Today a really good friend of mine flew in from Germany to stay with me for the week. Miss Lavinia over at I Write All Down is studying in Florence for the semester and is keeping track of her adventures. I haven't seen this girl since May of last school year so I was rather excited when she told me she was off for Fall Break and needed a place to stay. I readily offered my humble abode and she's here!
Before Lavinia got here, however, Nekol and I went to church next door to the International House. It is an Ecumenical Project as it is both Anglican and Methodist. I know, crazy right? I have never heard of it being like this and Lavinia had a good statement, "I don't know if I like church being a project." Well, it was a fantastic service. The pastor that preached today was heart warming and very passionate of what he spoke. Today his homily had the moral, "Do not settle for your current situation. Be open to new options." I've always felt like I've been like that. I'm studying abroad would be my main reason to prove that but I know I've probably shut myself from things in the past that I shouldn't have. One should never grow lax in their life and just settle for things but aim higher. At the end of the service, Nekol and I met several members of the congregation and told them all about ourselves (repeating much of the same information over and over again) before leaving to go meet up with Lavinia.
After the three of us had convened and Lavinia had taken a shower (washing herself clean of German Hostel for two days) we went off to go visit Jule who was in London visiting from Dublin. Jule is another young lady I know from school who is studying abroad this semester. We met up in Hyde Park and sat around for a couple of hours. It was a fantastic day; there were people roller blading, hoola hooping, walking the dogs, riding horses, enjoying the autumn air, and just loving life. I took a picture for a large family that sounded Italian to me, they were all just so ecstatic to be together. The leaves were falling off the trees and the water was glistening beneath the sun's rays. It was a gorgeous day to be alive.
We met up with Jule and her friend Lauren right by the Peter Pan statue which we sat by for a couple of hours. We just talked, caught up, got to know each other, and just laughed. We all took pictures by the Peter Pan statue and agreed that no one really enjoyed Peter Pan until they were grown up, ironically enough. We did though, we enjoyed laughing and being young while looking out over the water and sitting beneath the autumn touched trees. When the sky darkened and it was too cold to sit outside for much longer, Nekol, Claire, and I took our leave and told Jule we couldn't wait till Halloween.
The three of us enjoyed a fantastic Chinese dinner, watched Potter Puppet Pals, and laughed quite a bit more. I now sit, exhausted, typing this up before I lose all energy and drive. It's not even ten o'clock yet! However, I need to get my sleep because this Weekend is Halloween Weekend and Nekol and I are off to Dublin!
<3,
Dre
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