Christina Kim, 20, is an English major from Los Angeles, Calif. The UCLA junior has traveled internationally every summer for four years, but has only seen England on a one-day whirlwind tour until this trip. "I'm looking forward to getting lost in the British Museum, shoppingshoppingshopping, seeing the Plenty of people have warned me about the unpredictable rain in
London. It's famous for it! I've heard enough about the sudden
onslaught of water pouring from the skies and pounding the ground
below, and just when you're soaked to the bone, miserable like a
drowned rat ... it lets up. Of course, then it's uncertain whether you should be
relieved and try to dry off, or just wait five more minutes because
you're going to get sopping wet again. O, finicky British Mother Nature!
And yet everyone around me seems to like it — BUT WHY?!