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Oxford Street

아침에 은주와 쇼핑 2ㅃ ㅏ2 하고 은주 학교 보낸뒤 낮잠 좀 자고 영범이와 저녁에 잠깐 사진찌금..ㅋ

ㄷ ㅐ ㄸ ㅏ 추웠다.

저녁에 일식집가서 영범스와 따뜻한 사케 한잔....

Tower Bridge

비가 조금씩 오는 도중에 한컷!

London: Bird's eye view

Finally, I stepped out of the lab to do something other than work. Poor oppa's have been suffering due to my weekend hours in the lab. We booked tickets to get on the infamous London Eye. We chose the perfect night to get on the London Eye as it was not raining which was a good start and it was quite a clear and crisp night...although we were subject to a freezing freezing temperature!
Jamie and Boris were so busy trying to take some nice shots from our little pod up in the sky whilst I just took in London by night. London is so much prettier at night with all the colourful lights....and you don't get to see the horrid colour of the Thames which is masked by all the unique landmarks surrounding the Thames. We were up in the sky for about 30 minutes and then decided to end the night with dinner at SouthBank...an equivalent to Cockle Bay....definitely not as nice of course. But still an enjoyable evening with cherished company:)

Throughout the whole evening my thoughts were engrossed in the fact that I had 26 days left in this city. It has gone by so quickly. Although I have been very homesick there are elements of London I will truly miss. London is such a happening city. I feel that the city boasts confidence and the people are confident and driven. It opens your eyes to a bigger world....I don't know if this is a good thing... at times as I feel like I have become more ambitious and there are temptations that I have to deal with on a daily basis. I have enjoyed this city but the time to go home is nearing...I am definitely looking forward to it:)

Road trip - part 2

0.5 degrees in the morning....temperature I am not used to. Although it was freezing cold we got out of the car and took some snapshots of Stonehendge. This is a site world heritage listed and really quite disappointing because you can't get very close to it at all. This site was fenced off because the vibrations of people walking too close to it may cause damage/instability to the structures of these stones.
Our next stop was the city of Bath, this whole city is world heritage listed...and we could see why. It was absolutely beautfiul! Every part of the city was made of sandstone and just the atmosphere of the city was gorgeous. The city is called Bath as it is most well-known for the Roman Baths that are still retained since the rule of the Roman empire in this city. We decided not to go into the baths as it was way too expensive, Boris oppa will go next time with his mum. I think its worth it when you are a certain age!
Next stop was beautiful beautiful Oxford Unversity. The university I dreamed of studying at one point in my lifetime....we all dreamed of it I think? Thanks to the gorgeous little lady at our bed and breakfast we got free tickets on the Oxford sight-seeing double-decker bus. We sat upstairs, outside in the freezing cold and enjoyed the beautiful scenery whilst our legs and face went numb. On this tour we learnt the very very famous graduates of Oxford: CS Lewis, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, 91 Nobel Prize winners. The prestige of this place was amazing...and I salute Oxford and its graduates. Boris oppa kept raving on about how he wanted to study at Oxford....we can all dream a little, can't we??

Thanks to hubby our driver who was hungover on Sunday from too much wine and medication, and Boris oppa our GPS navigator we had a wonderful and safe trip^^

Friends

Last week we had the pleasure of seeing Jae in London. He was a little hungover from his rugby world cup weekend so he was a little groggy but still very hyped up about being in Europe. We went to our local asian restaurant and then had coffee at good old Starbucks....no GJs here unfortunately, Londong is just full of Starbucks everywhere you go. Jae told us of the exciting atmosphere of the rugby match, although Australia lost he said it was awesome. I am still being called "Aussie loser" here at work. YB oppa brought his Wallabies scarf all the way from London but could not victoriously wear it around town. I am secretly hoping England lose, everyone is driving me mad with their smugness. Anyways it was lovely seeing Jae and chatting about the English versus the Aussies. Aussies win no doubt about it....so much more laid back, easy-going...the English are kinda uptight people in general. But I have made some friends who know how to have a laugh and makes my time here really worthwhile.

I introduce you to Kate (redhead - lab manager), Florian (the only male in the lab, besides Prof - postdoctoral scientist) and Tam (my co-supervisor - postdoctoral scientist). We often go out for lunch when the sun is out....which is a rare occassion. We had lunch and wine at a local meditteranean restaurant called Balfour, a 2 course meal for 7 pounds, not too bad for London standards.
I am going to so miss these friends I have made here at the Queens Square Brain Bank. I wish I could bring them all back to OZ and show off my country to them:)