Manhattan

Today we went to New York.
UN tour, Times Square, Empire State Building, Soho, Chinatown, Little Italy, Ground Zero, Brooklyn Bridge etc etc
Prolly missed out lots, but I guess that's what photos are for

Phillies

We went to a Phillies baseball game today. Super duper amazing atmosphere there. Don't quite see the difference between baseball and rounders yet. It looked scarily similar to baseball on the Wii though. Met yet another creep on public transport today. I guess in that sense, Philadelphia's no different to London at all.

Philabundance

Today the US Department of State visited us. They were really nice, and no, they did not bribe me to say that.
Civic engagement - we were helping out in West Philadelphia, giving out food to the poor and needy. It was in the least shady place possible - a car park, and I think now I'm almost as brown as Brown Bear. It was definitely more fun than the Summer/Winter Community Garden though. A little bit shocking that some of the volunteers couldn't name the apricots or the mangos...

Check

Today I received a really big 'check', or 'cheque'. Either way, it was pretty cool.
Otherwise, the day was pretty uneventful. Just lots of essay writing. Ooh, I got my book list done. That was fun!
This is dinner hall food - I put a napkin on a slice of pizza, and this happened:

Just Keep Swimming

Today I went swimming in the pool at the gym. Reeeeeally nice pool. Finally a day of relaxing! Beautiful day today. This is the view from my window:

Mall-ing

Went to the mall, played on a Steinway, had a great day. Back to work.

 

Homestay

This morning we went by train to suburban Pennsylvania. So incredibly different to the city.
Some of the houses are just huge - we went swimming in a friend's pool (that had a waterfall...) and watched Avatar in her own movie theater.
I also went to an American supermarket for the first time ever. I bought shampoo.
Oh, and we went to Tanner's - this place that makes ice cream from the cows on their farm.
Late at night, we went to a diner. I'm gonna be huge tomorrow.