July 24, 2019

By today I have started to get in the hang of going downstairs at 8:20 to walk to class with the UNC girls. After class we again got lunch at Bush House, where we decided that some of us were interested in going out tonight. We walked home after lunch but we agreed to meet back up around 6 to go out together. After a quick rest inside I headed to the Sky Garden downtown. It was really cool! You can go up for free as long as you book it in advance and they have restaurants and bars as well as a 360-degree view of the city. I spent probably 30 minutes up there before going back down to street level.

View from the terrace of the Sky Garden!

The Sky Garden happens to be right near Leadenhall Market so after I left the building I crossed the street to explore the market. I didn't buy anything, but it was very cute! I got home around 4:30 so I had a bit of time to rest and then I had to get ready to go out with Anna and Sophia from UNC. We met up outside of Moonraker (the dorm) and also found their friend Brady who directed us to Shakespeare's Head, a Wetherspoons pub near their friend Jace's dorm.

Inside the Sky Garden

Jace goes to the school of engineering in London, not King's. We all ate dinner and had a few drinks and then their friends Milo and Audrey, who also go to King's, met us at the restaurant. We headed to the store to grab drinks we could use to pregame and then we went to Jace's dorm. We met up with even more friends there, two who didn't go out with us (I didn't catch their names), who were from Australia, and their friend Harry who goes to UCSB and met everyone here at King's. Our first stop of the night was O'Neill's, a bar nearby, and then we went to a club around the corner called Rumba. The night was VERY fun but we didn't get back until 2 or 3, so we didn't get much sleep before school.

Leadenhall Market