A Lovely Day

Yesterday was lovely. 

A day spent reflecting on my trip

and resting.

I went to a little French Café near my flat for brunch. I ate the most delicious poached egg on toast. I actually don't know how good the egg was because, well, I'm in London and everything is super great here. I'm gonna miss the slow pace of this culture. No hurry to order, no hurry to leave but all the time in the world to enjoy the sunshine and write a little bit.

In the afternoon I revisited Buckingham Palace. This time I was able to get closer to the gate and actually sat on the Victoria Monument. My favorite part was sticking my feet in the water of the Victoria Fountain. The water was cool and refreshing on a hot day like yesterday. 

Later in the day I stopped at my favorite Tesco express (basically like a Walmart BUT better) and bought some food for a picnic. Everybody else stayed at the flat but I wanted to get out and enjoy London. I packed up my bag and headed to St. James's Park. I sat under a huge tree facing the lake with the weeping willows, sparkling water and an assortment of ducks and swans. I am not ashamed to say I ate an entire carton of raspberries (best decision of my life). I read and I wrote for the second time in the day. 

It was a beautiful day. 

Blue skies and sunshine.

Couldn't ask for anything better.

Maybe someday I'll be able to process everything that I have learned here. Maybe some rainy day I will be able to write out every experience in detail and be able to catch the moment in a jar to keep forever, but for now, I can only live, breath, experience and hope that in the end I will be better for it.

Cheers!

Bethany Rose