I ate some Kellog's Corn Pops for breakfast this morning as well as some hash browns. The cereal came in the care package I received the other day, and I must say the cereal was quite a welcome, and delicious, change. After breakfast we went to class, which was just like any other day of class. For our field trip tomorrow I had planned on attending Monty Python's Spamlot (a play), but it looks like now because of a Jack the Ripper Tour I am attending tomorrow, I will have to go see Harry Potter. I'll be seeing the Harry Potter film at 10:10 tomorrow morning. I still plan to watch it when I get back to the states though. By the way, the movie ticket will cost me $18. I'll be sure to remember that the next time I complain about paying $8.
After class though, I made my way to Knightsbridge and walked down to the Natural History Museum. I spent about an hour and a half to two hours in there just taking brief glimpses of everything. Like the British Museum, one could easily spend several days in there because they do such a great job of cataloging everything, but I didn't have that sort of time. It was quite an impressive place though and I really liked it. The building itself was marvelous, but the real treasure lies in all of the artifacts they have. Besides tons and tons of animals (from lions and parakeets, all the way to elephants and zebras), there is a massive exhibit on dinosaurs, and a huge array of dinosaur fossils. It truly was a very impressive place.
Once I had finished at the Natural History Museum I went back to the dorms and took a nap. I slept for quite a while then woke up and ate some dinner. On a side note, it seems I won't be able to keep my window open in my dorm anymore. With the weather warming up, I found a mosquito in my room today. I killed it on my comforter, which now bears a reddish brown streak from it's carcass. I also have several bites on my neck, arms, and legs. I think it's due to having the fountain outside of my window. Also at Highgate the other week I noticed mosquitoes were quite bad.
After dinner, and up until I started writing this, I spent five or so hours just sitting around talking with some of my dorm mates. We made a quick run to the Tesco where I bought an éclair that was not very good at all. We came back to the dorms and hung out for a bit more and right now I'm preparing to go to sleep. Photos of today's adventures around London can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8494714@N03/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8494714@N03/page2/
P.S. I made a video of the animatronic T-Rex, if you want to see it just e-mail me and I'll be happy to forward it to you.
