Are You American?

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    Another day, another class. This morning the lot of us went to the London Center where we were to have class. Today it was Britain and the EU, a class looking at Britain's complicated relationship with the the European Union. During the break we watched BBC News, which we all find a lot more interesting than U.S news, and a lot of us pay more attention to the news now that we are here. There are papers everywhere! After class Melissa, Grace, and I decided that we should go and get our textbooks for it. The bookstore was on Charing Cross Road, and as navigator, I got us from Holborn to Charing Cross Station. (Fun Fact: The London Underground is celebrating 150 years today!) When we left the Tube station we tried to find the bookstore, but we only knew the knew the name and address, so we got out a map and I tried to find the street. We wandered for about five minutes, before we went into another bookstore to ask where the street. It was there that the person at the register asked us if we were students(which seemed obvious since we all had backpacks) and we got our first "are you American?" The woman that we asked was American herself, or it sounded like it at least, so it was a strange question. We did eventually find the bookstore and then took the Tube back home. They had all but one of our textbooks and we shared the cost, so it was not that. Overall, it was not a very eventful day. We are just going to get together once everyone is out of class and have dinner and maybe watch a movie. 

Funny Story:
   Last night I walked into the kitchen and was told that the exchange rate had just gone in the United States' favour. I was quite skeptical of this statement; it would take a miracle for the exchange rate to go from 1.6 to .6 in a matter of hours. So, I looked it up and saw that I was right, someone had misheard. By that time though, half of Palace had heard and some had gone out to withdrawal money. Later that night as we were sitting in the kitchen( which is sort of where we all hang out. We read, surf the internet, and talk) Grace asked me what it would take for the exchange rate to get to .6. Before I could answer her question she answered it herself. "We would not want to be here if it suddenly went to .6, would we?" I shook my head. I do not know what it would take to get it that low, but I have a feeling that it would have to be significant. 

Side note: The terrible exchange rate is the thing most complained about at Palace.