And so my time in London continues...

So I know I have not been too good about blogging this semester, but I just haven't done anything as exciting yet, yet being the key word. This weekend however was a step in the right direction, I finally braved the cold, got out of the house and had some fun times.  This weather in the 30's with the wind chill just really isn't my thing but I'll get over it.  So Thursday was our "house mom" Mrs. White's birthday so we baked a couple cakes which was fun.  One of my roommates had a really great chocolate chip cake recipe that we made, DELICIOUS! So on Friday morning as a continuation of the birthday celebration we went bowling. No I did not break into the three digit scoring but it was fun.  After that I went to lunch with a group of students from the house and our program assistant, Jenny. Yay for "free" lunches provided by the university with great people! After lunch we went to the British Museum and saw the exhibition of the Book of the Dead.  It was really interesting and had a lot of Egyptian stuff, i.e. mummies, hieroglyphics, and coffins. It's a good thing I went because that is probably the most I will ever see of Egypt.  As many of you know I was scheduled to go on a trip to Egypt tomorrow, but sadly due to the dangerous situation in the country our trip has been canceled.  I am just hopeful that they will be able to plan a new trip in a location with just as much interesting history.  Right now it sounds like everyone wants to go to Turkey as the replacement trip but the administration has made no announcements.  I will keep everyone posted as I find out more information.

Hanging out in Russell Square near the British Museum