Tuesday I didn't go into work because I had a sore throat that had started Sunday. I felt horrible Tuesday morning when I woke up so I decided to call out of work and go to the walk-in clinic in Soho. After waiting about an hour in the clinic, I saw the nurse who told me I had laryngitis. She told me I just had to wait it out and I couldn't take medication for it because its a viral infection. I was just happy it wasn't something worse. I went to work the next day with no voice!!! I've never lost my voice before. Rachel kept asking me if I was okay at work and if I needed to go home. I was a little tired (and I couldn't talk!!) but other than that I didn't feel too bad. At the end of the day I got some clothes!!! I picked out two things, a dress and a tunic, both made from bamboo, so cute!!! I'll probably grab a few more things next week too.
Thursday I woke up and had absolutely no voice. I didn't do much of anything. I went to TopShop (a store like H&M that is HUGE in London and just opened a location in NYC over the summer!!!). I bought a winter hat for when it gets colder out. Friday Chelsea and I had class. After talking to our professor for the independent study, we took a bus to the Imperial War Museum for our first class. We looked at the exhibit that displays what it was like for children in the UK during WWI. It included propaganda posters, survival packs that were carried everyday, and children's gas masks. Then we went upstairs to the Holocaust Exhibition which included a lot of photographs, newspapers, documents, artifacts, and films. They had a lot of interviews playing with Holocaust survivors. It was really interesting to see (Sean, you would have liked it a lot). After that I went home and Chelsea went to meet her parents who arrived on Thursday. I needed to rest because the next day I was going to Portobello Market with Chelsea and her parents.
Chelsea and I left our flat at about 9:30 AM Saturday for her parents' hotel right outside Lancaster Gate tube station. From there we walked to Notting Hill and found Portobello Road where the market began. Portobello Market is one of London's most famous and biggest markets. There are 2,000-plus vendors that include antiques, food, and new goods. There were TONS of people and so much stuff to look at. The beginning of the market was a lot of antiques. The food market was next, mainly vegetable stands but some patisseries and specialty foods like German, Spanish, and Thai. We will have to go back because we skipped over the fashion market, which extend on either side of Portobello Road. Those stalls are supposed to be FILLED with awesome vintage finds. The market is almost home to the movie "Notting Hill"'s (Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts) blue door and traveling bookstore. We found the traveling bookstore but we were told the blue door has since been painted black so that would be harder to find. Towards the end of the market was much, much less crowded which was nice. We turned off at the end of the road and headed for the tube to go back to our flat.
I was exhausted from walking around all day so I took a nap when we got home. Later on, Bridget and I walked to Covent Gardens to go to dinner at Bella Italia. Anglo had given Chelsea and I a map with discounts for certain sights and restaurants so we got 20% off our bill there. Our dinner was excellent and we both had really good desserts too. I don't have any plans for tomorrow except that Eya, Bridget, and I are going to the Mexican restaurant that I went to with everyone from work. Then on Monday I have work again and hopefully I will be able to share with Rachel my ideas for the summer photo shoot and my window display.
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