Friday I worked for a couple hours, learning about different ways to market for financial services at our bank, there is definitely a lot of paperwork! Glad to be learning more about the business though. After work I went to shop a little bit and met up with some friends to check out Harrods, which is beautiful, and then to lunch! Friday night then I met up with my friend Eric who is also studying here in London this semester for dinner in Chinatown. We decided to check the discount ticket counter to see if there was any good deals for shows we wanted to see. We ended up deciding to go see Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre. My did we get great seats for a fantastic show!!! 4th row watching some really talented actors and an amazing live band! It was a truly fun Friday night. I love that theatre is so big here, I cannot wait to see Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, and Wicked :) Also with my theatre class we are going to about 5 different plays this semester, should be a great experience!
Saturday morning I was up early, departure for our trip to Stonehenge and Bath left at 8am! I slept most of the way to Stonehenge, and when we got there my was it COLD! I forgot what it's like to be out in the plains with no trees to block the frigid wind! Stonehenge was pretty beautiful though, I mean it is amazing to wonder how they were able to erect it and what really was the purpose? Or were there multiple purposes? Our tour guide was great and we even got a big handout outlining the numerous theories about this ancient site. After taking some photos and walking around the plain we headed back on the bus to travel another hour to Bath. I didn't know there were so many hills in Britain!
Bath is a pretty expansive town at the top of a hill. It is so beautiful, it reminded me a lot of all the beautiful villages of Italy, it had so much character. All the buildings are erected out of this "Bath stone" that is a yellowish color, very elegantly built! As soon as we got there we met in front of the main church or Abby to discuss the Roman Baths we were going to see. The baths were so interesting, just these natural hot springs in the middle of England, who would of thought huh? Apparently they are extremely warm, they looked kind of gross, greenish in color, but it was cool to see the steam rising out of them, kind of an eerie site to see. They believed the baths had healing powers, and could cure infertility. After exploring the Baths we grabbed some lunch at this cute little cafe called The Hub. Then I did a bit of shopping and we met back up with the group to get a tour of the city. We learned Bath was were Jane Austen spent 6 years of her life, sadly she wasn't very fond of the city, not sure why, it's gorgeous! Also Nicholas Cage apparently had a house there in one of the main neighborhoods not long ago. It's a neat city I'm glad we got to see it! Makes me excited to see some of the other towns in England.
I'm hoping it'll be nice out tomorrow to maybe go see something or maybe check out the neighborhood a little more. It's very weird to think Wednesday I'll have been here for two weeks. I feel like I've been here a lot longer. This week will be another busy one full of classes, a Harry Potter walking tour Monday night :), a play Tuesday, Cricket turney Thursday, walking tour of old city London, and then maybe Scotland this weekend? Plans are in the making so we'll see if they work out! I'm also trying to work out a trip to Germany in February too, I'm dying to get traveling outside London and see some of my many other friends that are in Europe for the semester as well. Can't believe a month from tomorrow too is my 21st birthday! When did I get so old huh? haha life goes by too fast sometimes. I'm still adjusting to this new life here, it's taken me a lot longer than I thought but it's just so different, nothing like I ever thought. Still homesick but the trips and being busy make it a lot better. I'm hoping the family will come here soon maybe for my spring break or they talked about coming after the program, sooner the better, I miss them!
Well more later! Enjoy the pics!
The most haunted theatre in Britain! (Above)
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