Mid-Term

Hello all.
Sorry I haven't posted in so long. I've been back from Midterm Trip for about a week. This is how things happened:
We left here at the crack of dawn on coach buses. We drove for fourteen hours (stopping every now and then, including at the National Coal Mining Museum of England) until we got to Edinburgh, Scotland. We hung out in Edinburgh for awhile (three days), hitting such sights as Edinburgh Castle, Scottish Parliament and the National Gallery of Scotland.
And lots and lots of tourist shops.
Scotland really is quite excellent. I liked Edinburgh a lot more than London, and even the trip up wasn't bad. It was very scenic.
On the way back, we stopped first at Hadrian's Wall, which was built by the Romans to keep the crazy Scots out of England, which they controlled. So we went to a Roman fort and walked around and took lots of pictures and generally had a lovely time.
And then we stopped in Liverpool for a night. We went to lots of Beatles sights and had generally a lovely time there, too. All the Liverpuddlians are just so kind... And...what else? Yeah. Then we drove in the buses back to school.

And then the next day my mother came to visit and we have an AMAZING time both here and in London, where we went to do excellent things such as tour the Tate Britian, and the National Gallery, see Wicked and shop in Harrod's. And eat real people-food.

It was outstanding.
The picture is of me jumping off Hadrian's wall.

Upcoming events:
Bonfire night, Monday
Rome, Thursday-Sunday
St. Petersburg, weekend after next.

And then exams and then home!
See you all soon.