*Jordan holds the door* Kelsi: and they say chivalry is dead. Jordan: I'm being ironic.

Hello all...it's been a few days! Just a re-cap...school, reading, walking, writing, learning, walking, walking, tube, walking, museums, the Dickens House Museum, school, and last but not least, computer time. We went to the Dickens House Museum which is right across the street from our flat. This is where Charles Dickens and his family lived from 1837-1839, and the museum opened in 1925.

The past few days in class we have read some interesting things...first, we read Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass...both quite strange, but once down to the nitty gritty of them, they made a whole lot more sense. They are mostly critiques of the Victorian Era educational system and parenting ways. We also read the Defence of Guenevere by William Morris, Culture and Anarchy: Sweetness and Light by Matthew Arnold, and some other poems not really worth mentioning.

Tomorrow and Thursday we are going to be in Oxford. We'll be checking out the Ashmolean, Kelmscott Manor/Press, Christ Church Cathedral and some other stuff...It's about a two hour drive from London to Oxford...then to get to Kelmscott, we have to travel another hour and a half. I'm going to get to listen to a lot of music...

We are thinking about taking a trip to Ireland for a couple days. We have one thing at 0930 on Friday, 8June, a free weekend, and we are going to try and convince our professor that we've had so much overtime in class that our 'free' class should be that Monday. So, in essence, we would be flying to Dublin on Friday afternoon/evening, staying in a hostel Friday and Saturday and possibly Sunday night, and heading back to London. Plane tickets are about $100, which isn't too shabby...and if we can find a hostel...even better. If not, I'm sure we can all cram in a room! We can trade nights for who gets the bed...

I'm still trying to find a way back to Prague. I proposed to my friend Brendan that he meet me there because he will be finishing up with his training for the National Guard in Utah about the same time- I don't know what he'll say, but it would be really awesome to be there with him. I could show him the ropes of the Czechs =)

Also, I'm taking up a fund....it's called "we want to see Kelsi travel to lots of places while in Europe and deter the cost of food because it's double to triple what it costs in Iowa" fund. So, I'm currently taking donations =)

On another note, expect my grammar to be 'good' (I did that on purpose) within the next few weeks because I've worked it out with my professor that she's going to help me with it. Awesomeness.

Other than that, nothing too new here, I'll post some pictures below from the Dickens House Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum (because those were some of the pictures I accidentally deleted) and then from the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms! The Museum was nothing short of amazing...well worth £9...Have I ever told you guys how much I LOVE history??

Have a good one.

<3 kelsi