24 Days...

... Till I go home and what an eventful 24 days it will be. Some plans:

This weekend:

1. Leiley's Birthday and Fancy Dress

2. Haircut (This is a big deal for me, lol)

3. Cailin comes to visit and Dinners for 12 Strangers!

Next weekend:

4. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros with Cailin and Elisa!

5. Lexi and Steve come to visit :-)

Weekend of March 17:

6. Brian, Katie and Sara arrive on Saturday and my birthday week begins!

Here is our itinerary...

Saturday:

Everyone ARRIVES!

dinner at the best THAI food place in London

traditional ENGLISH PUB - the harlequin

*both conveniently located near my place

Sunday:

early morning unfortunately but its because...

we are going to PORTOBELLO MARKET!

followed by an afternoon in HYDE PARK and lunch at the cafe on the river

Indian dinner in Southhall at Brillant

Monday:

South Bank tour walk - parliament, london eye, big ben

*maybe the tate (I can leave you guys there when I go to class OR the British Museum OR napping)

I have class from 3-6 :-(

CAMDEN for dinner! (trendy, punky, cool)

Tuesday = MY BIRTHDAY!

(our day of luxury and coolness)

late brunch at the BREAKFAST CLUB

then shopping on REGENT ST. plus LIBERTY

I have class from 4-6...

but then we are doing a FANCY DINNER (TBA) and DRINKS

Wednesday:

Trafalgar Sq + National Gallery + Portrait Gallery

Lunch in a CRYPT

I have class in the afternoon --

but maybe dinner in Covent Garden?

Thursday:

Sloane Sq/Bond St aka where we will live when we're rich

brunch at the BOTANIST

window-shopping

The Victoria and Albert Museum (yay jewels)

HIGH TEA at a fashion house

CLUBBING in LONDON (also for my birthday and you can meet all mis amigos)

Friday:

lunch at BOROUGH MARKET (best fish and chips in London)

pack up (I also have to put my stuff in storage)

lazy evening of wine, movies, and English junk food

Oh yeah, and somewhere in there, I have to do work, papers, practice exams and my annotated bibliography for my dissertation is due. NBD.