wake up in the morning...

feelin like pdiddy? not so much. but i do wake up and relish in the fact that my hugeeee window with a great view is right in front of me, and i can pull my blinds up and greet london without moving anything in my body except my arm. i decided i'm going to do it every morning, as long as my room mate's up before i awake. today, she was, and i pulled the blinds open and said "hey cutie" to london. i hope i didn't freak her out. yesterday was an awesome day. despite the rainy weather, i took a great trip to greenwich for one of my classes, the english novel in the 19th century. turns out that a bunch of my friends went just for fun, and after getting a tour of the historical landmarks of greenwich (the castles of the queens and kings have now been turned into facilities for the university of greenwich -- imagine your dining hall being the former dining room of the queen!), we decided to venture up to the observatory, where the prime meridian is. we all stood on either side of the prime meridian, standing in two hemispheres. it was a really cool feeling, and i took tons of pictures, most of which i'll post here as soon as i get my camera chord from kristin. last night, i decided i'd better stay in for the first time and catch up on some much-needed sleep. i paid a visit to camden town first, though, which i hadn't done since st. patrick's day last year! kristin and i revisited our favorite london pub, the world's end, where we spent st patty's day last year, and reaffirmed our love for it. we also discovered a few other really cool places just around the block. i absolutely love camden -- it's sort of the hipster/ rock n roll center of central london nightlife. there's a place called the dublin castle that has a pretty awesome lineup of bands over the next couple of months, so i plan to frequent it.

tonight, kristin and i are going to the brand new concert at the wembley theatre! it'll be sweet to get out of central london again, and we're going to head over a few hours early and check out the area. some friends are going back to camden town tonight, so i'll probably meet after the concert. other than some reading and homework, today has some possible camden-market shopping in store for me! can't wait to go back there: the markets have awesome finds for clothes and jewelry (and candles if i remember correctly, which i'll love!)