Prep for the walk AKA hoofin' it

It may come as a shock to many people (as it did to me), but when you're on a study abroad it's not all fun and games and sightseeing and watching shows. There is a lot of homework we have to do - tons and tons of reading for one thing. Then we are assigned different museum visits or different photo essays or any number of things. I could never complain that I'm assigned to go to the National Gallery for homework and I love it. But... slide that into a schedule that is already airtight = stressful. Especially because these walks take time. A lot of time. Hours of the day. In a very busy day - like five hours for homework all together. So how did we fit in an almost six mile walk you ask? Extreme and unreal time management. Here was the schedule we put togther.

12:45 - 1:00 / get out of class. Use the toilets, pack a lunch

1:00 / on the dot walk out of the flat leaving behind anyone who isn't there (this was a real thing)

1-1:30 / travel time on the underground including any possibility of getting lost

1:30 / arrive at destination and begin our walk

Take fifteen minutes per page (that's fast) and end at 4:00

4-4:30 /  walk to and go through three rooms for the British Museum for Humanities

4:30-5 / walk to the Queens theatre, purchase tickets for Les Mis, get on the tube and leave

5:30 / arrive at home in time for dinner. 

I can't stress enough how tight of a schedule that is and how exhausting it is to do all that in one small five hour period. Just so you have an everyday idea of our schedules. Yup.

"A bad day in London is still better than a good day anywhere else." - Pinterest