Greenwich

Took a boat to Greenwich today.  It was a nice little cruise down River Thames, but I was definitely falling asleep part of the time.  That jet-lag, you guys.  The worst.  Walked around the Greenwich marketplace and saw lots of cute things!  It was kind of like the street markets of Hong Kong/Philippines, except less Asian.  And probably cleaner.

Ate fish and chips at a cute little restaurant and then proceeded to go see some touristy things in the area.  We headed over to the Royal Observatory, home of the GMT!  Woop woop!  Went to the Queen's House afterward and got to see some pretty nice paintings.  Greenwich is definitely a very cute area, but it's quite small and is mostly just filled with tourist attractions.  There was some contraction going on for the Olympics, though.  That was exciting to see!

We took a bus back to central London and then transferred to the tube.  I took a nice three hour nap when we got back.  As my friend put it, being a tourist is hard!  Not really, but I think I'm still adjusting to the time here.  The rest of the night was nice, just relaxing and catching up with e-mails/people/books/everything.  I feel like it's the end of vacation and I'm going home soon, but in reality I'm just about to start my internship and my one class.  None the less, I am excited.

Random notes:

1) British people really like putting things in glass jars

2) My pronunciation of the word "water" does not please British people

3) Americans slur their words

4) Prêt A Manger is EVERYWHERE