Day Four: March 11

Ooooops. Traveling without an alarm clock was an awful idea. Michelle and I woke up at three in the afternoon. We were supposed to meet Noelle at Jess' at eleven. In a feeble attempt to redeem ourselves, we brought over some Burger King for lunch. (We are on a tight budget. Fast food is cheap.) We ate, showered and napped for twenty minutes in Jess' top bunk. Jess came home from her internship and brought us to Hyde Park. It was so windy out we had to stop walking at certain points. The park is huge. We tried to go see the Princess Diana Memorial but it closes at six and we got there at about five past so we missed it.

We left the park and met Chris and James for Thai food. By the time we got there they'd already had appetizers. They were hungry after their long days of internships. James is a clerk in court and Chris writes at a climate magazine. The Thai food was delicious but the portions were tiny. We went straight to Sainsbury's, the grocery store, after dinner. Chris and the boys needed to do a "family shop."

Back at Chris', Michelle, Noelle and I stayed up late talking about nothing while the boys rested for the next day. The three of us got hungry and went to Sainsbury's at three in the morning after talking about food for half an hour. After eating, we brought Noelle back to Jess' and went to bed.

This was by far the worst waste of a day. We needed rest but we only have a week here. It's so hard to get things done without cell phones and alarm clocks. Life in the 20s must have been rough. This is probably the first time in my life I wish my dad was here to wake me up and make me be productive.