It was a really nice Christmas here in London! Christmas Eve was spent sleeping in, grocery shopping, decorating the flat and then visiting St. Paul's Cathedral for their Midnight mass with a group from LSE. Amazingly beautiful! Walking home at 2 am was balmy! The weather has been so warm and a lot of the trees don't lose their leaves so it's hard to really feel Christmassy, until my flatmate boiled clementines and cinnamon sticks for a couple hours and let the smell spread through the flat!
I channeled my parents and invited friends alone in their flats on Christmas for a pancake breakfast. Ryan showed up IN his sleeping bag! Everyone got a poundland Christmas cracker. Apparently, they aren't used in the US. My friend from Wisconsin thought there would be actual crackers inside! The toys from poundland aren't exactly tip top. That was followed by skyping with family, a nap, and cooking a roast and mash with the flatmate for a potluck in the common room.
My friend Kaleena arrives tomorrow from Germany for a week and then I'm off to Spain with the flatmates for a few days before term starts again!
Happy new year!
I channeled my parents and invited friends alone in their flats on Christmas for a pancake breakfast. Ryan showed up IN his sleeping bag! Everyone got a poundland Christmas cracker. Apparently, they aren't used in the US. My friend from Wisconsin thought there would be actual crackers inside! The toys from poundland aren't exactly tip top. That was followed by skyping with family, a nap, and cooking a roast and mash with the flatmate for a potluck in the common room.
My friend Kaleena arrives tomorrow from Germany for a week and then I'm off to Spain with the flatmates for a few days before term starts again!
Happy new year!