Greetings from England. I'm taking a vacation from the stressful world of procrastinating on graduate school projects to visit the continent of Europe for the first time. The plan is to spend 4 days in London with Janeite, then a week in Spain with Elf, rejoin Janeite in London for a day, before heading back to the States. I've only spent a day here, and I'm struck by how similar London is to Hong Kong, albeit with the notable exception of not smelling nearly as bad. The weather here is beautiful, unlike the DC area, where it is still raining cats and dogs apparently.
That east coast torrential rain somewhat dampened my veggie-fest on Monday. I was in DC celebrating the 10-year anniversary of becoming a vegetarian, and I was rewarded with a four-day-long off-and-on downpour that kept a third of my guests at home, and three of them bailing out their basements. Yuck. But, the food was still delicious (we ate at Nirvana on K St) and the conversation jovial---though our clothes a bit soggy. Thanks to all who braved the storm to attend!
Well, I must be off to bed as I have a lot of sleep to catch up on. Our flight here traversed the night of the 27th, yet I only got about three hours of sleep. Will need to rest up if I'm going to solve the mystery of Stonehenge tomorrow.
Cheers!
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