Soo earlier today I forgot to mention my little late fiasco....class was
at 9am, which sounds like a fairly reasonable time...haha welll my alarm went off at 7:30am, I pressed snooze and the next time I looked at my clock it was 8:55....whoops! haha my roommate was still sleeping as well and I was sure if she had class or not so I woke her up and it was a good thing I did because she had class at 9am as well! Yeahh it definitely had me flustered because that is NOT common for me.
Class ended up going well though. We discussed yesterday's events and then talked about the economy. I have a reading assignment to do over England's GDP which I'm actually quite interested in learning about.
Today we travelled to the Belton House in Grantham which is run by National Trust tourism. National Trust of England is a non-for-profit business entity that works to preserve the cultural and environmental treasures of England. When we arrived, Melissa Maynard, a National Trust tourism specialist talked with us for a while. She informed us of what her company does and gave a brief background of the property. The house was beautiful; massive in size and adorned with gorgeous paintings and furniture. My favorite part was probably the elegant canopy beds. After the house we toured the rest of the estate which included incredible manicured gardens, a greenhouse, a chapel, a cemetery, and numerous trails.
Around 5pm we left and headed back to Harlaxton for dinner. Tonight they served a beef goulash, buttered greens, steamed vegetables, pasta, and a chocolate mousse. They have a salad bar available every lunch and dinner as well. When we finished a group of us decided to watch movies in a lounge area. We watched "The Blues Brothers" and "The Big Lebowski." If you are familiar with either of those two movies....you'd probably be able to guess that the guys picked them out. haha they were alright but most of us were falling asleep during both.
Speaking of sleep...I'm hoping to catch up on that tonight! I have learned how to sleep in an upright position on a coach...be it for 5 minutes or 2 hours....haha there's no time to sleep at night so we make up for it where we can.
OH! And weather.....oh my goodness! We were informed that it was going to be rainy, windy, cold, and occasionally sunny. Yeah well that "occasionally sunny" has only occurred ONE DAY!! I did not realize it was going to be this chilly over here! It's alright though...I purchased a Harlaxton sweatshirt today to keep me warmer :)
Well I think I am going to try and upload some pictures to facebook before it gets too late (it's 11pm here).
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