Oh and I can't forget my pretty pictures from Connor and Erika - they are hanging right by my bed.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Letters from home
Look at all the cards I've received since I've been gone. My door is almost full!
Oh and I can't forget my pretty pictures from Connor and Erika - they are hanging right by my bed.
Oh and I can't forget my pretty pictures from Connor and Erika - they are hanging right by my bed.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Windsor
A few of us took the bus out to Windsor last weekend to check out where the Queen lives. To be competely honest, it's kind of an expensive tourist trap (students still had to pay 14.50!) and you don't get to go into much of the castle. We saw Queen Mary's Doll House, a protrait gallery and the State Apartments, but you can't take pictures inside any of it... so here are some pictures of the grounds:
Theater
Well it's been 2 weeks now since I updated (sorry been having too much fun! :) so I thought I'd tell you about the theater shows we have gone to.
The first was Wicked:
Me and Barbara!
Second was A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe:
Aaron likes us... I swear!
I wasn't that excited to go to this play, but it was actually really cool. We had standing tickets and were right up next to the stage. The group of actors for this play are in a traveling group and because of this, they let them do a modern version. It was set in the 1920's and was very interactive. The actors talked and wanted responses from the audience and even came into the crowd a few times.
Third was the Lion King, but this one wasn't part of the group. I went with Ann and Barbara and thanks to some really bad directions we got to the theater and picked up the tickets at about 728pm for the show that started at 730pm. We got inside only to find out that there were people in our seats that were determined that we were wrong. We were not however, they were. The usher came and kicked them out and we sat down and the play started. It was SO cool. By far my favorite of the one's that I've seen here. It pretty much follows the movie, but the way they use the people for the characters is amazing. Everyone should definitely go see it at Keller in Portland!
Last night was our last group play and it was Mrs. Warren's Profession. I had no clue what this one was about, but it's basically a 'Mrs. Robinson' kind of story. Due to some personal reasons my mind was elsewhere during most of the play, but it was better than I was expecting.
I don't have any more shows lined up and don't really expect to see any more while I'm here. The main one I wanted to see was the Lion King and I've got that covered now. I'm also going to see Wicked again this summer in San Francisco on our annual 'Girls Weekend'. I'm excited to see if there is a difference!
The first was Wicked:
Me and Barbara!
Second was A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe:
Aaron likes us... I swear!
I wasn't that excited to go to this play, but it was actually really cool. We had standing tickets and were right up next to the stage. The group of actors for this play are in a traveling group and because of this, they let them do a modern version. It was set in the 1920's and was very interactive. The actors talked and wanted responses from the audience and even came into the crowd a few times.
Third was the Lion King, but this one wasn't part of the group. I went with Ann and Barbara and thanks to some really bad directions we got to the theater and picked up the tickets at about 728pm for the show that started at 730pm. We got inside only to find out that there were people in our seats that were determined that we were wrong. We were not however, they were. The usher came and kicked them out and we sat down and the play started. It was SO cool. By far my favorite of the one's that I've seen here. It pretty much follows the movie, but the way they use the people for the characters is amazing. Everyone should definitely go see it at Keller in Portland!
Last night was our last group play and it was Mrs. Warren's Profession. I had no clue what this one was about, but it's basically a 'Mrs. Robinson' kind of story. Due to some personal reasons my mind was elsewhere during most of the play, but it was better than I was expecting.
I don't have any more shows lined up and don't really expect to see any more while I'm here. The main one I wanted to see was the Lion King and I've got that covered now. I'm also going to see Wicked again this summer in San Francisco on our annual 'Girls Weekend'. I'm excited to see if there is a difference!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Politics, Politics, Politics
Right now, as we speak, Great Britain is in the process of electing a new Prime Minister. It's all we've been hearing about for the last month or so because it's kind of a big deal because Gordon Brown just kind of took over after Tony Blair stepped down, he wasn't elected.
Unlike how we do things at home, over here they elect the party, not the person (even though essentially you are voting for someone specific in that party). They think there will be a total of about 44 million votes cast tonight. It's also thought that the result will be a hung parliament, which means that if one party doesn't win by a majority vote, two parties have to form a coalition to get the super majority.
So different than at home!
Stay tuned for results....
Unlike how we do things at home, over here they elect the party, not the person (even though essentially you are voting for someone specific in that party). They think there will be a total of about 44 million votes cast tonight. It's also thought that the result will be a hung parliament, which means that if one party doesn't win by a majority vote, two parties have to form a coalition to get the super majority.
So different than at home!
Stay tuned for results....
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Rugby!
One of the things that was supposed to be included in the program cost was a soccer game. The Brits take their soccer very seriously, so we were all excited to go. But, for whatever reason, we ended up not going to a soccer game, but a rugby game instead. We got to see the London Wasps vs Bath Rugby.
Most of the rest of the group didn't understand my fascination, but I loved every minute of it. It felt just like game day at home! The rules of rugby are a little different than football, but I followed along pretty well. You get 5 points for a 'try' versus 6 points for a touchdown and any time you kick the ball through the uprights you get 3 points. The strangest part for me was that they couldn't pass the ball forward... seem like a hassle if you ask me. It wasn't as violent as I was expecting either. Since they don't wear any kind of padding I thought there would be more injuries, but nothing too major happened.
Here are some shots from the game... oh I should mention that we were seated in row 75 which was at the very top:
Very. Top. Row. Kinda reminded me of our seats in Death Valley.
Military before the game.
They pick each other up to get the ball... crazy!
Injury!
Bath scoring...
Bath fans after the score.
Itty bitty goal posts!
Halftime score.
Robert and I at halftime :)
Final score.
As you can see the Wasps lost. Even though I only have a general grasp of Rugby, I can say that the Wasps didn't play very well at all. They literally dropped the ball like 5 times when they were in the red zone, and if the ball hits the ground in Rugby it's fair game. Oh well, even though they lost it was still a fun day!
Most of the rest of the group didn't understand my fascination, but I loved every minute of it. It felt just like game day at home! The rules of rugby are a little different than football, but I followed along pretty well. You get 5 points for a 'try' versus 6 points for a touchdown and any time you kick the ball through the uprights you get 3 points. The strangest part for me was that they couldn't pass the ball forward... seem like a hassle if you ask me. It wasn't as violent as I was expecting either. Since they don't wear any kind of padding I thought there would be more injuries, but nothing too major happened.
Here are some shots from the game... oh I should mention that we were seated in row 75 which was at the very top:
Very. Top. Row. Kinda reminded me of our seats in Death Valley.
Military before the game.
They pick each other up to get the ball... crazy!
Injury!
Bath scoring...
Bath fans after the score.
Itty bitty goal posts!
Halftime score.
Robert and I at halftime :)
Final score.
As you can see the Wasps lost. Even though I only have a general grasp of Rugby, I can say that the Wasps didn't play very well at all. They literally dropped the ball like 5 times when they were in the red zone, and if the ball hits the ground in Rugby it's fair game. Oh well, even though they lost it was still a fun day!
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