seeing the city

Today was the first day we really got out and saw the city.  This morning, our graduate counselor took us on a walking tour of the neighborhood to show us the practical locations surrounding FSU Study Centre.  He pointed out restaurants and shops and whatnot for us and it gave me a big shopping itch.

Afterward, a bunch of us went out to a gelato place that we saw along the way.  Of course, we had to find our way back to the gelato shop, but that was part of the fun.  It was a bit of a challenge to orient myself on the map to find my way around since London is not on a grid map. 

Then Elana and I scratched our shopping itch by wandering around Covent Gardens a bit.  Then we found our way to Leicester Square where I took the obligatory photo with the red phone booths that are so iconic for London.  It's nice to be in a city where you walk so much.  Along with the four flights of stairs we have to climb to get to our flat, we definitely walked off all that gelato!