My second to last week as a member of the CIEE London Open Campus program was spent continuing to discover the city before it all ends and I return to the U.S. During my 17th week abroad, we visited some new food places that we discovered online and had wanted to try for a while.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

On Tuesday, we went to a bubble waffle and bubble tea stand outside of Green Park, called Nosteagia. There, we tried the bubble waffles, which were decorated with different toppings as if they were ice cream cones. I got the Mr. Oreo, which has Nutella, chocolate chip cookies, cream and chocolate sauce, with M&Ms added on top. Likewise, Erin tried the Cookie Monster one, which was essentially identical, just without M&Ms. It was certainly a dangerous place to go because another food truck across the way had fish and chips, so you could stay there all day eating the food if you so desired.

Thursday, May 4, 2017

My British Theatre: A History class went to Gate Theatre on Thursday night to see the play, “Assata Taught Me.” The theatre is located in Notting Hill above The Prince Albert Pub, and it is an intimate setting with a limited amount of seating. The show was great, starring Adjoa Andoh as Assata Shakur and Kenneth Omole as Fanuco, and was easily my favorite one that I have seen during Block III.

Friday, May 5, 2017

After class on Friday, we went to a place called Hipchips in Soho. We had planned to visit Hipchips for a while now. When we got there, we ordered both the sweet and savory chips, and then ordered five different dips. The sweet dips that we ordered included campfire s’more and a mousse dip, and the savory ones were blue cheese with apple chutney, a cheese dip and baba ganoush. All of the dips were delicious, especially the cheese and blue cheese ones, and it was well worth the wait to go there before we leave.

Sunday, May 7, 2017

On Sunday, I saw my family for my cousin Ben’s birthday. We met at BrewDog, a pub in Camden Town, before going to a nearby Japanese restaurant, Sen Nin. It was great to see everyone again before I head back and it was incredibly cool to watch our food prepared in front of us on the restaurant’s public stove.

As I enter my final week in London, it is hard to believe that I will be returning to the U.S. after feeling both that I was gone for a long while, but also as if I just arrived in London yesterday. Additionally, it is making me realize how much I have seen during my four months here, but also how much more I could see if I spent more time here.