It's the end of the world as we know it..

So many developments over the last week and few days!

This past week was the last few days of my internship, but it unfortunately got off to a bit of a rocky start. Spent Sunday-Tuesday in bed with "hayfever" and pink eye..only I would catch infamous American dorm-diseases while in London!Fortunately, I was able to get back to work for Wednesday and Thursday and spent the last 2 days at a new engagement site. I was able to complete my given tasks in the short time frame, and after a quick stop into the main office, I dropped off my laptop and said my farewells! A part of me is glad that I am work-free, but now I have a lottt of spare time to fill in my day. For as much as the days wore me out, I am glad I had the work experience while here.

I've also completed by architecture class and I must say that I'm a little sad about that one. Last week, we went to Greenwich, which is where the prime meridian is located- our class got a picture with half of us in one time zone, and the other half in the other! We also took a riverboat cruise down the Thames, which was awesome due to gorgeous weather. This week, we had our last class tour and did another beautiful walk along the Thames..I wish there was a more scenic river like it near Lehigh!

Speaking of weather, it has been glorious around here- about 65 degrees (which sounds cold, but when it's been 30ish for the majority of the semester, this feels like a heat wave!) The only bad thing, and for those who follow the news, you know what's coming..there has been an ancient volcano exploding in Iceland that is covering sooo much of Europe in ash, and it's shutdown air flight like no other. I was supposed to fly to Prague for a lovely 4-day weekend with some friends Friday night, but no flights in or out of the UK since about Thursday morning. Also scary- there seems to be no end in sight for the volcano to stop! It's totally premature, but my friends and I are nervous about making our flights home/throughout Europe for our after-program travels next week. Definitely will be sending updates about that!

Lastly, I believe I have some overdue pictures to share- most are from Paris, but the last 2 are from sights around London!