Blogger is still in French.

I will go back later and blog better about Paris and London.

After an amazing week in London, I had to move on. Spent a weekend in Leicester, just relaxing. I stayed at the YMCA, whose housing is generally just a homeless shelter, but they were kind enough to let me stay there since the hostel closes in the winter...

From Leicester I was planning to go to Cardiff, but some train line was closed for repairs, meaning I would have to go all the way back to London and then to Wales, so I decided to go to Oxford first. I really like Oxford! It's like Trin except taken to a whole other level. Trinity wishes it was that cool! People in gowns, evensong in a college chapel, students... I felt right at home! I learned that undergrads have to wear short gowns - people wearing ones like ours are masters students. I dropped in and chatted with the warden at St Anthony's College. Now some of you are probably wondering why on earth, and how, I managed that, but the warden there used to be the provost at Trin. I think Dr. MacMillan was a little surprised to see me! But it was still neat. A lot of the colleges are very beautiful, but not too many let visitors in. The hostel was alright, but kinda grungy.

After Oxford I went to Bath, which was very Roman and very cool. The baths themselves are fascinating. They're about 6m below street level because of new buildings being erected over the ruins of old ones. Stayed at a hostel run by the same people as the one in Oxford, but I liked this one better. Hostels are really starting to empty out during the week - the two nights I was there, there were two of us in a 10-bed dorm, and today I have 8 beds to myself. Not bad! It's nice to have the space.

Right now I am in Cardiff, Wales. I got here today. There is a very nice castle here. The oldest part was built shortly after 1066. The house itself was started in the 15th century, although a lot of the interior was redone in the 1800's. I'm going to go down to Cardiff Bay tomorrow.

It's weird to think that I've been doing this for 8 weeks now, and that I'll be back in Canada in 2 weeks. Where has my time gone!