Sometimes I think it’s not possible to have a blog and a Real Life at the same time. I used to blog prolifically, and most posts were interesting and imaginative and funny. Of course, that was back when I was fifteen, wrote Harry Potter fanfiction after school, tried to teach myself C++ programming ‘for fun’, and was deathly scared of real people.
I’m still a bit scared of real people, but not as scared of real life. Real life tends to be awesome.
About two weeks ago, my brother Niyantha came to London. The timing was not the best because it was in the middle of two exams, but if I was being honest it’s not like I would have done any serious studying in those ten days anyway! This gave me a wonderful excuse to really splurge and do the gratuitously touristy things I hadn’t done yet. Like doing one of the bus tours around the city and buying an overpriced ticket to Madame Tussauds (although the actual exhibition itself was a lot more fun than I’d expected it to be). We visited Oxford and Manisha, and did a lovely walking tour of the city, then my brother visited York and Manasi while I tried in vain to study. I got to see the inside of the Lord’s cricket stadium, and despite my lifelong loathing for cricket, the view of the grounds is seriously spectacular. We missed our train to Manchester but it turned out to be for the best as Niyantha got to do proper tours of Lords and Wimbledon, and I got to take a loooong nap and plan out our two-day trip to Paris.
Paris is, and will always be, one of the most amazing cities EVER. If you find yourself there for a day or two, I highly recommend the New Paris walking tour (in English)- it’s a four-hour walking tour that covers all the major sights plus a few lesser-known ones, and it’s technically free although you should be sure to generously tip your tour guides because they are fantastic.
Not the best picture, but really nothing can compare to actually seeing the Eiffel Tower light up in front of you at sunset.
Niyantha left on Saturday, and I had two days to learn a semester’s worth of statistics theory for my exam. And thanks to a day in Oxford with Manisha, and some rigorous study grouping, I did it, and not only did I pass my exam, but I’m pretty sure I did quite well!
And somewhere in the middle of that week I got myself a super cute haircut at Toni and Guy for 5 pounds. I told you real life tends to be awesome.
