Jan 24: Class and more Piccadilly

The London Eye looks good at night!

Trafalgar Square...at night!

Some idiot and a fountain in Trafalgar square

 Just an overall excellent day. I had a lot of class, which unfortunately excluded me from tea with fellow BC students (Katie went, I'm sure she will write about it), but what made my day, well, was the night.

After class, I met Katie downtown at the Westminster tube stop (which was surprisingly tricky to get to), since she was already in the city. We walked around Westminster, which is a great area and headed over to Trafalgar Square, since we didn't really get a good look at it on our bus tour. It looks pretty great at night, so I was pleased to be there.

We continued walking around town, which was surprisingly easy to navigate downtown (everything seems much closer than it does out by where I live) and soon we found ourselves in Piccadilly Circus. I've been there a few times already, but to be honest, it hasn't disappointed yet, so I plan on returning quite often.

We at an Italian restaurant, Il Cucciolo, which was pretty good food. It oddly had a TV on when you walked in playing MTV music videos, which in my opinion kind of killed the Italian vibe, but again, good food.

We decided to switch it up for dessert and headed over to Caffe` Concerto, which had a ton of great looking desserts in the window and drew us both inside. I got a Belgian waffle that did not disappoint. Perhaps I'll visit Brussels at some point while I'm here and get myself a real, authentic Belgian waffle.

Big Ben at night

 Afterwards we headed back on the tube and made our way back to Dinwiddy House, our housing. It is so much fun to explore London and I plan on doing it more as the weekend approaches.

Tomorrow may bring a trip to Camden Markets with Katie and some friends from SOAS. I'll be sure to take some pictures!

Til then - Cheers!