Hello! I am in the beginning stages of figuring out my first weekend trip. For some reason it's taking longer than I thought to go somewhere. Hopefully I'll be going to France or Germany next weekend. Since we have 4 day weeks [yeah, it's very tough :)] I'll probably leave on Friday and get back Sunday.
Well, what I have been doing since being in the city is visiting everything I can. This week I visited the Victoria and Albert museum. Like all the museums here, it was enormous! I spent 3 hours there and only got through 2 floors of a single wing! There was an exhibit on Kylie Minogue's clothes- supposedly she was there the day I was! Unfortunately, I didn't see her or her clothes- you had to pay for that part! It was about an hour's walk both ways to the V&A, and I walked back a different way than on the way there. I have been getting used to walking so much and don't feel wicked tired and dizzy when I get back to my room anymore! I walked through Hyde Park on the way to the museum and saw some type of royal horse practice thing (I describe it so well, don't I?). There was a big crowd around watching them, and I joined them for a few minutes. There were about 20 horses and riders wearing red, silver and shiny hats or dark blue.
Apparently England shuts down when there is more than a dusting of snow! There was about 2-4" (5-10 cm, as the English say) two days ago and schools were shut down and flights were delayed or cancelled! They don't have the gear to move the snow, so instead what happens is sand is sprinkled over everything and you just hope not to fall into the slush!
