From V&A to Gringotts

Where to begin, last update I was off to orientation. Now that I am feeling quite a bit more orientated, I can safely say London is amazing. Callie and I have explored the city quite extensively and, although my feet are hating me right now, I feel much more at home. I can now tell you which tube to take to get where and which bus to take to get to our flat (no small task, there has got to be at least 200 bus routes).
Thursday was our general CAPA orientation,
Friday Callie and I woke up early and went to the Natural History Museum as well as the V&A(Victoria and Albert Museum) both of which were awesome. Then we stopped in to have some Thai food which was amazing, and then we were off to our internship orientation, where we learned more about our internship sites and how to go about making the most out of our experience. After that we had a welcome reception at a pub called Doggett's which overlooked the Thames River (the river that runs through the center of London). After grabbing a quick gelato (which does not even compare to Italy's) we were back to the house exhausted.
Today we woke up and went to Hyde Park and Kensington Park both of which are former royal hunting grounds, but now are more of a central park type thing in London. They were beautiful, loads of people and great for getting away from the hustle and bustle of the city, needless to say we plan on going back.
After that we barely made it to the tour bus CAPA had schedualed for us to get on for a 3 hour bus tour, which was a much needed break from walking. It was great we got to see all of London and got some really cool facts like, there are over 300 languages spoken in London and where the only building that survived the great fire of 1666 was in London. Not to mention all of the really cool Harry Potter facts our tour guide gave us, like the building they used for Gringotts Bank and we also were shown the bridge that the night bus Harry gets on goes over and has to squees really small to get through some cars.
After our tour we went to see a movie to rest and relax from the crazy past couple of days, we saw Night at the Musem 2, which made me a little homesick, but it was really funny! After that we went and explored the city, hopping on and off buses and subways like it was our job (mainly because we were confused as to where we were going, but not to worry we have that all figured out!)
One weird thing about London, and I guess England as a whole, it stays light here until like 930 or 945! It's totally crazy, and it really throws me off.
Tomorrow we are off to try out a church, go to the Tate Modern Art Musem and look for a good place for Sunday Roast (served at most every pub on sundays)

So until next time,
Hotty Toddy from the UK