Plays, Dickens, Snow, & Paris
The past few days have been pretty eventful. Classes have been keeping me busy...mainly British Media & Institutions. I have to give a presentation on Monday, so I've been busy preparing it. I'm almost finished though. I just need to type up the 500 word summary and I'm golden :)
On Tuesday, my London in Literature class went on a Charles Dickens walk for 3 hours. It was sooooooo cold, but we had such a good time that I almost forgot how frozen my hands were. We discovered a bunch of secret alleys, and we even went into the area where solicitors and baristers (the 2 types of lawyers in London...solicitors deal with minor stuff and baristers actually go to court) live and work. It was absolutely beautiful. We also saw the only circular church in Great Britain, which I will revisit and take pictures of. Finally, we made it to Charles Dicken's home. It was amazing to walk around the home he lived in. The collection of his work was the best part. They even had the manuscript and the editions of Oliver Twist (what we're currently reading)!
Tuesday evening, Billy, Maura, Megan, and I went to see Avenue Q. It was shocking...but pretty funny. I'm so glad I got to see it before it ended this weekend.
I woke up yesterday morning to snow!!!! We didn't get that much, but it sure did cause a ton of backups on the tube. Unfortunately, it's already melted. Don't worry though, I took pics...including one of our palm tree covered in snow haha.
Yesterday my Modern Theatre class went to see the play, Happy Days. It is a 2 person show starring the lady that plays Harry Potter's aunt in all of the HP films. The set was amazing, but to be honest, the show was awful. Most of us ended up dozing at one point.
Today has been extremely hectic. In the morning I got my hair cut on Portobello Road. I told Andrew to make me look European...boy this sure is a different look for me! I'll post pictures after this weekend. I haven't decided if I like it or not, but most people seem to like it...or they're just lying to me hehe. After the haircut, I went to the library to work on this presentation, and then I had to go to class. My British Society prof is hilarious...he's such a cute old British man with the best sense of humor. He had us laughing the entire 3 hours. For the past few hours I've been charging various electronics, packing, and attempting to finish this paper.
I leave in a few hours for Paris...3:45 am (that's 9:45 pm for you Central Time Zone folks). I will be back Monday morning just in time for class. Expect a great update on Monday!!!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
On Tuesday, my London in Literature class went on a Charles Dickens walk for 3 hours. It was sooooooo cold, but we had such a good time that I almost forgot how frozen my hands were. We discovered a bunch of secret alleys, and we even went into the area where solicitors and baristers (the 2 types of lawyers in London...solicitors deal with minor stuff and baristers actually go to court) live and work. It was absolutely beautiful. We also saw the only circular church in Great Britain, which I will revisit and take pictures of. Finally, we made it to Charles Dicken's home. It was amazing to walk around the home he lived in. The collection of his work was the best part. They even had the manuscript and the editions of Oliver Twist (what we're currently reading)!
Tuesday evening, Billy, Maura, Megan, and I went to see Avenue Q. It was shocking...but pretty funny. I'm so glad I got to see it before it ended this weekend.
I woke up yesterday morning to snow!!!! We didn't get that much, but it sure did cause a ton of backups on the tube. Unfortunately, it's already melted. Don't worry though, I took pics...including one of our palm tree covered in snow haha.
Yesterday my Modern Theatre class went to see the play, Happy Days. It is a 2 person show starring the lady that plays Harry Potter's aunt in all of the HP films. The set was amazing, but to be honest, the show was awful. Most of us ended up dozing at one point.
Today has been extremely hectic. In the morning I got my hair cut on Portobello Road. I told Andrew to make me look European...boy this sure is a different look for me! I'll post pictures after this weekend. I haven't decided if I like it or not, but most people seem to like it...or they're just lying to me hehe. After the haircut, I went to the library to work on this presentation, and then I had to go to class. My British Society prof is hilarious...he's such a cute old British man with the best sense of humor. He had us laughing the entire 3 hours. For the past few hours I've been charging various electronics, packing, and attempting to finish this paper.
I leave in a few hours for Paris...3:45 am (that's 9:45 pm for you Central Time Zone folks). I will be back Monday morning just in time for class. Expect a great update on Monday!!!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
posted by Jen at 2:09 PM
3 Comments:
thumbs up!
it's past monday, where's our update? did the french make you stay longer?
I agree...what's the delay ????
Update please ! The suspense is getting to us...we are all living vicariously off of you ! :)
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