According to the London Paper and London Lite this years Easter holiday was one of the earliest in quite a few decades. It was also predicted to be one of the coldest in Londons history and the weather people were definitely right! This morning I woke up to go to an Easter Sunday service at St. Pauls Cathedral only to look out my window and find a light covering of snow on all the trees, houses, and cars. brrrrr. This has by far been this coldest weather I have seen in London since my arrival on New Years Day. The snow didn't last for long. I think it had all melted by 10 am.
Despite the snow and horribly cold temperatures (cold for London but not near cold by midwest standards) two friends and I made it to St. Pauls (where Princess Di was married) for the 10:15 Easter service and met up with another girl. We made it early enough to get seats in the second row of the cathedral. The service was absolutely beautiful. The majority of the service consisted of music from the choir. The Bishop of London gave a short message with his very powerful voice (he was literally 10 ft from us while speaking).
Tonight several people and I had planned on getting together and cooking a homemade Easter dinner but when we arrived at the grocery store it was closed, apparently for the holiday. We ended up eating at a wonderful little mediterranean place called Shish. I had a chicken Shish Kabob with some very flavorful cous cous.
Last night I had my first "cinema" experience in London. I went with two guys from Furnival House to a theatre right down the street. We got student tickets for the movie and they only cost 5.80 so about $12.00. This is a good deal for cinema tickets in London. The theatre didn't even compare to anything in the states. The screens were very small and the theaters only had about 1/4 as many seats. The cinema did have a coffee and full service bar though, this seemed a bit strange to me.
I've been busy trying to finish up a few really big essays before our spring break begins April 4. The weather has been really cold here so it hasn't been too torturous to stay inside and work. This next weekend I am making a quick trip to Norway to visit Maiken in Stavanger and to see where she goes to school.
2 comments:
Happy Easter to you. I'm glad you had a nice day.
The weather here was beautiful, sunny and warm. I attended the 8:30 am service at the UMC and then had dinner with friends at the club house. I spent the afternoon with friends and then attended the vesper service here in the club house at 7 pm.
Gma
hi robyn- glad you made it to Easter service. Sounds different than the Mennonite church. We had our service in our beach house with singing, some a capella and some with ipod backup music.
dad
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