Spring comes to London

After all of our classes at University finished, we only rarely had to go in to Uni, so a lot of our days were spent in a kind of lazy fashion. The summer weather started about April time - only days before, where I needed a coat, it was suddenly sunny.

Jasmeen, Rachel, Emma and I agreed to meet up in one of the parks in London. It was a little hard to find them, because everyone in London seemed to be out, sitting on the grass, enjoying the Summer sunshine! We were able to chat, and moan about our University classes, and work in general. But generally, it was just nice to be outside of the classroom! It was a nice day, and gave us time to relax before we all headed off on holiday for Easter!

Interviewing in Frankfurt

Right at the end of term, before I went on holidays, I got a call from Josh's school saying I could interview for a job there. I was super excited, while, although it was extremely short notice, I did get to go see Josh at work! I got to sit in on some of his classes, and meet some of his collegues. The interview must have

gone well because I got the job there! A friend of his walked me to the train station so I didn't get lost and I took myself right back to the airport. I wasn't in Frankfurt very long, but it was nice to just be with Josh for a short time. It is exciting to think that this train commute will be my new commute come August!

A Week at the RAF

We spent an entire week at the RAF base, using their altitude chambers for some research as part of our Masters degree. It was really nice to eat there, and live all together with my coursemates, but the work was INCREDIBLY boring! But in the evenings, we got to play pool, which I guess made up for this!

Sunny walks in London

School continued on, and we had tons and tons of exams, and it was just a lot of days spent inside my room, and going back and forth to class. Some days, though, Sonia and I went into the local area, which was quite nice, with lots of nice restaurants and such,

to get an ice cream. On our nice long walks, as a break from studying, we would walk along the river, or down near the houses of Parliment. We took some really pretty photos of the shard as well too! I think I will miss that part of living in London - the beautiful blue skies and mine and Sonia's walks along the river!

A cold morning in Hyde Park

Saturday, Josh had to leave to go back to Germany because of Half - term. I really had only expected him to be able to stay until Tuesday morning, so the extra half of a week ( doubling his time in London!) was such a great time. I was really so, so pleased he got to stay so long. He didn't leave thankfully til Saturday afternoon, so in the morning we took the train over to Hyde Park. It had been such a sunny week in the UK - Josh actually lucked out a lot with the weather. So off we went to the Park,

which was full of people jogging, skating, and just out and about with their families. I was really excited because I hadn't taken any photos all week, and so we took some while we were in the park. We found a really beautiful tree which was somewhere between a plum blossom and a cherry blossom.

There was only one in the park, and it was all white and fluffy and lovely! After, we went to the Serpentine, and sat on a bench for a while and took some photos. But, it was pretty cold, and we headed home and had lunch at Nando's before I had to send him home via Heathrow!

London Zoo

I have actually never been to London Zoo. I've been a lot of touristy places in this city, but I've never been there. Josh and I both love Zoos, so we decided it was probably a good idea for our date day. Josh and I had mainly just hung out at my apartment during the week ( terribly similar to

Paris!) so we needed to get out and about! I loved the giraffes and the meerkats especially, because we were able to see them up close. Plus, we got to see a sloth, which made Josh super happy! It was a morning where I had class in the afternoon, so we weren't there for hours, but it was a lovely day to just spend together.

At ESA's EAC: Our Final Day

On Thursday, we left the European Astronaut Centre, and headed north very, very early in the morning for ESTEC, which is another part of ESA, but more to do with science and technology rather than the astronauts itself. It was a great, but short visit and really a great chance to hang out with my friends!