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the platform really exists and my first italian thanksgiving-dec.3
I think after all my traveling this year I'll be ready to take a break, especially from cities. Don't get me wrong I've had some amazing experiences, but I was thinking about it the other day, I will have gone to several major cities within about a two month span of time. Dublin, London, Paris, Rome, then for new years probably New York. Kind of crazy. So tomorrow I am going to Paris and I'm meeting Leigh, so I just wanted to give a quick update about my trip to London. I can't believe its almost time to come home.

Before London
Dad and Carolyn came which was a lot of fun, though I feel bed that they didn't have very good weather, when we were leaving it was snowing north of us. But they did bring me lots of nice American things like peanut butter and cranberries. All of us in our program made thanksgiving for each other Wed. night too, which was really nice because it was most of our first thanksgivings away from home. I think we were all proud of our cooking and organizing abilities. It was a good thanksgiving. Then Dad and Carolyn and I went out to dinner for the really Thurs. night and that was nice, I got some pasta that kind of tasted like stuffing.

LONDON!
I had a great time with Mary in London. We had Thanksgiving again, So I kind of had 3 thanksgivings. During the day Mary had some work to do so I mostly did the tourist thing and went site seeing. There were Christmas decorations up and it was beautiful. English people were cool. I think I like Irish people better though, they were just more fun and entertaining. British people were normal. It was a lot like being home in America. But they did have different words and phrases that were entertaining, I couldn't help but do the accent sometimes when people were talking to me, it was tough..haha. Oh and they have a great underground system, which they call the tube, makes sense. And every time you get off the train they're like, "mind the gap please".....because there is a space between the platform and train. Its amusing/annoying haha after awhile you just don't even hear it. But one time I was waiting for the subway and the doors opened and this little, 5 or so year old girl skips out with her mom, and she skips down the side of the platform singing in her adorable little 5 year old British accent, "mind the gap please!" it was the cutest thing ever.
We watched Love Actually and The Holiday and I drank English breakfast tea for breakfast. I saw all the big sites, and I went to platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross, which was fun, and enforces how much of a Harry Potter nerd I am, haha. I have some pictures you can check out. And I will be sure to write again when I get back from Paris, I'm kind of in crunch time with school though so It might be short. I hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving, and the end of school is wrapping up well! See you soon!!http://picasaweb.google.com/melaniebeth.martinits the Thanksgiving and London ones~