Elizabeth's Journey Through Life: Lost in Translation

Hello,

A lot has happened since my last post about London. My classes are starting to pick up the pace so I have a lot of homework :( I also keeping getting lost in translation. My favorite example of me making a error was on Wednesday night. My friend Sarah and I where going to a worship service in Lincoln. The pastor who works with the student christian group was giving us a ride (since we don't have cars) and he asked both of us if "we had tea." My response was "Yeah, I like tea." Little did I know that he was asking if we had dinner. Ooops my mistake. We laughed about it and now Sarah and my friends always ask me if i want "tea." I also love finding out what the call other things here. Here are some examples: A parking lot= a car park, a sidewalk=footpath, a stroller=pushcart, and there are so many more but those are my favorite. I also have took a day trip to York and it was amazing. My friend Grace and I just decided to walk around and not really use a map. York is a small town, but it has a beautiful Minster (cathedral) and a lot of History. Grace and I climbed all 275 stairs to the top of the spire. The view was amazing. We could technically see Scotland (where I am going on Fri). We also went to a viking center and had tea at Betty's proper. Betty's is this famous tea cafe that had the BEST English cream tea. Our sponsor of the trip told us to try Little Betty's because the line would be shorter. Well Grace and I walked past Betty's and there was no line so we walked in and waited for less than 2 minutes to have wonderful English Cream tea. Highlight of the day. We had a wonderful time just walking around and walking through little shops of everything. We stopped at a button store, a hat shop, a fudge shop and a chocolate shop. We had a wonderful time. Another thing that has happened since I got here was I watched the Haunting a 1999 film that was shot at Harlaxton (well just the outside and a couple of scenes in the long gallery. It was really cool because watching the movie we all where like "that's where I live." It was fun. I also saw some more traditional dancing. It was cool to watch the History behind dancing. I also had my first Bitter. It was good. I seem to be the only one who likes beer in my group of friends. Oh well :). Enough of me rambling here are some pictures. Enjoy!