Had to go into the London Center to get my loaned textbooks, so I decided to walk down Oxford Street, a shopping district, towards Hyde Park. The street was crowded with tourists who were walking really slowly, so I didn't make it to Hyde Park for Speaker's Corner, where anyone who has anything to say can literally stand up on a soap box and argue with whoever passes by. Supposedly it is very entertaining. TJ said it was pretty cool so I will try to make it next weekend. The white building is the London Center where we take classes. It is about 40 yards off of Trafalgar Square. My friend Lizzie told me that Notre Dame was in a bidding war with the French government, who wanted it for their embassy, to lease this building. Guess who won?
We had a group opening mass at Sts. Anselm and Cecelia, the oldest continuous Catholic Church in London off of High Holbourn Street. Our chaplain is a priest who ministers to the University College London, the first ever college that refuses to allow discussion of God. He told us in orientation that the Detroit bomber studied there. "When you stop talking about what moves people, bad things happen," he said. A very good point. The gospel was the Jesus wine miracle, and he had a good reflection that with Christ, "the good wine is always coming up," meaning that the good days are ahead and not behind you. It was fitting that after mass, the Program rented out a pub called the Knights Templar for all of us. The food was free, but we had to pay for the booze. This is the picture of our group sharing drinks together with our professors and directors. TJ and planned our Ireland trip for a while and then I watch Prime Minister's Questions. My MP Alun Michael asked Gordon Brown about his plans for Wales. Poor Gordon got railed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg, the two opposition leaders. Watching PMQ's made me even more excited to start working for Parliament next week (assuming my office manager gets back to me).
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