Settling In

Will Halsey, Juliette Lynch, Taylor Weidman and AJ Chavar look before crossing Edgware Road.

Portobello Road

Colorful shops and restaurants line Portobello Road, a major London marketplace most active during weekends.

Today we went to and walked down the very crowded Portobello Rd. The road is several blocks and must be at least a half mile long. There are a ton of stalls selling antiques, jewelry, food, souvenirs, clothes and other collectables. I didn't buy anything, besides food, just because I was overwhelmed by the amount of amazing items available. But I'm definitely going to be coming back often to get some cool stuff. I'm particularly interested in this one stall that sells authentic WWII uniforms, caps, bags, holsters, weapons and tons of pins and other memorabilia.

Day 4

Stefanie Campolo shooting from the London Eye.

More SUL orientation activities including a free ride up on the London Eye today in the evening. It's our last full day in our cheap hotel before moving into our flat. Our photo group travelled around a bit in Westminster after the Eye, over Westminster bridge and past Parliament, a bit through St. James's Park, around down some various roads after getting a bit lost.

Finding a Place to Live

Royston Graham of Graham Properties working in his office.

We found a relatively amazing place to live for the semester. At £130, or at about $233 per week, we will be living in a flat in Paddington called St. Mary's Mansion. If the fact that we live in a mansion wasn't cool enough, we also live on a street called St. Mary's Terrace. It's good to get out of the hotel, and it's a huge load of all our chests to have found a place, even though the price is a bit steep. Luckily, the price is within our per diem that SU is alloting, or rather returning to us. It's in a nice location by a section called Little Venice.