Getting back from Paris was a bit of a reality check. I kind of forgot we were taking classes here in London, and that this was our last week of them. Then next week was finals. Great. On top of that, I am trying to cram in a lot of stuff last minute before this weekend and before leaving for good. Lots of stress, especially with being the social director, but I am still enjoying my time immensely. Tension is pretty high within the group since we've all been together constantly for the past two months. I'm not ready to go home yet.
Yet, here's to the second to last week! Monday, I woke up a bit late since I, umm, took Nyquil the night before and that stuff makes it difficult to get up. Went to theatre class for the last time, which was somewhat bittersweet. I have enjoyed Sheila's crazy stories and all the shows we've seen. That night we saw "The Beauty Queen of Leenane", by Irish playwright McDonagh. It was a great production, with four very talented actors, realistic rain, deadpan humor, and intense twists. We did get there about a half an hour late though...since we got lost trying to get to the Young Vic. It was pretty comical running around downtown London singing can-can and looking like idiots. After the show, we had a wine and cheese night in the downstairs flat to discuss the show, which was quite nice:)
Tuesday, Mo sent us on a random walk of the West End, which would have
been nicer if we had done it earlier in the semester. By now we had seen most of what the tour guide talked about. But I did get to see Jude Law's handprints:) Sarah and I took a detour to McDonald's because I had to go to the bathroom pronto, and ended up losing the group. Later we, along with Jackson, went to the school to do some work. I finally tried a Mars bar, one of the most popular candy bars here, and it just tasted like a Milky Way. Then I ran home to go meet
up with Shelby (a friend from home) in Covent Garden at Jack Wills. I showed her around my flat, then we grabbed some dinner at Hummus Bros (delish), grabbed some unforgettable gelato at Scoop, and spent some time at the Weatherspoons pub. Overall, a nice chill night!
In the morning, I met up with Shelby again, this time with the 9-year-old girl she's au pairing. Her name was Maddi, and she could talk for days and never get tired. It didn't take much to keep her entertained at the London Zoo! There were tons of animals (not as many as Houston has). I liked the gorilla in a bucket and the pelicans the best. The butterfly garden was also pretty neat. Maddi got her face painted like a pink tiger. We also saw the reptile house, another HP dork moment. But it was really nice to escape for a morning with the girls, and kinda get away from school and such.
In blog class, we quickly visited Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House, which had a beautiful view of the city.
That night I saw Inception with Rachel, Genevieve, and Laura, and it was sooooooo good. It was a bit confusing and you really had to pay attention to what was going on, but overall it was great to see a movie with incredible actors, an original story-line, and unpredictable ending. The boys of the movie made it really wonderful to watch: Dicaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the Spanish guy:) Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard also did a fabulous job. Fave line: "Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange." (Dicaprio's character Cobb)
Song of the Day: "Time" from Inception
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