London Calling

Yesterday, I went to Dover and Canterbury. In Dover, we took a tour of Dover Castle. Since Dover castle was a medieval castle/fortress, it was interesting to learn and see all the history behind it. For instance, there was a replica of the medieval "stone hurling" catapult and the drawbridges, etc. However, I was slightly disappointed that I didn't get to see the white cliffs of Dover. From the castle, I went to one corner and had to look up to see part of a white cliff. Apparently, you have to take a boat ride to see the amazing white cliffs. Oh well- I guess I can't see everything. After that, we took an half-hour bus ride to Canterbury. We had a tour of Canterbury Cathedral. The architecture and everything in there was gorgeous. It can't compare to St. Paul's Cathedral in London, but it's still very cool. Afterwards, we had time to explore the town of Canterbury. They had a quaint market area with tons of shops and food places.

Besides that, my flat has had a bunch of maintenance issues. Living in such a trendy part of London (a.k.a. The Borough of Kensington and Chelsea), it's kind of surprising how many maintenance issues we have had. For one, the wireless internet is still less than stellar. In our flat, it's a guessing game- whether or not we have internet that day! Then, we have had major issues with our shower. I have already mentioned our issues with the hot water, but I can now add problems with water pressure and a broken shower head. Luckily, our shower head got fixed very quickly. But, for a day in a half, our shower was far from pleasant considering you needed to bring a plastic container in there due to the lack of water pressure and the giant leak in our shower head and tube-thingey that connects to the faucet. Thankfully, it's better now.

Besides that, I have just been working my internship at MSN. I have been very busy since I have been there. This is in part because I'm working for two different departments- money and travel. So, it gets interesting having to balance stuff from both the money and travel sections. But, I still love my internship and enjoy working four full days every week.