london

Bonsoir. I'm sorry I've been crummy about updating recently; it's mostly because I'm taking the GRE in two weeks (!!!) and have been spending a lot of time studying. Oh, and get this-- there was no space left to take it in Paris before November (when they change the test, undermining the fruits of my studying, so I need to take it before then) so I have to take it in London. So on the morning of Wednesday, October 24, I will fly into London at 9 a.m., and tool around for a day. Then on Thursday morning I'll take the test at 8:30 (ouch), finish at 12:30, do a celebratory sprint around Big Ben, and fly back to Paris at 7:30.

I've never been to London before, and I find myself rather intimidated at the prospect, which is strange because it can't really be that much scarier than Paris, and, well, people speak English there. If I can navigate this foreign city on my own, why not that one? ...And yet, this thinking does not calm me. Ah well. Maybe I'm just frightened before the spectre of the mighty pound, which at the time of this writing is equal to a painful $2.03. Owwww.

I have Wednesday to do whatever I want, so hopefully I can see some sights and chill out before my test so I can take it with a clear head. If you've been and would like to shoot me a suggestion or two, I'd be much obliged. Especially for things that are cheap. And by cheap I mean really cheap. And by really cheap I mean free.

In other news, I got my hair colored (I just posted about it tonight, but I actually wrote the post several days ago so it's down in its chronological place).

And here's a smattering of random photos from the last week:











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