Day 6

So Thursday was a shopping day and I didn't buy too much, but found a lot of cool shops.  I'm starting to get to know some of the girls in my building and everyone is great so far.

Friday I got a late start, but eventually got on the Tube with Kristen, Lisi, and Stephanie and we went shopping by the National Gallery.  The stores were expensive, but I found a purse that was cheap and cute.  We ate an early dinner at a Japanese restaurant and had....an interesting experience to say the least.  One of the girls ordered a saki bomber and the man had absolutely no idea what that was.  She explained that you pour saki into a beer to drink it and he replied, "ohh... that will get you drunk very fast though.." And she said, "Yeah, that's kind of the point."  Poor guy.... dealing with 4 American girls.  I also asked what their 'Shochu' was like and he said it wasn't for ladies.  I ordered it anyway.  It tasted like hot water and vodka, but there was what he described as a plum (definitely not a plum) in the drink that made it extremely salty.  I don't recommend it.

Afterwards we went to a pub down the street and had some hard cider, which is really big here.  It looks like beer but tastes like spiked apple cider.  It's pretty good!   

Friday night a group of us went to a club called Zoo, and it was separated into a few different rooms.  Upstairs was more laid back and played a lot of American music, downstairs was split into 2 rooms, one played American and random old music, and the other was house music (which is where I got my clutch stolen).
My friend Kristen and I were hanging out and dancing in the 'techno'-esque room when she said she had to go to the bathroom. When she left a guy came up to me and tried to start dancing and asked me if I was American.  When Kristen came back a few minutes later he walked away.  She asked me what time it was and when I reached down to get my phone out of my purse, it was gone.  We left the club right after that.
Getting back to our building was an adventure!  The Tube was closed by that time, so we snuck on the bus to get home (going the wrong way).  Long story short it took about an hour and a half to get back.   (ps Thanks mom and Ashley for saving my butt)

Today was fun!  I went to the National Gallery and saw paintings from Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, etc.  Then went to Pizza Express and had a Margharita Pizza with salad in the center.  It's their version of a skinny pizza I guess!