Ren!

Lauren came to visit me last weekend. We were busy:
Belgian beers at Lowlander
National Gallery
Chinatown
Tate Modern
more pubs
mass at St. Paul's
British Museum
fish & chips
National Portrait Gallery
Jack the Ripper walk
lunchtime recital at the Royal Opera House
curry on Brick Lane
"The Sound of Music" at the Palladium

She also went to the British Library without me, and we did a bunch of walking around besides. On the Jack the Ripper walk, we got to see a big chunk of the old Roman wall around the original city of London:

ping-pong

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pīng pāng

Warm spiced apples with vanilla ice cream

Toss 3 cups sliced peeled apple with 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Melt 2 teaspoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add apple; saute until tender. Stir in 1 tablespoon maple syrup, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg; cook 1 minute. Serve over vanilla ice cream.

This is from Cooking Light. They say to use frozen yogurt. Also, I don't measure any of it, but I'm sure that I'm more generous than they are with the butter and the maple syrup. I make it for myself with one apple.

我生病

因为我生病所以今天我在家。我头疼，感冒。通常我工作，但是今天我休息。 我看书， 看电影。 我喝又水又茶。 我吃药。在七月，我也生病。当时，我病了三个星期。我想比以前好快了。我有很多工作。

在十二月，我坐飞机去德国。在德国，我接数学家。他们和我工作一样。然后，我坐飞机去美国圣诞节。我在了三个星期美国。 前天我买了机票去美国。

Today I'm at home because I'm sick. My head hurts and I have a cold. Usually I work, but today I rest. I'm reading books and watching movies. I am drinking water and tea. I'm taking medicine. In July, I was also sick. Then, I was sick for three weeks. I hope I get better faster compared to then. I have lots of work to do.

In December, I will fly to Germany. In Germany, I will meet mathematicians. We are working on the same things. After that, I will fly to the U.S. for Christmas. I will stay in the U.S. for three weeks. I bought plane tickets for the U.S. the day before yesterday.