Saturday, July 14th

Saturday, July 14th the rain spoiled most of our plans! This probably isn't a surprise for here, but those in my Indiana home would probably like some of this rain Believe me, we'd give you a few days worth if we could. So what's a girl to do on a rainy day?! Of course we went shopping. Me and Holly went to Stratford Mall. It was about a 30 minute tube ride. So worth it! Stratford Mall is the biggest in Europe. Take Honey Creek, multiply it's current size by about 10 and stack it on top of each other 5 times. Literally. It was huge. We resisted the urge to buy much. My personal favorite was the Mini Cooper store! Little cars everywhere! The mall was mostly indoor but there was a lot outdoors too. It was ridiculously, unbelievably large.

We attempted to go in the Olympic Park and almost accidentally slipped in. Olympic Park is right by the huge mall, so it was easy to find. Not that the entire city doesn't have step by step directions up everywhere. At this point, only athletes practicing and officials are allowed in. I don't know how I looked like an athlete or an official but hey! 

We got bored with Stratford because most stores sold wallets that cost more than our entire month in England. So we went downtown to Piccadilly circle and walked around. We found M&M's World! I've got a new goal to go in all 4 of the M&M's Worlds in the World. 2 down, 2 to go! We stumbled into Hyde Park after this. It made me miss home! Hyde park was like Shakamak on a VERY large scale! We spent some time there and then returned to campus to get a start on the homework that has been awaiting me.