Now its time for my usual opening statement:
Sorry for the wait!
The past month has been really unscheduled due to my Easter break, Phil's trip over to the UK, and my move out and back into University. So...I simply forgot to keep everyone informed of my adventures. As I just mentioned, I moved back to the Wilson's for a month over the Easter break. The University does not let students stay in residency because they rent out our rooms while we are away, and therefore I had to move EVERYTHING into storage...what a pain! Anyways, I spent the first two weeks of my break scrambling to get all of my work done before Phil was coming to visit...so that part wasn't very fun.
BUT...it was SO nice to see Phil! We travelled down to London for 3 days and stayed in the beautiful London Hilton Hotel in Mayfair. We crammed every possible tourist attraction into the daytime and were able to have a nice meal and relax during the evenings. All in all, we went to Big Ben, The Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Downing Street, Regent Street, Oxford Street, Soho, China Town, Covent Garden, and Buckingham Palace. We walked miles and miles and miles in order to save money so we were really lucky to have nice weather. We also pretended it was my birthday one night (because Phil and I won't be together for the real day) so we had a full night out on the town in order to celebrate. We always have so much fun together!
We also spent two full days with my Grandpa! After 4 1/2 years of dating Phil, he has never actually met my Grandpa before, so it was great for us to finally all get together. It was no surprise to me that they got along like a house on fire. They loved chatting about beer, planes, and golf! The first day that they met, we went out for a drink and then Phil had the opportunity to fly in a neighbour's microlight. It was really funny (and a little worrying) for Grandpa and I to watch and I was really upset that I forgot my camera! We then met Grandpa the following week in Manchester, and went out for a nice lunch and then went to the Science Museum where they had an aviation exhibition showing. It was really interesting...we even went into an airplane simulator which was really silly.
It was extremely sad to say goodbye to Phil, but we are thankfully meeting again in July, when I am going to be travelling to Florida before I come back home. I am constantly shocked at how fast time is going by...its already May, I can't believe it! I am starting to look forward to the end of school (not the social part, but the academic part) and I can't wait for my birthday, and then for my friends Lauren and Melissa to come and visit. I feel so privileged that I have so much to look forward to...I am so appreciative that my parent's have allowed me fulfill such an amazing dream.
I am now back at school and am still really enjoying it. I have a few very important papers which are weighing heavy on my shoulders but once I get those finished, I will be almost done all of my studies and then its relaxation time!! The weather is starting to get nice (for England) so I am officially trading in my winter wardrobe for my spring apparel. I will check back in again very soon. I have added some pictures from our trip to London, plus others above.
I am missing everyone lots, and hope that you are all doing well. Take care and keep in touch :)
xoxo
- Nicky
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