London meets USA

Since I've gotten back from Scotland, I've packed my bags mostly and did a few final England-y things.

Alex and I visit the Hatfield House and the home where Elizabeth I grew up.
Went into London to a few festivals, one at the Udderbelly on South Bank.
This was one of the street performances...that guy was very bendy
Got cheap last minute tickets to the show We Will Rock You co-written by Queen. It did rock me.
Sunday there was a university-organized trip to Brighton, a nice town on the southern coast.

Thursday Geoff got into London, so Alex and I met him at the train station and we took him to do London things all day. Our first stop was Abbey Road, where the Beatles took the picture for their album cover.
Tried to get into a show at Shakespeare's Globe Theater but it was sold out. Walked the Millenium Bridge (in the 6th HP film) and went to St. Paul's Cathedral. There were 3 levels to walk to, coming to a total of about 400 steps we climbed--sore. But it was an awesome cathedral.
The next day we were going to go to Oxford, but transportation presented to be a problem so we went back to London, this time going to Camden Town. Then back to Trafalgar Square to watch the South Africa/Mexico game, which ended in a tie 1-1.
That night we went to the last Forum :( But it was fun! And Geoff got to see the wonder that is our club on campus. Also joining us for the first time was Nicole's sister Sarah and Rachel's friend Debra
Last night (Saturday) we went to the World Cup Festival at the Shepherd's Bush Pavillion to watch the US/England game. And what a game! They had a good team, but thank goodness we had a phenomenal goalie, and it too ended in a 1-1 tie. It's so crazy that that is what I stayed in England this long for...and now it's over!
Now Geoff is off in Cambridge for the day while I'm supposed to be finishing up my packing and cleaning out my room...oor watching How I Met Your Mother. I can't really remember :)


--I come home tomorrow?!?!?!

Why is a Raven like Billy Idol?

Friday two big things happened:

I saw Alice In Wonderland
which I enjoyed. I'd recommend going into it not thinking at all about all the other Alice in Wonderlands you may have seen and read.

Also, Megs, Alex and I dressed up 80s style...We thought it was an 80s night, but...it wasn't. I didn't mind though, who DIDN'T love the 80s?

Plus now I have a new respect for how those ladies kept their hair so huge during that decade. I used half a can of hair spray and I was flat by the middle of the night!

He took a real piss out of it

I think that either means he thought it was funny, or he made fun of it. Sometimes context clues don't help that much.

Last night we (Nic, Sarah, Hanna, Coral, Megan, Tim--Sarah's flatmate--and his friends Lee and Alex)went to the Forum. You know, imagine that. We danced, same old story. Still lots of fun but I feel like these must be beginning to sound the same.

Left an hour early though so Nicole and I could get some sleep before Windsor Castle this morning.

To see all the pictures on Facebook from the night, follow this link.

Dance duel for love

We went out to Bonk last night at the Forum (that's when they play music from the Top 40), kind of a big night there. A girl in line sold me her spare ticket for 3.60 rather than me paying 5 pounds, I'll take it! I mean, I took it!

We went again with Hanna and Sarah and her flatmates, plus Dan and Tim (I hope by now you've defaulted to "we" meaning "Nicole and I"). And we met up with Alex, Megan, and Coral! Plus the trivia team, gosh darn it I love the friends I've met this far :) Just LOOK at Sarah dance!
They had a fire alarm around 1:30 am, so we all had to go outside without our coats! Ahh it was freeeezing. The boys made a wall around us though, bless their hearts. x

To see all the photos from Bonk night, follow this link.

I also got a hair cut today, drastically shorter, but still not that short. HUGE pile of hair on the ground though. I don't get how all this is still left!