Mind the Gap & Billy Shakespeare

I have only 18 minutes left on this computer to type a blog. Please pardon the shorthand and lists but it is the best way to get the most amount of information out in the smallest amount of time.

I am having a fantastic time! I appreciate all of the comments that ya'll are sending me too! They brighten my email inbox when I get around to checking it!

I have seen so many places and so many plays so far!
Plays seen so far:
The Rose Tattoo in the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre

My Child in the Writers Theatre at the Royal Court Theatre

Vernon God Little at the Young Vic Theatre

Avenue Q at the Noel Coward Theatre (seeing this tonight at 8pm with just a few people as a side play just for fun-not for class)

We have received the list of plays that we are seeing as a group but I will save that to keep you interested in the blog! Let's just say that I am most excited about seeing...Daniel Ratcliffe act on stage!!!!!!!

Places I have been so far:
Buckingham Palace - We saw the QUEEN OF ENGLAND HERE!! We saw a car being escorted by police outside of the palace and peopel screaming and waving so we ran after it (like crazy Americans) and saw the QUEEN looking right at us! We did not get pictures but we took some reenactment pics so we would remember forever.

Houses of Parliament - a bit dry but still cool to see that they still wear the silly white powder wigs!

Cabinet War Rooms/Churchill Museum - absolutely fascinating!

Tower of London - the crown jewels are spectacular! I have officially seen the largest diamond in the world!

Imperial War Museum - we only saw the top two floors because they kicked us out at 6pm when they closed - still very interesting

British Museum - i saw the Rosetta Stone which is quite cool from a Linguistics perspective! I cant imagine stumbling upon such an incredible piece of history.

Piccadilly Circus - went to this last night just to see the lights and glory (and because the announcer on the tube sounds funny when she says it - crazy British accents!)

THE MIDLANDS

Oxford - interesting to see a different type of education system in a foreigh country that is so highly regarded (they also film a lot of the Harry Potter films there)

Blenheim Palace - beautiful gardens with cool paintings inside (very long winded tour guides though!)

Churchills grave - very neat since I had been to his museum the day before! What a great man.

Coventry - good hotel (Britannia Hotel) and very close to the cathedral that was bombed during World War 2. I loved sitting in the cathedral on Sunday morning during church time and hearing the hymns.

Warwick Castle - huge! Very neat to see a real castle though!!

Stratford-Upon-Avon - i love Shakespeare!!!! Basically speechless the rest of the day after seeing his house, his grave, and Anne Hathaway's house.

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Drove through the Cotswolds - beautiful countryside!


We have officially booked our two weekends to Ireland (this weekend) and Paris (the following weekend).

The weather here was great this past weekend in the Midlands and has been beautiful today. A bit rainy yesterday, but eventually cleared up. Umbrellas and rainjackets are very important!!


I hope everyone is doing well. MIND THE GAP PLEASE