Homeless

Well, lately I have felt a little too settled to merit my nomadic blog posting, so I have decided to resolve that issue by becoming homeless. I should have taken a picture of me moving out of my dorm and carrying all of my belongings up to Scotland; indeed it was a sight to see and an episode I have no desire to repeat anytime soon. As many of you know, I am heading back to Greenville, South Carolina in July to run my final project for my course. In order to avoid paying for my room in London until September, I had to find someone to fill my spot. I was very lucky to find someone, though she needed to move in a little sooner than anticipated (hence the homelessness). I was sad to say goodbye to everyone in London and finish my internship, but excited for new travel adventures! Luckily, Mark and his roommate protected me from a life on the streets and have let me stay here for a couple weeks! I will be based up in Scotland for the next couple of weeks (specifically the mustard coloured carpeted library, which makes an appearance on this you-tube video about the royal wedding- set in st. andrews-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAlnM7RUDcA&feature=player_embedded ) finishing up a lot of coursework to be mailed off to London. I also have to return to London for a day to complete a group project. Once I figure out what day I have to do that, I am booking a flight to Rennes, France to visit my friend Lauren for a few days! I am very excited to get another stamp on my passport, see a Furman friend, and have some fun French adventures! At the end of the month, Mark and I are going on a trip as well up to the Scottish Highlands with some of his friends from St. Andrews. Shortly after that, we are returning to Belfast for a relaxing two weeks in Northern Ireland with Mark's family!

Now, unfortunately my big blog update has been overshadowed a little bit by the whole finding Osama Bin Laden thing.... but, remember the Royal Wedding? A lot of people have asked me how I celebrated, and I must say that I am glad that I did not have to wake up at the crack of dawn to watch like at home (though my mother did say she made tea and scones, so that would have been nice :) ). As you can imagine, I had really close-up seats to the action...

ok so maybe not that close... and actually I was not in London for the big event. I was up in St. Andrews (aka the birthplace of the royal love) and the whole town was decked out for the occasion. Shop windows had congratulations displays and by far the best one was a giant portrait made out of jelly beans of the couple! Here is the masterpiece!

It was a fun day to be in St. Andrews! We watched most of the wedding from the library and then went to the quad to see the final kiss on the big screen. When the jets did a fly-over Buckingham Palace, we were very surprised when a perfectly co-ordinated jet flew over the screen in St. Andrews. Definitely a celebration to remember!

Since the big wedding, I have spent most of my time here in the library working on these essays, so nothing too exciting to post, but hopefully my upcoming travels will be relaxing after all of this course work is done!