The Monument...and homework?

April 19th,

This morning I wanted to cross something off of my 'to do in London' list.  So, I decided I would go to The Monument, the Great Fire Monument that is.  The Great Fire occurred in 1666, it started in a bakery on Pudding Lane.  If you have heard of man by the name of Pepys, he wrote in his journal about it.  Very fascinating.  I headed there, paid my few pounds and headed up to the top, of course it was a spiral staircase.  On those types of stairs I'm always afraid I might get dizzy and just fall down, of course killing myself along the way, at the worst, or just being very injured.  At the top is a gate, so no jumping off!  It's not that big at the top, but you do get some spectacular views of London.  It was a tad cloudy when I was up there, but only far away was it a little cloudy.

Tower Bridge

London :)

London views, amazing

Cranes and St. Paul's Cathedral

London Eye, and Big Ben back to the left, it's a little unrecognizable

I Love London

The gate around the top

Spiral stairs down, beautiful ;)

After I was done at the monument I headed up to London Metropolitan University so I could borrow some books from the library.  That was an experience.  The library is a few stories high, with books on pretty much every level.  I waited for a computer to see if that would help me at all.  I eventually asked a worker where my books could possibly be.  He told me to head to the 3rd floor and look towards the back.  When entering the 3rd floor there are a bunch of tables and computers, with students on pretty much each one of them studying and typing away.  I eventually found the books I needed, after hunting through each one.  I went downstairs with my books, not sure how to check out.  I saw a line for people to return books and realized you get check them out there too.  Once up to the computer you scan your card, then you place your book so it is open and so a machine can scan the bar code, then off you are with the book!  Goodness gracious!  I headed back to the room and ate lunch, a late lunch.  I went through the books the rest of the day, trying to figure out what I could use from them.  That is what I did with the rest of my day, yippie.  Oh the life of a study abroad college student, caring about their classes.