Leaving London

Well that's it. 6 weeks later, the LSE summer school has ended, and with that my study abroad is coming to a close. It has been a truly amazing experience and I wouldn't have changed a thing about it, not the place, the duration, the classes... But now, I've seen everything I've wanted to see and done everything I wanted to do, and I am just ready to move on. It also seems like for the last few days, there have been signs telling me it's just about time. For one, the weather, which had been beautiful for the first 5 weeks turned windy, rainy and a little chilly, and it seemed like London was telling us summer is over (even though I think we were just lucky for most of the time, and this last week is the true London summer), with the rainbow over Stamford Bridge as the last sign of the season. Also, my fridge was looking pretty scarce, as I finished up all my food, and now it's time to get back to the unlimited, cooked-for-me food at the Yale dining halls. We took our last final Friday morning to officially finish the course, celebrated with a couple Pimms in Trafalgar Square, looking over at Big Ben for the last time for a while, and then headed over to the airport. We got an Uber over, and our driver was this really interesting "Esoteric Historian" named Keith, who wrote a book called "The Wheals of God" about how almost all human conflict is correlated with the eclipses. It sounds crazy, but he made a good case, and I'm actually kind of intrigued to check out the book. Anyway, we arrived at the airport, almost missed the flight because it was delayed and no one told us when/where it would leave, but we made it, took the last steps on English soil, and were off. But it's not over yet. Before heading back Stateside were taking a quick detour to Italia! Buongiorno, Roma!