So many pictures...way too lazy to upload.

Day 19

We went to drink high tea today. Apparently high tea is different from afternoon tea. From what I understand, Afternoon (as it sounds) is the traditional 4 o’clock tea. It’s a small meal with scones (jam first, then cream), cucumber sandwiches, assorted pastries, and of course – tea and milk. It reminded me so much of bubble tea, I miss that taste! High tea is traditional 6 o’clock tea, this was for the working population of Britain that did not have the opportunity to sit down and have afternoon tea. High tea is pretty much a meal after work or as people call it now: supper. High tea is usually served with scones, cakes, buns, breads, cheese, eggs, cold meat, etc. Although what we had was called “high tea”, it was pretty much an afternoon tea.

We first toured the Royal Pavilion. The inside and outside of the palace was amazing. The place is a mix of Indian and Chinese culture, though some a bit fake. In the dining room, there was a gorgeous 1 ton chandelier with dragons and lotuses; it was honestly a really breathtaking view. I never thought I would like visiting places like that, but the Royal Pavilion was awesome. Renting a simple room in there for a night costs 2000-3000 pounds, amazing right? Too bad I couldn’t take pictures inside.

Day 20

Last day of classes!

Today was a total fail day – in a good way. I rode the 12 bus to go take picture with Susana at Seven Sisters Park. We dressed up in an attempt to take professional picture. However, a small dilemma occurred as we didn’t know where to get off. We rode the bus from Brighton all the way to Eastbourne (another city)!! It was a 1hr30min ride and the same back, so that day we spent 3 hours on a bus haha. Luckily, the buses are all double decker here and sitting on the top deck we pretty much got a free 3 hour tour of amazing England scenery. I love having nothing to do and riding the bus was so calm and relaxing.

Then, I bought an Aero chocolate candy thing, which is supposed to melt in your mouth. The inside of the circle chocolate was really foaming and just disappeared when you ate it, very interesting haha.

Day 21

Wooo, turned my paper in! Bye bye Sussex in September, I will miss you.

I got my hair cut at a place called Venus and it was 20 pounds. I wasn’t sure what I wanted but I wanted to try bangs or “fringes” as they call it. At first, I was really unsure, but the lady said that straight fringes would look nice and you can wear it different ways, so why not? It’s so hard to get used to! I’m not sure if I’m just bias towards new hairstyles, but it feels so awkward and weird. Hopefully it doesn’t look as bad as I’m imagining in my head, I just can’t get used to it I guess.

At night, we went to a club where they played ‘disco’ music with 1 pound cover. They actually played 80s and 90s which was kind of fun. I heard Spice Girls lol. We then got bored because we were missing our American R&B. Since we came with such a big group, we kind of lost each other at the end and a lot of people went home due to tiredness. Hyeji, Wen, and I went to a karaoke place called 9 Rooms. The rooms were free except each person had to order 5 pounds of drinks. We stayed there from 12:30-3am and it was awesome. I had so much fun…but I mean it’s karaoke, who doesn’t have fun at karaoke? It was definitely worth the 5 pounds. Karaoke > clubs all the way for me, it’s like having your own private dance/sing party!

Day 22

Manana Espana!! ß Total Spanish fail right there.

I’m so excited! Today we pretty much prepped for Spain. Susana, Hyeji, Wen, Laura, and I are going to Madrid and Barcelona for 6 days and 5 nights. The 3 plane tickets was about 150 euro and the hotels for 5 nights was 80 euro. I think 250 dollars for pretty much a week trip is really worth it! Susana and I planned everything out, where we're gonna go, what we're gonna eat, so it's pretty much what we want to do haha. We ate all the food in our fridge and it's already 1am, we're meeting up at 4:30am. I think this whole week will consist of no sleep. Spanish people are crazyyyy, the clubs open at midnight and close at 6am, so including that and going to tourist areas, I guess I'll catch up on sleep later.

Cheers England! Hola Espana!