Yesterday.

Yesterday we went to a little town called Belvedere for our business class. We went to a place called Thames Innovation Center, which is a non-profit organization designed to help small businesses start-up. Basically they provide general service to individuals who wish to start a small business that push them towards success. They only provide these services to individuals who live in the borough that they are apart of. So you go to them and they start you out in for seminars that cover all the basics. After you complete the workshops, you are assigned an agent that is there to assist you in any questions you may have. They help to find funding, teach you how to market to your target market, and so on. It is really a nice concept designed for growth within the community.

After school we came home and studied a little bit until some friends on our trip asked us to go to dinner. We went to a nice restaurant, probably the most Americanized restaurant we have found, and ate dinner. By Americanized, I mean that your glass was full of ice, the restroom actually said "restroom" instead of "toilets," and they had all kinds of specials to choose from. Come to find out, the reason why the other people wanted to go was because they have 2-4-1 pizzas on tuesday night. So, tuesday marked the third day in a row for pizza. Although I am not burned out on pizza at the moment, I will not be having pizza until I get to Rome. I have always wanted true Italian food, so I cant wait!

Anyways, we have a meeting this morning for class where we will discuss how our final exam will be laid out and what we can expect from it. We will also discuss what our individual topics will be for a research paper on British Studies. After then I will attempt to finish my final paper that is due for today. We had to read 4 articles from a selection that was given to us and write a 2 page paper over each article. It would not have been bad if the articles did not put us to sleep. So between our meeting this morning and the class this afternoon, I will finish my last paper and start packing for Paris! Directly after class we will leave the campus and head for the Eurostar which will have us in Paris at 10 o'clock tonight! I hope to be able to write for you guys while we are there and apologize for not writing yesterday. We have been super busy trying to get our papers done before we leave, but we can now enjoy the rest of our trip!