Long one here! Sorry!!
One of the many great things my
program does is that it plans London trips throughout the weekends for us to
choose 1 to go on. So I went this weekend, and everything except food and the
ticket fee for a tour of Parliament was provided for. The bus there and back,
the ticket itself, and a ticket to Macbeth at the Globe were provided.
So I started at Parliament, which
was unbelievable. Absolutely
beautiful. We started at the entrance
the Queen goes in when she goes for the Opening Day of Parliament each year and
followed the path she takes into the House of the Lords. The rooms were just insanely decorated in the
House of the Lords, but the House of the Commons was built at a different time
so was much less so.
From there, my friends and I walked
to Buckingham Palace and past Hyde Park, through the Wellington Arc. Then we walked by Harrods to go to a Créperie
that my friend remembered from 5 years ago. It was amazing. Worth the walk. We all got a Savoury Crépe and a Sweet
Crépe. My second crépe was the best
thing ever. Berries and dark chocolate
with cream on top. Amazing. Such happiness.
After we returned to Harrods and
yay! I didn’t get lost! Growing up my
Dad would go to London all the time and bring me back bears from Harrods so
obviously I went to the bear section.
One of the ones I had is still being made. Made me happy. From there we walked to the Thames and along
it to get us to the Globe. We walked
across the Millenium Bridge since it’s the one in Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince that collapses.
Thankfully it did not collapse.
And then we were at the Globe!
Considering our lunch was the only time we sat all day, the whole
standing the entire play thing was not appreciated. All of us said the only thing we could think
about was how much longer we would have to be standing. But the show was amazing. Lady Macbeth was out of her mind, as she
should be, and basically stole the show.
It was pretty cool to have the actors enter from all around us, as they
entered doors at ground level in the back and walked up front to the
stage. And I was actually shocked how much
of Macbeth I remembered from high school.
Brought back fond memories of my insane AP Lit teacher who had us
stretch before reading so that we would wake up and get oxygen to our
brains. Athletes would lead. She was insane.
The next big thing was our second
Formal Hall Tuesday night, which was again so much fun. We made a scene obviously when we found out the
Royal Baby was born and all cheered, resulting in the entire dining hall
turning to stare at us. Whoops. Classic though, another table started
cheering 15 minutes later for the same exact reason. Late.
It’s also
so bizarre how normal it is to drink with professors here. The cocktail hour and the dinner is with the
professors, and my Spooks and Spies professors walked over to the Kings bar
with us. Just feels weird.
So that’s that. And
as of Friday I am halfway done! Crazy!
