Ok, don't forget anything in [brackets] are my present-time commentary!
May 26, 2005 (Thursday): 1:15pm
It's been a couple of days since I've had a chance to have any free time. Right now I am sitting on the grounds of Alnwick Castle. It is a beautiful day! The sun is out and there aren't a lot of clouds. I'm sitting right next to the Diana Tower [yes, there were towers], where I am currently living! I, unfortunately, live on the top level, also called "Upper Diana." My roommates, Lindsay, Rhea and I counted how many stairs we had to climb to get to our room. IT'S 95!!! This is a lot! My legs burn all the way up and trying to get our luggage up there was a feat! We had the hardest time. Our bags were about 50lbs each and of course we all had 2! [We were going to be living there for several months, after all!]
Since I've been here, I've made a lot of new friends. I can point out cliques, but no one has been really mean [not at that point...but haha, I hope I wrote about one drama later on]. Today, Nikki and I went walking around the parts of the grounds. It was fun and a gorgeous day! There were a lot of kids and tourists out there. We took pictures of the castle, then we sat around on the hill surrounding the castle and did our homework [yes, I had A LOT of homework]. Vana and Emily joined us for a while, sitting outside our tower and then Nikki and I headed out to town, Alnwick [pronounced Ann-ick].
I fear my journaling is boring the first few weeks...but you'll stick with me until I get to the exciting stuff, like going to Paris, the London bombings, being in an Italian prison and staying in a Villa in Rome, right!?
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