Today was a big day. I had "Contemporary Britain" this morning, which is so far a very good class. It mostly focuses on the British political system, so it's interesting. In the afternoon, I had my "Museums" class. We went to the Science Museum, which was fun. I liked some of the displays a lot, and it was very interactive and child-oriented. They have a big Fresnel lighthouse lens on display that reminds me of the one on Devil's Island, Lake Superior. I thought the most intriguing display was "The Listening Post." It's a dark room with a full wall of little computer screen thingies, which show different messages taken from online chat rooms. It's definitely not for children-some of those messages were not kid appropriate-but it was quite entertaining and artistic. 
Earlier today, some friends and I decided that we really needed to find a good fish and chips joint, so we asked our native Londoner professor for a suggestion. He told us to go to "George's Fish Bar" in Nottinghill. We looked it up and were impressed by the distance, but decided to go anyway. It took us about an hour to get there (it's on the FAR end of Portobello Road) and it was freezing outside, and we felt a little lost several times, but it was SO worth the hike! It's just a little room where they cook what you order right there. We each asked for the small cod with chips and a bottle of water. The plate was probably at least a foot long and PILED with chips! The £5 price was great, too. It was actually much, much cheaper than the fish and chips some friends of ours got at a different place, which were so soggy and bready they were inedible. At George's, the food was AMAZING!!! It was, by far, the best fish I have ever eaten, perfectly flaky and moist and piping hot in the freezing air. The chips were good, too. We were very, very happy, in spite of the cold. Also, on the way there and back, we passed a big filming crew filming for the show "Brothers and Sisters," which was fun. All in all, this was a truly great day!
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