Belgian Waffles and Bicycles! ~ Brussels and Amsterdam

This past weekend my roommate Jen and I lived some truly wise words, 
taken from one of the most classic, inspired pieces of film of our 
generation... Up.

Adventures are out there!

With that in mind, we ventured off to Brussels and Amsterdam for the 
weekend!

 

It's a jolly holiday with Tara! ~ my sister comes to London!

This Megan was "as lucky as lucky could be" this past weekend... my older sister came to visit me in London over her long Columbus weekend!  We've been excited for this trip since she booked her flights last April (we Powers girls like to plan ahead), especially since we had so much fun the last time we were abroad together in the summer of 2006 with our high school (we visited Spain, France, and England).  I feel like I really caught the travel bug that summer, no doubt thanks to her.  We grew so much closer exploring those beautiful cities together, and it was great to have the time right before she left for college.  A group of Tara's high school friends also took that trip, and she always made me feel so included even though they were all a few years older than me.  We shared so many laughs and memories on that trip, and it's one that I will never forget.

I couldn't believe Tara's visit was finally here.  It was so great to have a face from home around for a few days, to just talk and explore together, know what the other one was thinking-- no matter where we get together, it always feels like home.  We had such an amazing weekend, and I was sad to have to say goodbye until December, but we'll have a great reunion over my winter break (and yes, we've already started planning all the fun adventures we'll have.  We are planners, we'll admit it!)

But first... for the fun adventures we had this weekend! 

Piccadilly and Princesses!

Weekend adventures are great.  Weekend adventures with your new roommates, who you get along with really well and have a lot in common, and only on day 5 in London?  Even better.

The way the Internship Program is structured, I take two classes from Monday-Thursday, one class session a day, for four hours each.  Oh yeah, you read that right.  I'm a champion.  The reason the classes are so long is because we're basically taking a semester's worth of material in five weeks, before moving on to our internships.  Everything has to be condensed to basically fit within ten or so class meetings.  But on the bright side, those marathon classes meeeean... free Fridays!

For those of you at Fordham who have ever had Wednesdays off from class, I know you know that soul-liberating feeling you get on Tuesday after classes end, when you realize you can make plans for that evening, sleep late the next day, and take a much-needed mid-week break from academic life the next day.  It's the best part of the week!

My London roommates and I echoed these feelings on Thursday night, and decided to venture out the next day for some sightseeing in Piccadilly Circus.  Come and see what adventures we got up to!