannah will be 20 and Eric will be 19, oh I remember the days of youth! Haha I'm still 20 but not for long!

But honestly the coolest cats are Kirsten and Ryan. They're hilarious, attractive and always say intelligent things. And no they did not request that I write them into this blog :P haha! Love you guys!

I will be writing another entry next week when I get back from my weekend trip and done celebrating the births of my lovely flatmates!