hello all!
sorry it's taken such a long time (again) but more internet issues afoot. Things are going quite splendidly! After Stourhead on Monday, we had another trip Wednesday to London! It was my first time to London (other than the airport), and it was so exciting. We're reading Bleak House for one of my classes, so we took a Dicken walk through the old law courts and such as well as the Dickens museum, where he and his family lived for a couple years. We then found a pub and had a beer whilst waiting for the coach to come and take us to Harrod's. On the way to Harrod's, we were able to see the more metropolitan/swanky side of London with more shops, etc.... Harrod's was amazing! I felt pretty much like a pauper in there; everything is insanely expensive except for maybe the food. We all got "take away" and took it with up to Hyde Park to eat, which was delightful except for the part when I was opening a bottle of lemonaide and it was apparently highly fizzed and spewed all over my pants. I dried out eventually. So post lounging in the park, we wandered over to the Royal Albert Hall and the memorial across from it.... pics to come i hope... and then on towards the Victoria and Albert Museum. I LOVED the V&A. Loved it. The fashion/vintage clothing exhibit was so interesting, as well as old British stuff, and the Raphael exhibit. I intend to go back sometime while i'm here- there just wasn't enough time because it's such a huge place. Ummmm, everything else is going fine. I still adore Oxford, even more so than when I arrived. Saw Pirates of the Caribbean II last night which was an interesting experience. I loved the movie, yes, but seeing it in and English theater was funny as far as previews and such are concerned. What else... today am seeing Henry IV at the Swan theater, should be cool. Possible trip on Saturday to London, possible trip Sunday to Cambridge. It's only 20 minutes away and there's a castle there. Promise I'm going to figure out the photo thing eventually... just hard to do in this lab cause it's crowded and people are waiting to use the computers. FYI, also, this blog is going to be used for one of my classes, so be expecting some slightly more formal entries on things I've seen here, perhaps a little more concise and detailed bits on a particular thing I saw at a museum or in a novel we're reading, or just an experience on the street. I'll probably put some sort of mark like this : *____* to signify such entries. Or perhaps I will allow you to just figure it out on your own. I'm off now, hoping Richard the "scout" (english speak for cleaning person but more highly respected?) is finished "sorting" my room and "hoovering". :) Oi!