CAPA Reception Dinner

For our first Friday night in London, CAPA put together a reception dinner for all of us to mingle and eat together. The event was held at Doggett's, which is right on the Thames River. The views were amazing. I would have gotten pictures, but it was night and there were many showers going one after another so everything was just showing up black. Anyways, the atmosphere was really great - everyone was getting to know one another, enjoying free London food, and having drinks. This is also the place where we all discovered the drink Pimm's lemonade (lemonade means Sprite or a soft drink that is equivalent. They don't actually serve American lemonade in pubs/restaurants here.)

Three of my roommates, Heather, Veronica and Andrea, and I before we headed to Doggett's. Our other roommate, Amy, stayed back because her luggage was supposed to (and did!) come that night.Andrea, Kelsey and I at Doggett's.

A really great part of the evening was the walk to get there. After we took a few different tube stops, we got to walk across the Thames and saw the Tower Bridge at night. It really made all of us realize that we are in London!

After our party, a bunch of us went back to a neighborhood area that is near our flats called Upper Street and went to an Australian pub called WalkAbout. There were many Australians and British people alike and they had a different sport on each television, along with a DJ and dancing floor. A group of us at the Australian bar. I have no idea who the man in the background with the peace sign is...I think he was one of the Australians.