So I bought ear plugs last night. I couldn't find the compression ones so I had to buy the wax ones.

TERRIBLE. Not only did they not block out sound, they didn't stay in no matter how I insterted, jammed, or squeezed them. I decided they were better than nothing, though, and wore them. I was rewarded by waking up with one of them tangled in my hair.

One of my grossest childhood memories is seeing my dad's old wax earplugs, yellowed with age and ear wax, filled with bits of ear hair. SUPER DUPER GROSS.

I keep seeing dopplegangers of my friends here, and it makes me lonely. I wish I had had someone to travel with here, but oh well. Next time. Unless I'm really stupid, I won't use up all of my travelling monies, so there will be another trip in my future.

Today I woke up early, though not quite as bright and early as yesterday. Fortunately, self-talking, spray-deoderant Greek guy seems to have vacated the building, which is a-okay by me.

Breakfast is free with my room, which is okay, but they only have cornflakes (with homo milk), white toast, tea, and instant coffee.

I actually haven't reacted to the milk yet, for which I am surprised. On the other hand, I only put enough in my corn flakes to wet them. I haven't been brave enough to elbow my way to the toaster yet, and I doubt I will. It's always really crowded, and seems like a lot of effort for some white toast and cheap jam, so I think I'll stick with my corn flakes.

So. Breakfast. Swallowed that fast. Went out walking, headed to the Museum of Natural Science. I didn't make the same mistake as yesterday, and stopped at a grocery store along the way and stocked up on foodstuffs. (Yesterday I got into an area with no grocery stores and had to buy a cheap, albeit delicious, bowl of soup from the V&A). They have great plain yogurts here, for about 50p (75 cents), and really cheap sandwich deals. If you shop right, you can get a sandwich, a bag of chips or chocolate bar (or sometimes a salad, if you're lucky!), and a bottle of water for two pounds (about three bucks). And with the new push to get English people eating better, you can get a lot of healthy insta food.

Then! The Museum of Natural Science! I hit it right as it opened. Make yourself a note here, if you ever go there: get there as soon as it opens (10am) and check out the dinosaurs first, then the whales, then move on to everything else. I hit the dinosaurs and the whales later in the day, and it was oppressively packed. I skimmed most of those parts because I couldn't stand the press of bodies. Some of the dinosaurs were animated, and animated really well (though lighted poorly, for shame!).

It was a really good museum. It's mostly for kids, though. I forked out a little money to see an extra part of the exhibit, on deep water creatures, and I'm glad I did. It was really interesting. All about the first discoveries of deep sea life, and the modern exploration. They even had pickled specimens of them fish what with the lights on.

I decided to duck early, instead of closing out the museum, like I did at the V&A. Mind, there was a lot more that I was interested in at the V&A. My hip needed a bit of a rest, so I sat in Hyde park and finished the leftovers from my lunch, then tottered on back to my hostel.

Now I am here! I am drinking a couple of Strongbow (super cheap here!) and deciding what I want to do tonight. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed again, so I might go catch a movie, but they're pretty expensive here, so I may just sit in the common room and watch television. Oh, the options!

Adieu for now.