1. Our first play in London was Legally Blonde the Musical at the Savoy Theater. We all logically dressed in black white and pink. We looked like a sorority.
2. I was called to teach young women’s.
3. We all went to the Royal Albert Hall for the Philadelphia philharmonic symphony. (It was so good they gave two encores).
4. Richard III. Long. Thriving on Richard…
5. Kitchen duty. I will never complain about dishes at home after dinner prep/ clean up for 60 people.
6. Vogue Fashion’s Night Out. London 2011. September 8. There was a free Vogue photo booth, Leonardo did my hair, and I finally bought my rain boots for 25% off.
7. I had my first pub experience. Fran met a drummer and next thing we knew we were at their show… The Elgin was the cutest pub to hear the Ryan O’Reilly Band.
8. I have fallen semi-in-love-with McDonalds, and I’m super embarrassed about it, because I usually hate fast food, but I had to get my share of protein, because I promised my mom I’d be a semi-vegetarian while here in London. Mad cow disease? = I ordered a chicken sandwich.
9. I went running in Hyde Park around Serpentine Lake.
10. I attempted to watch Notting Hill in our classroom on Friday night, but I of course fell asleep. (Maggie summarized what I missed).
11. I ate at Café Diana and accepted free baklava from the restaurant owner after we clarified that I wasn’t actually Arab or Greek.
12. Visited Primark way too many times.
13. Slept in a total of once = 9:30 AM.
14. Done laundry twice (washed my sheets twice).
15. Lied in Stephanie’s twin-sized bed with three other girls to watch the BYU game at midnight. Devoted fans.
16. Camden Market.
17. Portobello Road/Market.
18. Failed to communicate to our cook in Portuguese and Spanish...
19. End of Summer Festival.
Off to Scotland today!
In my rush to get ready for London, I chose to forget that I had homework. I instead spent my preparation time… socializing and packing, but mostly just not homework. I waved goodbye to my parents as they watched me go through security (the full body scan, because I was the lucky winner, selected for the extreme check?) and walked briskly to my terminal.
My plane ride consisted of writing two mini research papers and a five page single spaced autobiography. I struggled with the research papers, because I mostly had no research to work off of, besides Wikipedia, which might not actually be a credible source, and a few other minor sites, but that and my knowledge from HUM 202 got me through the papers. The autobiography should have been simple enough, but indulging in myself has never been so hard, but I finished and was ready to conquer London, with or without sleep.
I was giddy when we got out of the van at the London Center, but tried to control myself. The Center is old, yet so beautiful and the rickety stairs already seem like home. The classroom?.. It’s getting there. We have gone on multiple walks, and I am slowly becoming familiar with the city, as I hopefully overcome jetlag. I’ve been speaking in my best British accent (poor); I changed my current city on facebook to London, and I shop at the local Boots and Tesco, so I am an official (wanna be) Londoner.
ps I'll post pictures next time, for my mother, but it was about time I rid the cat that pops up each time I visit my blog.
