Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Parliament

It seems that time is flying by now that midterm break is over. Nearly every night until the end of the program in June is going to be filled with something. This week I've been to two plays and tomorrow night I leave for Paris for the weekend. The following week is more plays and the opera, plus there is actual class work to be finishing. It doesn't seem like I'll have enough time to do everything that I want. There's never a dull moment in London, which is something that I love about this city.
Today though was really neat. Martin took us to Parliament to sit in on a debate. The debate itself was boring, but it was interesting to see how things are done in the government. Also it was neat to be inside the Parliament building. The building is open to the public but you have to go through security. When we were watching the debate there was a really loud man, who seemed a little drunk, that came in. He was disturbing the people watching the debate and the guards in their tailcoats removed him within just a few minutes. It was the highlight of the debate and the people debating didn't even know that it was happening thanks to the glass partition.

1 comment:

  1. that's so cool!! I still can't believe you get to go to Paris for the weekend! that's so exciting...Miss you!! Can't wait till you get home!

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