tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74873070959509106432024-02-18T21:11:30.401-08:00Elly's Escapadesellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-28540350098440027972011-06-15T09:26:00.000-07:002011-08-14T21:22:49.837-07:00Sights and Sounds of SalzbergSo in the morning we arrived in Germany, were there for maybe 15 minutes and then got on a train to Austria. We go into Salzberg and stored our bags in lockers at the train station. I know it's a silly thing to be excited about but the locker was big enough to fit all three of our bags and only cost like $6 to rent all day. The first thing we did was go eat. We went to a bar because it was basically the only thing open near the train station, mind you it was about 10 in the morning and we ordered breakfast. While trying to order we realized that we knew even less German than we did French. Considering my best friend is a German major I think it's safe to say I totally fail! <div><div><div> </div><div>After breakfast we figured out how to use the ticket machine for the bus, seriously not very easy and then we got on a bus to the old part of Salzberg. The city is absolutely beautiful. Very fairytale-ish. We walked around a little and then got on the trolly up to the Fortress. So this trolly basically goes straight up the cliff, it's awesome.
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<br />The Fortress is kind of like a little town, there were different buildings.
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<br />but the best part about it was the view. As for the most beautiful places we went our whole trip this was the top. Just absolutely amazing, pictures do not do it justice at all.
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<br />They had an open-air market with tons of stuff but most importantly they had these huge soft pretzels, they were awesome. They also had a water spout with the best water I've ever had in my whole life!!!
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>Then it was time for the sound of music tour, so we went to the new side of town to get ready to get on the bus. While we waited we had sausages that were really good.
<br /></div><div> </div><div>So the tour was really fun I loved it.
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<br />I learned tons of fun stuff about the movie and got to see all the places they filmed it. Our tour guide lady was pretty cute and fun.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>The next place we went was the house they used for the front of the house, the back of the house and the scene with the bikes and climbing trees. we decided to skip like she does at the beginning of the movie.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>Then we went and saw the Gazebo from the movie. This was my favorite basically because "you are sixteen" has a special place in my heart.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>After that we went to see the church that they used for the ceremony at the end. We stopped on the way to see some of the beautiful lakes that are there. Seriously if i could build a vacation home anywhere in the world I think that would be a strong contender.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>Then we got to the town with the chapel.
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<br />We decided to eat before going in the church since most people were going in the church first. We had the best apple strudel in the entire world!!! it was so darn good. I'd go back to that town just for the Apple Strudel!
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>At this point we were dead tired! absolutely exhausted but we had to get something to eat. SO we walked back into the old part of town and funnily enough ended up in front of Mozart home, so we took a picture.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>We decided to eat at this hole in the wall type place. The guy running it was wearing lederhosen but not as a costume, they were obviously his actual work clothes because the leather was all worn. It was awesome. We also had a really awesome dinner of sausages, pizza and wiener-schnitzel which was really really good.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>After dinner we just walked around the town some more. Then I had to go to the bathroom so we walked around more to find one. We walked in a lot of circles in Salzberg. We finally found an open bathroom in the Music school. We also found awesomely comfortable bean bags that we sat on until we decided wee should probably leave before they threw us out. </div><div> </div><div>After that we went back to the part of town where the train station was.
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<br />We ended up back at that same bar that we went to for breakfast and we got some dessert, while killing time for our train. Sadly our train wasn't coming till 1am and by this time we were already so so exhausted! we spent the rest of the time just sitting at the train station. We did see a lunar eclipse while we were sitting there but we were almost too tired to even think that was awesome. </div><div> </div><div>Finally our train came. Sadly this time we had to share our compartment with another guy and he was not very nice. He didn't speak any English and he was just unpleasant. But I guess you win some and lose some right! It was the longest day of our whole trip but it was amazing seeing the sights and the sounds of music of Salzberg. </div></div></div>ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-65471814721458067092011-06-14T09:13:00.000-07:002011-08-14T20:43:21.408-07:00Last Day in Paris
<br />This morning started out with us going to Notre Dame. It was really beautiful but honestly I could only think about the hunch-back of Notre Dame the whole time :)
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>After that we walked to the Pantheon which is not an easy walk because it was all up hill. We decided not to go in because the outside of that building is really the cool part anyways.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>Then we started down the <span class="st"><em>Champs</em>-Elysee</span>, which is basically the biggest shopping street ever. But more window shopping than practical shopping. But I did see plenty of things I wouldn't mind having.
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<br />and why.....they had a shoe Ferris wheel!!!!!!! coolest thing ever!!!!! My new life goal is to have one of those! :)
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<br /></div><div>The Mona Lisa was really interesting to me because everyone told me not to be disappointed in how small it was. Well I guess I was so ready for it to be tiny that it seemed pretty normal sized to me. I was able to get right up front ( not exactly against the glass) I think I would've been shot if I got that close but close enough to get a really good picture.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>We stayed until the Museum closed.
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<br />I think Liz Joe and I can all agree that one of our favorite things in the museum was the air conditioning vents on the ground. :)
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>After the Louvre we walked around the city a little before heading back to our hotel for the night. </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div>ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-67011085211889827232011-06-12T08:50:00.000-07:002011-08-10T23:57:08.214-07:00Versailles by Golf CartThis morning we had breakfast walking down our street. Because Liz is awesome she booked us a hotel not only with a view but with an awesome street market too. We all got different pastries, ordering is always fun when you don't speak the language. You get to stand there and point and mumble under your breath the word in English only to have the lady giggle at you because she speaks perfect English but it's more fun to watch you stumble your way through it. <div><div><div> </div><div>After eating our awesome breakfast we got on the train to go to Versailles. It was pretty weird on the train because we were basically the only people on it and that seemed a little off for the train going to Versailles so we got off that train and on a different one where there were tons of tourists so we knew we were in the right place.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>Once at Versailles we had to wait in a big long line to get our tickets because we didn't buy them a head of time but it actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I found out that as a "student in Europe" or because I was studying in London, I got to go in free, which saved me a lot of money. I still had to buy a ticket to get into the garden but it was totally worth it.</div><div> </div><div>So we decided to go to the gardens first because the line for the Chateau was really super long. Well the gardens at Versailles are, in my opinion, the reason to go there at all.
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<br />But they are also huge and its pretty unrealistic to think you can walk around them in an afternoon and see everything, so we didn't, we drove all over them in an afternoon and saw everything. :) Versailles was brilliant when they decided to rent out golf carts to people and so even though they were not the cheapest option, Joe was gracious enough to rent one for us, and it was the best money we spent on the trip.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>So we got in our Golf cart and set off around the gardens, listening to wonderful (for the fist few minutes) classical music. It was really cool because the golf carts music would stop and tell us cool things about whatever significant thing we were near.
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>The gardens we absolutely amazing. One of my favorite fountains was this one. I don't remember exactly who it is supposed to be but I know he's being punished. It was just really awesome.
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<br />These are some of the stuff we saw in the garden
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<br />On our way back up to the Chateau the fountain show started to go off.
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<br />There was a really annoying security guard that wasn't going to let us go back up to the Chateau because we had to go up past the fountain show and I couldn't find my ticket, and to make matters worse I hit my head on the roof of the golf cart when I was looking for my ticket. When I finally found it he let us through and we went and got in line for the Chateau.
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<br /></a></div><div> </div><div>Unfortunately the line was no shorter near the end of the day than it was in the morning. That was our plan that by the end of the day everyone would've started in the Chateau and made there way to the gardens but I guess more people had the same idea we did. The line was pretty long and we were actually getting pretty worried that we wouldn't get in before it closed but thankfully we did. There was this really annoying lady who tried to cut in line in front of us but we didn't let her. Some people behind us weren't paying attention and the lady cut the line. I really dislike people like that.</div><div> </div><div>Sadly once inside it was my least favorite Castle/mansion/Chateau of my whole trip. not because it wasn't amazingly beautiful but because I have never felt more like cattle in my life.
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<br />I guess something happened in one of the rooms before we go inside because it created a huge road block and bottle neck from one really big room into a really tiny one. It was seriously like being in a sardine can and it didn't help that we had a certain group of tourists behind us with no sense of personal space. One amusing thing about it was that Joe and about three other tall guys were having a conversation over <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">every one's</span> heads. </div><div> </div><div>The room I liked the best in the Chateau was the hall of Mirrors. It was just awesome. I would totally have a grand ball in there some day! :) I wish!
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<br /></div><div> </div><div>After we went through the Chateau it was time to leave so we walked back to the train station.
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<br />Once there we found our that our train tickets didn't work to get back to the city apparently a lot of people were having the same problem because there were super long lines for the ticket machines. I realize this is just a way they make money off of it but it is really annoying and you would think the train station would want to avoid "almost-riotous" situations. </div><div> </div><div>When we got back into the city we went and had dinner at a really nice place where we could see the Eiffel Tower from our table. Then after dinner we decided to walk down to the Eiffel Tower. It was raining a little but it didn't matter except one of the places we walked was really slippery and Liz almost ate it.
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<br />It was seriously awesome. Actually accomplishing things on my bucket list is pretty awesome. After that and a few, or a lot, of pictures we went home for the night.
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<br />Oh darn I had to go to bed seeing the Eiffel Tower out of my window again.
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<br /></div></div></div>ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-83704354398232852242011-06-11T19:02:00.000-07:002011-08-07T19:28:29.395-07:00Goodbye London Hello ParisToday started a little frustrating because we were going to meet at my apartment in the morning but I gave Liz and Joe bad instructions and some of the Tube lines were under construction so they got a little lost but we finally found each other and started our day.<br /><br />Our first stop was to take mine and Liz's backpacks to a friends house to store while we went on the rest of our travels so that we didn't have to haul around a bunch of stuff that we didn't need. Well it took a really long time because all of the closures on the tube lines but we finally dropped off our bags and made our way to the Tower of London.<br /><br />The Tower of London was fun because we got to go on the tour which I didn't get to do last time because I was with a school group. We saw the crown jewels and did basically what I did last time I went. On our way out I got roasted peanuts which were amazing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrHkIh0qTCejRhe03PtyOCHdztHL4t6nmf6Kh1PhDhRCLWzjP7PBir1yv7cdkpaL6jhAUngM1WWOQDcmRKbYfB4Q4YyarRjbICvinrzbPl-wUsvabsmUkojXn9jzX4lFnNj4bTZbSXuw/s1600/IMG_1039.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrHkIh0qTCejRhe03PtyOCHdztHL4t6nmf6Kh1PhDhRCLWzjP7PBir1yv7cdkpaL6jhAUngM1WWOQDcmRKbYfB4Q4YyarRjbICvinrzbPl-wUsvabsmUkojXn9jzX4lFnNj4bTZbSXuw/s200/IMG_1039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638306099467080882" border="0" /></a><br />After that we went to the Train Station where we were going to catch the train to Paris. We got there early enough to go get some food and we decided to go to this Chinese place. Well we had enough time to get the food but we had to get it to go. It was really a pain because it was dripping everywhere but then we ate it on the train and it tasted really really good. Maybe we were just really hungry.<br /><br />The train ride was really nice. It was like being on an airplane except you don't have to take off or land. It also felt like it went pretty fast. Once we got to Paris and came out of the tube where our hotel was supposed to be Liz said that I should look for the Eiffel tower because we were really close to it and should be able to see it. Well we couldn't see it and I was pretty disappointed but it was late and we were tired so we walked to the Hotel.<br /><br />At the hotel the guy at the front desk was really nice and he said we had the best room in the hotel. Well unfortunately that meant it was on the top floor and the elevator was pretty scary. Joe affectionately called it a death trap! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U14Ft0cVAa1FtauMdGgLowllmNWsHfENpiVH8P6_1TO9qTOZ0chbvkHBj7QDfYCK9HyT_BWQcfglE9bjlp7Ena5aPQnATSfOgwhBaGvgyOD-YgCZ9c3fqDWJOdoWfYPQ41ZnuTxMrtY/s1600/IMG_1166.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U14Ft0cVAa1FtauMdGgLowllmNWsHfENpiVH8P6_1TO9qTOZ0chbvkHBj7QDfYCK9HyT_BWQcfglE9bjlp7Ena5aPQnATSfOgwhBaGvgyOD-YgCZ9c3fqDWJOdoWfYPQ41ZnuTxMrtY/s200/IMG_1166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638306105906237122" border="0" /></a><br />Well once we climbed the stairs to our room it was pretty average until Liz called me onto the tiny balcony and I almost jumped off I was so excited because right there from our Balcony was the Eiffel tower. It was a really awesome moment for me because that was one of those things I had dreamed about since I was little and I was finally seeing it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwssqeTlllNFvr1P6TDT1kowYSxfA-6LN7n4YF_ytrrTsYG8ifMvhli_kP4Xx2858v1wYt5Jp_cmAzbEsI_nRpDHhEyywrSBx2OHt_2DHgOhpg0Yv-Xr2wd0QJNb5Np2dFlitjkmmjyls/s1600/IMG_1177.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwssqeTlllNFvr1P6TDT1kowYSxfA-6LN7n4YF_ytrrTsYG8ifMvhli_kP4Xx2858v1wYt5Jp_cmAzbEsI_nRpDHhEyywrSBx2OHt_2DHgOhpg0Yv-Xr2wd0QJNb5Np2dFlitjkmmjyls/s200/IMG_1177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638306108038284434" border="0" /></a><br />After drooling over it for a while we went back inside and realized I could see it from my bed! Bonus!! Then extra bonus the lights started twinkling on it! it was so cool and the perfect way to end my first night in Paris.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugmNhOEsFvTrjc1HUvi64Jn3qi0l3LP4VCrFqIjkqVRtnMwlwfoj6qgfRC_qxMCTWMWenO8H0A4O7wv9xuZXCPH0hSNjm7gntlfM4zYgzpCBLrBG2J-wPm_D_hDjlqIUa0G3BeOHx3DM/s1600/IMG_1179.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugmNhOEsFvTrjc1HUvi64Jn3qi0l3LP4VCrFqIjkqVRtnMwlwfoj6qgfRC_qxMCTWMWenO8H0A4O7wv9xuZXCPH0hSNjm7gntlfM4zYgzpCBLrBG2J-wPm_D_hDjlqIUa0G3BeOHx3DM/s200/IMG_1179.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638306115236703426" border="0" /></a>ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-74478192483979056982011-06-10T22:54:00.000-07:002011-08-07T19:28:44.531-07:00Wicked DayToday was a wicked day, wicked weather, wicked awesome sites to see and a Wicked show.<br />We decided to meet in front of the Wicked theater in the morning because it was close to the tube station and close to Liz and Joes hotel. Well I got there before they did and so I was just sitting on the stairs waiting for them when some other people came and sat on the stairs too. It looked like they were forming a line so I asked them why they were getting in line and they said that the theater sells the very front row seats for a discounted price in the morning. So when Liz and Joe got there we decided to just stay in line and get tickets for the night. So it was pretty awesome planning to meet in front of the theater because we got really cheap tickets and they were for front row center.<br /><br />After we got the tickets we walked over to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards. We got there early and got a good spot on the steps of the monument across from the gates. While we were waiting there was a man who had gotten on one of the statues and set up his camera to get a good video of the whole thing. Well apparently the police don't like when you sit on the statues because they asked him to get off and when he didn't a police office came over and got reallt mad att him. It was really funny because the cop was like "sir why didn't you get down when we told you to?" and to me Joe said "because I knew all you would do is to tell me to get off" it was really really funny and was referenced many other times on our trip after that. After that the changing of the guard started and it was pretty cool to see. I was glad we went because that wasn't something I had done before and it was neat to see. I was amazing what a big deal they make out of it and the fact that they do it every day. Well right when it was ending it started to rain. Now this was pretty weird because the whole time I was in London it had only rained two other times. Ironically one of those times was the other time I went to try and see the changing of the guard.<br /><br />Well it didn't just rain to totally poured really really hard. It wasn't very fun because none of us had jackets or umbrellas and there were tons of people trying to leave too so the crowds were terrible. We stopped in a camping store for a while to get away from the crowds and see if it would stop raining so hard but it didn't so we decided to just go anyways.<br /><br />Our next stop that day was the British museum. The first thing we did when we got there was eat our lunch. We were absolutely dripping wet which wasn't fun but at least we were inside. So we saw all the cool stuff in the museum and Liz and I went into the bathroom and dried our shirts in the hand dryers. It was pretty funny but worked.<br /><br />After the museum we went back to my flat to have dinner. We had pasta, of course, it's pretty much what I always had when I cooked for myself. And then we went to the show.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSzs0tBOPiVeUv3bcSv9uHwVXTr8W2wtFlt9nqg8pl10lvsl73VoCQ0CVMzzc1L-PRKplg89PnhYNAw7NSYYSUD8PtQpsd-P5iaoin4UTnApQnPnMu9L2UpsPhkjZMagPG0bsOoU4vnQ/s1600/IMG_1038.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSzs0tBOPiVeUv3bcSv9uHwVXTr8W2wtFlt9nqg8pl10lvsl73VoCQ0CVMzzc1L-PRKplg89PnhYNAw7NSYYSUD8PtQpsd-P5iaoin4UTnApQnPnMu9L2UpsPhkjZMagPG0bsOoU4vnQ/s200/IMG_1038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638299707237059858" border="0" /></a><br />Wicked was amazing. Just the fact that we were sitting front row center is an experience that I will probably never have again. We were so close we were getting spit on by the actors, it was awesome! :) Liz and Joe had never seen it so that was fun and even though I had seen it before it was still so awesome. It was a wicked awesome end to a wicked day!ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-37105451277484418812011-06-09T19:51:00.000-07:002011-07-31T20:17:50.843-07:00The Last and The FirstToday was the last day of our Study Abroad and the first day of being with Liz and Joe. The girls and I decided that the best way to end our time in London was by having tea in Hyde Park one last time.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnn40AoL-xI1cKWsmShgOF0qnBUVa71CCMIJl4NOW-NdUvTZc7RsP6gsBOoAzWDY2Rmb7mBRcUDEaVRtEE_MMFxvfIBJwETxQdPtyTNQWUuvNQtP5yUGJ0m0uO0bhlsqK7CWlKQGhqAqg/s1600/IMG_1012.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnn40AoL-xI1cKWsmShgOF0qnBUVa71CCMIJl4NOW-NdUvTZc7RsP6gsBOoAzWDY2Rmb7mBRcUDEaVRtEE_MMFxvfIBJwETxQdPtyTNQWUuvNQtP5yUGJ0m0uO0bhlsqK7CWlKQGhqAqg/s200/IMG_1012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635721335923680290" border="0" /></a><br /> Well we didn't have tea but we did have amazingly good cake. It was a perfect way to end the London experience.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrwS-nTQkXZ9OVTsKFktgauLp4IkMVYBp13ZFWOUG4WeOAW7gbqp5rm9Q_khsSWedO6IZDTVT31cyvxvbR8LvN-EDzGIIVT7q6ka0snEOeC2zeFQInb4QN-QV8qI5AdWjPjA8fobVxTQ/s1600/IMG_1019.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrwS-nTQkXZ9OVTsKFktgauLp4IkMVYBp13ZFWOUG4WeOAW7gbqp5rm9Q_khsSWedO6IZDTVT31cyvxvbR8LvN-EDzGIIVT7q6ka0snEOeC2zeFQInb4QN-QV8qI5AdWjPjA8fobVxTQ/s200/IMG_1019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635721342615858914" border="0" /></a><br />After tea with the girls I took the train to the airport to pick up Liz and Joe. I got there pretty early but then it got closer to the time they were suppose to arrive and I started watching the arrivals door like a hawk. Well one hour went by and I started getting really nervous, I thought I might of missed them but then about 20 more minutes and I saw them. It was really exciting to see them.<br /><br />So the first thing we did was go to their hotel and drop off their stuff. I felt pretty silly because I didn't know how to get to their hotel and I had been living in that city for 6 weeks. Well we finally found it and then we decided to go to dinner at the Thai place I really liked near my house.<br /><br />We decided to get Gelato at my favorite place and as we walked to it we saw a fox. A fox in the middle of the city, what were the chances. It was pretty late at this point but we went and saw Big Ben and the London Eye and Westminster Abby just like I did on the first night I was in London. It was really fun and it was a long day.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-25235707958072025352011-06-08T18:46:00.000-07:002011-07-31T19:50:55.572-07:00A tourist one last time.My brother told me the other day a statistic about how something like 80% of all blog posts start with the word SO. Then he went to my blog to see if it was true and it wasn't. 80% of my blogs didn't start with the word so, 100% of my blogs did. So.....I've decided to not start another blog with the word so.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoc0sAY5bMPDejsttSsdzZar9KavNyidew93Ushy0vmza8EhzgkQqO6sJc_xepP3KhXOAGK5KEd7Zq4ydWv20K0qdBFB4qWhSF6Qb6o0i5Ew5M9J6O7XhIT10uBoto4OpG1HTlPQZgwcY/s1600/IMG_3581.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoc0sAY5bMPDejsttSsdzZar9KavNyidew93Ushy0vmza8EhzgkQqO6sJc_xepP3KhXOAGK5KEd7Zq4ydWv20K0qdBFB4qWhSF6Qb6o0i5Ew5M9J6O7XhIT10uBoto4OpG1HTlPQZgwcY/s200/IMG_3581.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635714513415458402" border="0" /></a><br />Today we had our last "touristy" trip as a study abroad group. We went to Hampton Court which was basically the party castle for King Henry the VIII. It was a beautiful place but we were all pretty castle-ed out by this point. We got to listen to an audio tour which I really liked but every one was pretty long so it got a little boring.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOnKwBwCG-ma6P0MEvNMuj-PAWiYs5VtV9qadcnD8TIhr1oYhXlxgNn7MYJSRzBDal-gLEfd7cnswy3N4U_oBKARpWwCdFMg1EqKjRycZlsW821DPMfyOpcrEFqXeCQHPkreC4gEZSw8/s1600/IMG_3584.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOnKwBwCG-ma6P0MEvNMuj-PAWiYs5VtV9qadcnD8TIhr1oYhXlxgNn7MYJSRzBDal-gLEfd7cnswy3N4U_oBKARpWwCdFMg1EqKjRycZlsW821DPMfyOpcrEFqXeCQHPkreC4gEZSw8/s200/IMG_3584.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713521740196770" border="0" /></a>excited about listening.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTa8t2Xk1sZt_I2Mmd8NE0w1yMojeVIXqm70R1QgiFVzJbkc0ZZ_CnToL8NAhhZCoefW1tzNT2nU7kazO8olXsvCjsvjiZDRGT1WLjNo07U9PBb-XqRI1ORdcqsW0uRhxmZtwdRZQmFQ/s1600/IMG_3592.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTa8t2Xk1sZt_I2Mmd8NE0w1yMojeVIXqm70R1QgiFVzJbkc0ZZ_CnToL8NAhhZCoefW1tzNT2nU7kazO8olXsvCjsvjiZDRGT1WLjNo07U9PBb-XqRI1ORdcqsW0uRhxmZtwdRZQmFQ/s200/IMG_3592.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713533740180946" border="0" /></a>about an hour later, less excited.<br /><br />The room I liked the best was the kitchen. One cool thing I learned was that they use to cook tons and tons of meat pies but not to eat them as meat pies but just to use the crust as a baking dish. People would just pull off the top and eat the inside like a bowl.<br /><br />The other interesting thing was that different parts of the building were decorated during times with different wives and you could tell which wife decorated which room because her initials would be used in the decorations.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvds9FrPLz3PKhB-x5VpZ2g-tGrUJalAWAA0eqy2A2kXU2OcqfinozrNr6JD13srgSclAJ-w-7LgiI2lQvurUB5lgBjfQc7Y-fYlNhkUd2-fTshtCKDvb2DY99d22PLntF0mJlm2uYyI/s1600/IMG_3589.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvds9FrPLz3PKhB-x5VpZ2g-tGrUJalAWAA0eqy2A2kXU2OcqfinozrNr6JD13srgSclAJ-w-7LgiI2lQvurUB5lgBjfQc7Y-fYlNhkUd2-fTshtCKDvb2DY99d22PLntF0mJlm2uYyI/s200/IMG_3589.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713529538497826" border="0" /></a>this bed was awesome.<br />So after walking around there for a while we decided to go get Rasa Express for lunch. It was really good.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAYCy0EQpXs0GHj337fZhRfuk5p2WEw9coJRwv1EENtoxaggxSgHAp0rpLizoN8w_Td5fIFYI6JFZo62ekcytqxqfjtgQ8XfNSJBvCGmGLjVB6aoZiEl-EG2vkPlwDG1jS3jFksbgPMc/s1600/IMG_3602.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAYCy0EQpXs0GHj337fZhRfuk5p2WEw9coJRwv1EENtoxaggxSgHAp0rpLizoN8w_Td5fIFYI6JFZo62ekcytqxqfjtgQ8XfNSJBvCGmGLjVB6aoZiEl-EG2vkPlwDG1jS3jFksbgPMc/s200/IMG_3602.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713526213956194" border="0" /></a><br />Later that night we decided to go get Gelato one last time. I took all pence I had to use it up so I wouldn't have any left when I when home. When I went to pay the guy didn't want to take it, he would rather of given it to me free then take all my change but I made him take it because I really didn't want it. It was pretty funny.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ypRLyizxlcBYUAS8R_OEpbCjjaiXxd_jR-gzlfEAiY0LF2t_3Swmj4ylCPGB-sTEAn_7NtfbVPZfHCqqzKD2b-0bR4TkqXwEQErR25FQRuI6VrvLTsQg4mi-XdJycuyb6imtrD6Reco/s1600/IMG_3612.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ypRLyizxlcBYUAS8R_OEpbCjjaiXxd_jR-gzlfEAiY0LF2t_3Swmj4ylCPGB-sTEAn_7NtfbVPZfHCqqzKD2b-0bR4TkqXwEQErR25FQRuI6VrvLTsQg4mi-XdJycuyb6imtrD6Reco/s200/IMG_3612.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713515631250530" border="0" /></a>ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-68531562476499152642011-06-07T18:16:00.000-07:002011-07-31T18:45:31.383-07:00"Final Day" in LondonToday was the Final day in London. Not the last day we would be there but the day we took our finals for our classes. 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This was my question coming into this program in April, and now after experiencing it I can say that it does. Being on this study abroad in London has given me a greater appreciation for London as well as Stratford-upon-Avon as key sites for gaining greater knowledge about Shakespeare and appreciating his work. The experiences of reading the plays, seeing them performed and then discussing them as a class has help me develop greater critiquing and analysis skills as well as the ability to write insightfully about them. Most importantly studying Shakespeare in London has helped me be a scholar of Shakespeare and develop relationships with others on the program. </span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Living in London and visiting the ‘Shakespeare sites’ has been more than just a tourist experience; it has given me a greater appreciation for Shakespeare and his work. No experience could make me appreciate Shakespeare more than seeing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Much Ado about Nothing</i> in the Globe Theater. Being in the Globe really gave me a sense of what theater was for people in Shakespeare’s time. It really was an escape from their lives into this other world of enjoyment and that was exactly what Much Ado was for me. I was able to watch the show in the little world of the Globe Theater and just enjoy myself and it really made me appreciate why Shakespeare wrote plays. It was for the enjoyment of people and I don’t think I would’ve been able to understand this principle as clearly if I was not at the Globe. Going to Stratford made me appreciate Shakespeare in a whole other way. Going through his home and seeing all those who had made that pilgrimage made me appreciate his literary genius but more importantly I was able to appreciate him as a real man. Learning about how he wore a dress a child, like all the little boys and girls did and how he gave a allowance of money to is daughter yearly for her to use really made me feel a connection to him as a man. This kind of connection would not be able to be had anywhere but Stratford. </span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Not only has studying in London made me appreciate Shakespeare as a entertainer, writer and man, but it has been a great learning experience about being a scholar of Shakespeare. The structure of our classes where we first read the plays, then saw them performed then discussed them and finally wrote about and critiqued them had helped me gain stronger analysis and critical writing skills. The way this was most clearly shown to me was the difference between my experience with our first play and our last. While studying The Tempest I really struggled reading the language of Shakespeare to the point that I really did not enjoy it or know what was going on. This could not be more different from the experience I had reading Macbeth, which was easy and enjoyable because I had become use to the language of Shakespeare. Seeing the Tempest and seeing Macbeth could not be more opposite either. I did not enjoy the tempest at all and Macbeth was my favorite production and this had nothing to do with the actual performers but with my ability to analyze and appreciate the productions. Through discussions in class I gained a more critical view of performance and instead of focusing on how good or bad actor were I was able to focus on deeper meaning of staging, costuming, lighting ect. And in doing show enjoy the show much more. The greatest difference came in learning how to write like a critique being concise and insightful. This came mostly from class discussion and my ability to really look at what I was trying to say and get to the heart of it quickly. This program has not only helped me be a better patron of Shakespeare but a better writer as well. </span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Most importantly this course has helped me be a better scholar of Shakespeare and develop relationships with others. I did not realize that coming on a study abroad would help me make friends but it really did. And as silly as that sounds it was the fact that we were all studying and learning the same things that did it. I have built friendships here that will last because we were able to experience Shakespeare together. The first night we went to the Globe I forgot a coat and so Casmin and Lauren sat really close to me to keep me warm, how else would we have become such good friends, we owe it to Shakespeare. In seriousness being able to discuss and debate shows with others is a wonderful part of this experience and the greatest learning tool we have on this study abroad.</span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>So anyone who says that you don’t have to go to England to really experience Shakespeare is wrong. I have a greater appreciation for him as a writer and a man because of living in London and going to Stratford. I am a better scholar of Shakespeare because of the experience of reading, seeing and critiquing his plays here in England. 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I’m not sure it can be done but of all the plays we have seen while being in London, one moment of a scene seems to stand out above the rest as a great example of the Shakespeare genius. It is interesting for me because the moment that stood out to me the most came in the play I liked the least, and maybe that was part of why it stood out the most. The moment that really made me realize the brilliance of Shakespeare was the speech given by Shylock in Merchant of Venice. When Patrick Stewart <span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:85%;" >said the lines, “If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?” it encapsulated for me what Shakespeare is really about. It showed Shakespeare’s command over language. It showed how his plays were written to be performed and the power they conveyed. Most importantly it showed how Shakespeare wrote to relate to the audience and make them feel. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Shakespeare uses so many </span><span style="font-size:85%;">beautiful words in his writing; whether he is being witty or serious his words always seem right on and this small moment in Merchant of Venice is the perfect example of that. The line is so simple but has such power. It shows how Shakespeare did not have to use complicated language to invoke such emotion. Many contemporary writers rely a lot on profanity to create strong emotions and comparing that kind of language, for example Little Eagles to this speech shows the genius of it. The line “if you poison us, do we not die” is much stronger than any swear word I’ve ever heard used. This line was what stood out to me when read and when seen on stage which is an indication to me of the power of Shakespeare’s control over language. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Shylocks speech was the moment that stood out to me the most for more than just its literary genius it was also in the delivery of the line. Patrick Stewart delivered these lines </span><span style="font-size:85%;">with such emotion that the audience could not help but feel them. The rhythm of the lines was so beautiful that delivering them as an actor must be a wonderful experience. This is just another way in which we see the genius of Shakespeare in that his plays were meant to be performed. These lines were a great example of how even though Shakespeare stands up to literary analysis the words he wrote were meant to be heard.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Not only was this speech made up of powerful words and the delivery of them emotionally moving but the true reason for Shakespeare’s writing can be found in them which is simply that he wrote for his audience. When this play </span><span style="font-size:85%;">was written there was a lot of anti-Semitism which is why it was relatable to the people watching it in Shakespeare’s time, but the great thing about Shakespeare’s writing is that it </span><span style="font-size:85%;">is still relatable to today. When I was listening to this speech I couldn’t help but think about those who have judged me for being different or others that I have judged for being different. This is the genius of Shakespeare that he can relate to his audience and make them feel.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">So can Shakespeare’s genius be captured in a single moment? No. But Shylocks speech can give us a glimpse of how amazing Shakespeare as a writer, entertainer, and teacher. 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I have learned that the spirit can help us discern if what we are seeing is uplifting or not. The arts and the spirit are also connected in the way that performance can testify of God’s love for us. But most importantly I have learned that every performance has a spirit that drives it and that is what we connect to as an audience.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; mso-bidi-mso-fareast-language:JAfont-size:10.0pt;" ><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This experience in London has helped me realize that all performances affect us spiritually and it is by listening to those feelings that help us decide if what we are watching is uplifting or not. Macbeth was a great example of this for me. While watching the performance I was caught up in the action of it all, yes there were parts that disturbed me, like the hanging children, but for the most part I walked away thinking it was a great show. That was until I assessed how it made me feel. I realized that the spirit was telling me that what I just saw was dark and not uplifting and it did not make me feel good. I was glad I had that experience because it showed me how the spirit can speak to me about what things are uplifting and what is not. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; mso-bidi-mso-fareast-language:JAfont-size:85%;" >So when I watched shows that were uplifting I gained a greater insight into the relationship between theater and the spirit, that theater can strengthen my testimony. For me seeing The Cherry Orchard was one of those moments. It was not that it was a particularly uplifting show but the spirit was able to testify to me while watching that show that the things in life that really matter are people not possessions. This was a great spiritually uplifting message that I was able to receive during a show which also built my testimony that things besides church movies can be spiritually uplifting. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; mso-bidi-mso-fareast-language:JAfont-size:85%;" >The greatest lesson I learned about the connection between the spirit and theater was that every show has a spirit about it, whether good or bad. Watching War Horse was the greatest example of this to me. I was really able to connect with Joey and Topthorn even though they did not speak because of the spirit that I felt watching it. This connection taught me something very valuable about theater and the spirit; that every show is trying to create a spirit in which they connect with the audience and it is when this done effectively that it is a good show. Even One Man Two Governors which was not deep at all had a wonderful spirit in which we could connect with the show. On the contrary Silence was a very deep and thought provoking show but because I didn’t feel that connection to it I did not enjoy it. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; mso-bidi-mso-fareast-language:JAfont-size:85%;" >It amazes me how many ways the spirit and theater are connected. Not only can the spirit help you discern between uplifting and not uplifting material, a show can help the spirit touch your heart and strengthen your testimony. The most intriguing thing I have learned while in London about how these two are connected is that every show has its own spirit and that is how an audience connects to the show. So does something have to be produced by the church to be uplifting entertainment? No, the connection between the spirit and theater is much greater than that. </span></p><span style="font-size:10.5pt; mso-bidi-mso-fareast-language:JAfont-size:85%;" >4. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">All life experiences that we have change us, and hopefully always for the better. Studying in London has changed me in many ways. It has changed how I view art, especially theater. It has changed my testimony. Most importantly it has changed how I view myself and what I am capable of. When I started the journey in April I expected to have a good time, experience London and learn about theater, I never expected to learn, change and grow as much as I did. </span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; mso-bidi-mso-fareast-language:JAfont-size:10.0pt;" >The first area in which I have changed is in how I view art and theater. Last semester I took a humanities class and often found myself asleep when my teacher was talking about art, I didn’t enjoy studying it. This summer I have learned to appreciate it in a much different way that appeals more to my way of thinking. Being in class and discussing the shows we have seen, sometimes very extensively has taught me that art is something to be analyzed not just appreciated and by thinking about it and analyzing it I gain more appreciation for it. This experience has changed me in that now when I go see a show I’m thinking about it constantly while I’m watching it and after to see what deeper meanings are trying to be portrayed. This will help me in the future to be a better patron of the arts. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; mso-bidi-mso-fareast-language:JAfont-size:10.0pt;" >The second area in which I have grown is in my testimony that God knows me personally. At the beginning of this experience I knew that God loved me and that I was a divine daughter of his but I did not have a firm knowledge that he really cares about my day to day life. This changed during this program. When we went to Kew gardens and I was prompted to bring my umbrella I knew that Heavenly Father cared about my daily life and he knew that I would’ve been miserable in the rain. He also knows me personally because he knows I have a hard time making friends and it really was inspired that I was on this study abroad with people I am great friends with now. So this experience has strengthened my testimony and I think it will help me in the future to realize my blessings from my Heavenly Father.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; mso-bidi-mso-fareast-language:JAfont-size:10.0pt;" >The last area of change for me on this trip was getting to know myself. This trip has taught me that I am very capable of taking care of myself and that I don’t need to rely on others. Planning our trip and going to Spain was one of the hardest things I have ever done, I have never felt more like a grownup. But the fact was that we did it and we were okay. That taught me to trust myself in making decisions and being confident in them. I think getting to know myself and what I am capable is the greatest thing I will take away from this experience and will help me most in the future. In the future I will be confident in making my own decisions which will help me in all aspects of my life. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;">So has London changed me? Yes, in the greatest of ways. I am now a student of the arts and will always be. I have gained a stronger testimony of my heavenly fathers love for me and most importantly the promise that our stake president made to us was fulfilled for me. I really invested myself while I was here and was able to know myself better. All life experiences change us, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">London changed me for the better.</span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLu5glBuxZN5cOFLSZXzSVHKtyNBqEzvH0fDwokdCprTb7uCXAA7iPSD1WkqZ3Es4VVZ0kL1cXIf8ZPFZuJftQ3D2J39JxDqYgtuqTTJ7aUBh8lWUw8Ih6UBA6i2tfAHnDhPdlq10Zmk/s1600/IMG_3580.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLu5glBuxZN5cOFLSZXzSVHKtyNBqEzvH0fDwokdCprTb7uCXAA7iPSD1WkqZ3Es4VVZ0kL1cXIf8ZPFZuJftQ3D2J39JxDqYgtuqTTJ7aUBh8lWUw8Ih6UBA6i2tfAHnDhPdlq10Zmk/s200/IMG_3580.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635696473171401938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"></span></span></p>Okay, so I know that was long but as I said before it was basically for my benefit more than anything. The other thing we did tonight was go to a show called Haunting Julia. It was a very scary play and was meant to really get you to jump. I liked it parts were almost comical to me because I was sitting next to Ellie and she was so scared that her nails were dug into my arm and at one point her leg was across my lap, it was absolutely hysterical. It wasn't exactly what I would've picked for our last show but it was good. <span style="font-size:85%;"> </span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span>ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-62175194470670477402011-06-06T13:17:00.000-07:002011-06-09T15:56:17.174-07:00MovementSo Monday was not too exciting but class was interesting.<br />We did movement work with on of Rodger's former students who is now getting her Masters here in London. So her way of dealing with theater is through movement and I actually found it pretty interesting.<br />We did an exercise dealing with 7 layers of tension and it was really interesting how her descriptions of each layer would effect people differently. Then we did an exercise with rhythm and it made me realize that you choreograph theater in the same way that you choreograph a dance.<br /><br />So after class I didn't really do much, I took a nap and got some other things done. I've realized that I have been really tired and that being in London going going going all the time really takes a lot out of me.<br /><br />So then we went out early before our show so that we could go get dinner at this really good Indian place that I had been for lunch before.<br />Well as we were laving I had a feeling that it might not be open and that it's only open for lunch. Well we went all the way up there and guess what, it's only open for lunch. So what did we learn, listen to the promptings that I get.<br />So by this time we had to hurry if we wanted to eat before the show, so we went to this Chinese buffet place really quick and they said they didn't have room for us because hey had a big party coming in soon, then we told him that we had to eat in 15mins so he let us in. I don't think I took a single breath during that meal, it was a sad thing too because it was really good food. So we ate and went to the show.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqiy8H1ULISUY7BTVb8B5kBFgVxp4TwkQGfGtM8OsX2uqyj35v0qF-n6ZJqe3hugNbXXZK5oNezYsQi9GX4uYz-VOC_ht1JvT3aRfrzC3t-HmaeDB0beWFOy7SWTaHhH-KvrVuT6AA0g/s1600/IMG_3574.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqiy8H1ULISUY7BTVb8B5kBFgVxp4TwkQGfGtM8OsX2uqyj35v0qF-n6ZJqe3hugNbXXZK5oNezYsQi9GX4uYz-VOC_ht1JvT3aRfrzC3t-HmaeDB0beWFOy7SWTaHhH-KvrVuT6AA0g/s200/IMG_3574.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616356732626454146" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORlFZZZOvvQOBnRKeXuSxJ6w4uvCpKGC7BY5O4dL1JvCuYKi-EFxCjYI3LeAWyVbxRkNtMtp4B0wrfP7NRJdsyLAaJJ_4BNqS3L9NhAfNDtYGO1cmRZLI5f1x_qmzuN_hYJJ7gdzsaDo/s1600/IMG_3573.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORlFZZZOvvQOBnRKeXuSxJ6w4uvCpKGC7BY5O4dL1JvCuYKi-EFxCjYI3LeAWyVbxRkNtMtp4B0wrfP7NRJdsyLAaJJ_4BNqS3L9NhAfNDtYGO1cmRZLI5f1x_qmzuN_hYJJ7gdzsaDo/s200/IMG_3573.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616356727220657954" border="0" /></a><br />The show we saw tonight was Pygmalion, which is basically My Fair Lady without the music. I really enjoyed it but it was a little strange to me because so much time passed in so few scenes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GD2ayQLC67NDGXNAXRaHKSsHS_RI7PBtdtImHKBCv92F5e7IeczHnluWszoJLQAs3IVMlHamVDI31nE3TOKQCK26ji8UYuUB84NP4xZwOU4MtvAJlDvgIe3eB_puz2el17guk_wlWMM/s1600/254395_10150200864517635_522412634_7135011_770611_n.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GD2ayQLC67NDGXNAXRaHKSsHS_RI7PBtdtImHKBCv92F5e7IeczHnluWszoJLQAs3IVMlHamVDI31nE3TOKQCK26ji8UYuUB84NP4xZwOU4MtvAJlDvgIe3eB_puz2el17guk_wlWMM/s200/254395_10150200864517635_522412634_7135011_770611_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616357183651412754" border="0" /></a><br />So it was a fun show but the ending wasn't exactly my favorite!ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-82003767719602390642011-06-05T12:53:00.000-07:002011-06-08T13:17:19.505-07:00Symbolic Sunday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PEVAl87Qa6fxCrCn04AHSz0yxr6mF1MDlm2bAUKMymd98TV7yBvsLvXH6x9FU-oJ00tmj9G4PEUcXFF6WPvI2evn90_taf-ec2-rn6awrhWOLN7gCrUqhOMW6piCFNSVnot02zCPi94/s1600/IMG_0623.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PEVAl87Qa6fxCrCn04AHSz0yxr6mF1MDlm2bAUKMymd98TV7yBvsLvXH6x9FU-oJ00tmj9G4PEUcXFF6WPvI2evn90_taf-ec2-rn6awrhWOLN7gCrUqhOMW6piCFNSVnot02zCPi94/s200/IMG_0623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615944583452982514" border="0" /></a><br />So I really love Sundays here. I also love the fact that I blog about them because it makes me reflect on them which is something I don't think I do enough. SO this Sunday was fast Sunday and it was wonderful. It's amazing to think that I have been here long enough to go to two fast Sundays.<br />Our Sunday school lesson this week really was awesome. We talked about the parable of the ten virgins. Our Sunday School teacher had done a lot of research about what a marriage was like in Christ's time and related it to the parable. She talked about things like when the two families are negotiating things they break bread together and it is like a covenant between the two families. She also said that in the actual marriage they are considered married when the husband pours a glass of wine and the wife drinks it and that is when she takes his name upon her. It was cool to draw the parallels to this and us. She also talked about how dowery and endowment come from the same root word which was really interesting to me. She also talked about how after they are married the husband goes back to his fathers house to prepare a place for him and his wife to live and that he could be away for as long as a year and no one knows when he will come back for her. She also has to be prepared for him for whenever he comes and being prepared was more than just being ready to go. There were symbolic anointings and things she wore to be ready. There was also a messenger that would be a friend of the Husband that could communicate between them.<br />Sorry that I wrote all of that, I'm sure no one is really interested in it but I wanted to have it for myself. I'm sure you can see all the connections. I just think it was so cool that there was way more to that parable than just the ten virgins part, and that people of Christ's time would've seen all the other symbols because that was part of their culture. very cool!<br />So that was church.<br />Then after church I took a nap and then made dinner for my roommates. It was really fun to cook for them and it was basically because I had lots of food left and none of them had food. But it was fun to eat with my roommates and other people who walked into the kitchen kept saying how good it smelled so I guess that's a good compliment.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WYzDjrZfI7d3vbeUuNCGGVmI_jnf1O2f0svlJJwkx17KBDRAXXujiomHYF2-3tFdde4C41fefgwDLKP06EJp1fMBakZozYZt8qk-_FGNphBcsRc1lKoO5nlWNQkBCpSGbKVHn-AmY7g/s1600/IMG_3569.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WYzDjrZfI7d3vbeUuNCGGVmI_jnf1O2f0svlJJwkx17KBDRAXXujiomHYF2-3tFdde4C41fefgwDLKP06EJp1fMBakZozYZt8qk-_FGNphBcsRc1lKoO5nlWNQkBCpSGbKVHn-AmY7g/s200/IMG_3569.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615944579111186626" border="0" /></a><br />After dinner we had a fireside where we all bore our testimonies. I was worried that it would tun into a Thank-a-mony but it really didn't. It was really cool to hear how being here had really helped people's testimonies grow, including mine.<br />Being here has really helped me realize that Heavenly Father cares about my day to day life. And that he really knows me personally.<br />So I had another wonderful Sunday here in London.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-89443730118430142332011-06-04T12:20:00.000-07:002011-06-08T12:52:54.430-07:00Typical Saturday in LondonSo my Saturdays seem to have a common theme, they all state at Portobello, go see something London-y, then I eat something yummy.<br />So I don't actually go to Portobello every Saturday but I did this time. We had fun getting there because we decided to go by way of the tube so that some of the girls could get money out of the ATM that's by the Tube station. Funny story, the ATM wasn't working. We also all had to buy new tube passes for the week but the line was so long it was out of the station so we decided to just walk to Portobello which essentially meant walking right back past our home.<br />Once at Portobello I found a lot of things I liked, it was fun. I also got the apple turnover I always get and I'm pretty sure the lady recognizes me now. that's a little embarrassing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0J9nRDAU1UXXzWsH1NTxTKPq9yWieZ67701aPefyqWyJRo3ebSHmJA3YaQmTHiFtJQdBvz8znBB3gZgpPrd3KJae-6kMctxjQ6V4SCKj2EC-c17qjAEKv3UVHX61vFZYErT6eJFoGvA/s1600/IMG_3541.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0J9nRDAU1UXXzWsH1NTxTKPq9yWieZ67701aPefyqWyJRo3ebSHmJA3YaQmTHiFtJQdBvz8znBB3gZgpPrd3KJae-6kMctxjQ6V4SCKj2EC-c17qjAEKv3UVHX61vFZYErT6eJFoGvA/s200/IMG_3541.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615938929191613106" border="0" /></a><br />So after Portobello we came home and got a little homework and stuff done and then it was off to the British Museum for us.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOpkU4Eg4L0gqnKapm3NBFhf7R41OhSwuhklh3rcSH4XkFZdmqE6KuNsUabkCvI9VFUvq2M-Ik_rN7ShVKtt59ltoJfN7msTTfF5VmmIdwtXcd6JVmG_Q0BUyM5OPEorIKOy7dkAT_2k/s1600/IMG_3545.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOpkU4Eg4L0gqnKapm3NBFhf7R41OhSwuhklh3rcSH4XkFZdmqE6KuNsUabkCvI9VFUvq2M-Ik_rN7ShVKtt59ltoJfN7msTTfF5VmmIdwtXcd6JVmG_Q0BUyM5OPEorIKOy7dkAT_2k/s200/IMG_3545.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615938540382695890" border="0" /></a><br />We got to see the Rosetta Stone, very cool.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdXhNezoQPlAV3afopZcoAR_q9IM69Z6GN5lONXbd-B9IUJl4KfGqeP4Zg6TPE-l3J7LXQddaQdB-E1vaaLoXpQHkbtWReyntS7W0X0F0_nnA0AAbnbbbxt4yWkj1PgFhkWDoH-EUDJk/s1600/IMG_3547.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdXhNezoQPlAV3afopZcoAR_q9IM69Z6GN5lONXbd-B9IUJl4KfGqeP4Zg6TPE-l3J7LXQddaQdB-E1vaaLoXpQHkbtWReyntS7W0X0F0_nnA0AAbnbbbxt4yWkj1PgFhkWDoH-EUDJk/s200/IMG_3547.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615938011593299762" border="0" /></a><br />We got to see a mummy or two.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99FpYqXaZyx7MRnpbCQdjJOuBw3AZ_SKOBqGjcXAo2keQQ9cJv8S495e47elZmk_NWeQLk5ykXpY9CFaH5u86sntO96gaI6Iw7NehFeMedjRivwm0L_RF8lUuSjUohj-Rx20urTxY364/s1600/IMG_3550.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99FpYqXaZyx7MRnpbCQdjJOuBw3AZ_SKOBqGjcXAo2keQQ9cJv8S495e47elZmk_NWeQLk5ykXpY9CFaH5u86sntO96gaI6Iw7NehFeMedjRivwm0L_RF8lUuSjUohj-Rx20urTxY364/s200/IMG_3550.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615938000776877074" border="0" /></a><br />This is Cleopatra, no big deal.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6sG8SHy0KExAf_FSrODAYe81LhMG0Ddura_5G5FPpXbLEE6bJXEaf7VGgjycf2Tvob52kdu10H2Rg16DOxPOQmefmr19ECnjg9KuA3_P__Wcq-j-P43wG95yR_bfCLFKbIuz4EL8J3M/s1600/IMG_3561.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6sG8SHy0KExAf_FSrODAYe81LhMG0Ddura_5G5FPpXbLEE6bJXEaf7VGgjycf2Tvob52kdu10H2Rg16DOxPOQmefmr19ECnjg9KuA3_P__Wcq-j-P43wG95yR_bfCLFKbIuz4EL8J3M/s200/IMG_3561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615937979416369762" border="0" /></a><br />And we saw this statue, I forget what it's called but it was cool.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hFmyxCPZQ0mhAtyKFWBHw7vuPwIUrs8foaQ_GPfyuJeYBZ79GDhMFFXZOLiC8RrLKupZSJhrM2Lux0_6OVek_pTCSpJmgoVBHRk7DKYEy4B1UFNi95AhFpeK5DbhrKk3gA-FRYfu244/s1600/IMG_3552.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hFmyxCPZQ0mhAtyKFWBHw7vuPwIUrs8foaQ_GPfyuJeYBZ79GDhMFFXZOLiC8RrLKupZSJhrM2Lux0_6OVek_pTCSpJmgoVBHRk7DKYEy4B1UFNi95AhFpeK5DbhrKk3gA-FRYfu244/s200/IMG_3552.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615937987667742514" border="0" /></a><br />We also had some fun with the masks at the gift shop and Ellie may have laughed a little too hard because she split her pants, literally.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kH5_1ln8icyY4KlJC4iY7XdjkorsRTT2eG3XVFgmmztg6I26qcdatOmgJVbZRybA3y8LCSYTsAYYjfzJJzs8yaMGF6zj9meqOCPLztfZKeHnYi2cW1XBytFHMgvP752oTFptfHVis6I/s1600/DSCN1889.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kH5_1ln8icyY4KlJC4iY7XdjkorsRTT2eG3XVFgmmztg6I26qcdatOmgJVbZRybA3y8LCSYTsAYYjfzJJzs8yaMGF6zj9meqOCPLztfZKeHnYi2cW1XBytFHMgvP752oTFptfHVis6I/s200/DSCN1889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615937969877948642" border="0" /></a><br />Then we went to Hamstead to get crepes. I got the same kind I got last time, if it isn't broke don't fix it, right?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMWfRdZ5T9kz7u4xChuLZAQxnfgBxiZxIlzWzXtkguayuxZw6dXSVfHnY-00p8YX2KjUcrLd3tYrMqzvq-kB7kTzjPpVjiK_E-PpIugA5EfqqgH7Zme2rj8FoT9MUZoM3SyNMug28LU0/s1600/IMG_3564.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMWfRdZ5T9kz7u4xChuLZAQxnfgBxiZxIlzWzXtkguayuxZw6dXSVfHnY-00p8YX2KjUcrLd3tYrMqzvq-kB7kTzjPpVjiK_E-PpIugA5EfqqgH7Zme2rj8FoT9MUZoM3SyNMug28LU0/s200/IMG_3564.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615936904894734242" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVpx9v4JcE5um00Se_owuItOyzYsjoyeUCWhm4twwc_ecVOos2YKqbf-Jmoyps-QHxY0aa4iKqMooBLJYEn25Vnl4hvsjFcEox9VZoi0qMAtixcn7wpDXUa4Vva5LlXwTihjZWyxxdOo/s1600/DSCN1787.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVpx9v4JcE5um00Se_owuItOyzYsjoyeUCWhm4twwc_ecVOos2YKqbf-Jmoyps-QHxY0aa4iKqMooBLJYEn25Vnl4hvsjFcEox9VZoi0qMAtixcn7wpDXUa4Vva5LlXwTihjZWyxxdOo/s200/DSCN1787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615936921914756322" border="0" /></a><br />Then we walked to this little park and just enjoyed the evening. It really was beautiful and one of my favorite moments. It was just so peaceful.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LbINPW-35WzJP5AkElPKb6OYvg4winCq-3IEhMFh60rGcrUmvgXvvgjRoauI_icH9B24dLQmC23s83c2eJMcA6sutmctYDo0QWM3IFzVZl3aumSce9j2ivAz8a6mJ9syGvJ0B2KgRSc/s1600/IMG_3565.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LbINPW-35WzJP5AkElPKb6OYvg4winCq-3IEhMFh60rGcrUmvgXvvgjRoauI_icH9B24dLQmC23s83c2eJMcA6sutmctYDo0QWM3IFzVZl3aumSce9j2ivAz8a6mJ9syGvJ0B2KgRSc/s200/IMG_3565.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615936927668070530" border="0" /></a><br />After crepes we stopped at Kings-cross station to see platform 9 3/4. Unfortunately it's under construction but they have a fake one up so we got pictures. We also got hit on by some drunk guys, that wasn't so much fun but hey it's London what can we expect.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKkUTf0T6wK4HrVwBHqtUyyhpijypTrOnK7t0Y4y0pJjxTMRzHu-2GPhpYICWPG5RUOznx6h9MOKb75iQtRFh53NxuyurSpKYYiUwX8B3L0Hl-SnukMkmO9bkbl05YfESRZLyqLfd6RQ/s1600/IMG_3567.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKkUTf0T6wK4HrVwBHqtUyyhpijypTrOnK7t0Y4y0pJjxTMRzHu-2GPhpYICWPG5RUOznx6h9MOKb75iQtRFh53NxuyurSpKYYiUwX8B3L0Hl-SnukMkmO9bkbl05YfESRZLyqLfd6RQ/s200/IMG_3567.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615936938614887602" border="0" /></a><br />After that we made a quick stop at Tesco to have food for Sunday. They were having a sale on corners. Corners are these awesome yogurt things with fruit or little chocolate things that you mix in. They are amazing and we are all addicted to them!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWdNZq9IpNZVYzQPNu6ckCyyxq1RgyQ0ExrP82WPDGOUfb70ozif-yl08myBPiEp1HSV_7VxEyCrGiwgP-1Yq75fyeeBYpxnRflTeAq9Z7SjndjzkmZn9Dx6WTipwP7JPpxyQgDuqk-A/s1600/DSCN1893.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWdNZq9IpNZVYzQPNu6ckCyyxq1RgyQ0ExrP82WPDGOUfb70ozif-yl08myBPiEp1HSV_7VxEyCrGiwgP-1Yq75fyeeBYpxnRflTeAq9Z7SjndjzkmZn9Dx6WTipwP7JPpxyQgDuqk-A/s200/DSCN1893.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615936915587664258" border="0" /></a><br />So that was my typical Saturday in London.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-23109965990373968332011-06-03T10:02:00.000-07:002011-06-08T10:38:36.321-07:00A palace, a university and a museumSo on Friday we headed home from our stay in Stratford. Our first stop was Blenheim Palace which was the birthplace of Winston Churchill.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7pFgq1piVWjhSjcNmkLtTvRWVb7-z1W8pAuENmmXZ-yMhFkGe6vqOHbaoeOfVQbdckHH26ibXkVY6tfsp3pLUo8ag2h64MtbAM80dLe3lfVmBj125NDvGs9rTWvhu6VsrbF1mginkis/s1600/IMG_3426.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7pFgq1piVWjhSjcNmkLtTvRWVb7-z1W8pAuENmmXZ-yMhFkGe6vqOHbaoeOfVQbdckHH26ibXkVY6tfsp3pLUo8ag2h64MtbAM80dLe3lfVmBj125NDvGs9rTWvhu6VsrbF1mginkis/s200/IMG_3426.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615899475381939058" border="0" /></a><br />Funny story about that, Blenheim was not the home of Winston's family but it was in the family, his uncle or something. Well Winston's mother was at a party there and went into labor.<br />So we toured the palace and we had a entertaining tour guide. Then we explored the grounds, they were beautiful but once again they gave us way too much time and we found ourselves pretty bored by the end of the 5 hours we had there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7NzSh7n52Hu_xIg93GyWSUio17_ckNisnwyxuNy38Ma-AdGDRc6NqXTUQ5TIQ660AP5v_K0t00XbVPzE2hB8xzq5fmib10RmR56kUfwwNc4bljmgFlYM6ri8B8oEEnaXOo8OiOhUXu0/s1600/IMG_3436.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7NzSh7n52Hu_xIg93GyWSUio17_ckNisnwyxuNy38Ma-AdGDRc6NqXTUQ5TIQ660AP5v_K0t00XbVPzE2hB8xzq5fmib10RmR56kUfwwNc4bljmgFlYM6ri8B8oEEnaXOo8OiOhUXu0/s200/IMG_3436.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615899479044836210" border="0" /></a><br />This is Cali and I frolicking across the grounds :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOprzuaFH5_BYHYfzVWxmKiWa4GzT4Npll21GYSTuPYCgEI9dQQC4ooh_-D8PWF66_n4izF-_61jEDyafMXItcMy6TWObR6bbXEr1QAPY9o7FpVAfRQoayqt-zIqygtK5kpaRogDJw-M/s1600/IMG_0988.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOprzuaFH5_BYHYfzVWxmKiWa4GzT4Npll21GYSTuPYCgEI9dQQC4ooh_-D8PWF66_n4izF-_61jEDyafMXItcMy6TWObR6bbXEr1QAPY9o7FpVAfRQoayqt-zIqygtK5kpaRogDJw-M/s200/IMG_0988.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615899468310612770" border="0" /></a><br />This was in the Italian gardens, yes it's a bush carved into a duck!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-OApvpvFYWfK5E3ieb66Y0Zr3c3sZIVVO5eBhrwleiOGxaTqg6po2_EYbk-H7O5xY24s8AqRUwXmhsOWh7ck40lRXwp7rxEFiqBr9YO8KapvvAGLUBNkK_aHYPue8VlnZ2QWgsInOV4/s1600/IMG_0983.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-OApvpvFYWfK5E3ieb66Y0Zr3c3sZIVVO5eBhrwleiOGxaTqg6po2_EYbk-H7O5xY24s8AqRUwXmhsOWh7ck40lRXwp7rxEFiqBr9YO8KapvvAGLUBNkK_aHYPue8VlnZ2QWgsInOV4/s200/IMG_0983.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615899458652250178" border="0" /></a><br />there were really pretty rose gardens with a view of the river.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrV1FLXtErFMNP3FKzp_yLmiFM9TjTv6HHONyJgMJoEuMR5t4PjSr2pJd1cpT3wVDcs5lopYJVKvkzuar9Dt8LxgEg4FUgSGcRlrdzwsQFf3JkmKfiDS8yeqtYu4pr5PX57WyZWuRYqM/s1600/IMG_3451.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrV1FLXtErFMNP3FKzp_yLmiFM9TjTv6HHONyJgMJoEuMR5t4PjSr2pJd1cpT3wVDcs5lopYJVKvkzuar9Dt8LxgEg4FUgSGcRlrdzwsQFf3JkmKfiDS8yeqtYu4pr5PX57WyZWuRYqM/s200/IMG_3451.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615899498375633858" border="0" /></a><br />Cali was helping Lauren get down from the tree in the Secret garden, it was so funny.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAvVEcM2CIHG-qhf4MFhHjbUy2AC3QKEcl9OmpS0sbSzPpNsjwru5zbIW0ybtn70Ga25_mxINl0nFCLeiajg69OWiJAJ4Duk1aTqVaEzPk0kVd45Oz48WNJ4RHWve3tOGk3Evh_mqhro/s1600/IMG_3460.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAvVEcM2CIHG-qhf4MFhHjbUy2AC3QKEcl9OmpS0sbSzPpNsjwru5zbIW0ybtn70Ga25_mxINl0nFCLeiajg69OWiJAJ4Duk1aTqVaEzPk0kVd45Oz48WNJ4RHWve3tOGk3Evh_mqhro/s200/IMG_3460.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615900778781493282" border="0" /></a><br />This was me at the Secret Garden.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZFj8l3PmFsvRrNPsdnGLzD-0VoxhAjTpmapCiG_ETrtMpPwVaJFnDaNJpydmo67Tbo_odWAfhp1-WYkGlZOimVn4CtWOMus0Gt8vZWvCC-iqOUWI9UQohUW0wyYGstQB-2_tBl_0X6A/s1600/IMG_3465.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZFj8l3PmFsvRrNPsdnGLzD-0VoxhAjTpmapCiG_ETrtMpPwVaJFnDaNJpydmo67Tbo_odWAfhp1-WYkGlZOimVn4CtWOMus0Gt8vZWvCC-iqOUWI9UQohUW0wyYGstQB-2_tBl_0X6A/s200/IMG_3465.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615900772483502610" border="0" /></a><br />this was a bridge at the Palace that had rooms built into it, it was pretty cool.<br />So after the palace we went to Oxford and it was nothing like what I expected. It's an interesting town because it's basically a college town but all the different colleges are spread around the town. We also realized that there really isn't anything to do in this town so we saw the sights like this:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-sw49chZTlEWkO69RctlmLqNu3GDwN2N6dqI9qgihyphenhyphen5tTBmvONCS-ZFEAH90Xe-w6cDiaJqqVUu7S_crPI14QysGfC5SRpnFqJ4V7S04dk51W13eQV8hWb_tvretaHgJYrw90fQiQ90/s1600/IMG_0995.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-sw49chZTlEWkO69RctlmLqNu3GDwN2N6dqI9qgihyphenhyphen5tTBmvONCS-ZFEAH90Xe-w6cDiaJqqVUu7S_crPI14QysGfC5SRpnFqJ4V7S04dk51W13eQV8hWb_tvretaHgJYrw90fQiQ90/s200/IMG_0995.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615900799820561586" border="0" /></a><br />and bought shirts:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhFf7wSlN4OTi5hEoGeM1goaJHmT0lRyBMlD89huoLzEOBDdvhO5tYYghoZjHNfhH1aKGHCCjldiR_U2t-ezgpQTZlGq4c6uzaI4cyGAS-IpciDgp4U2Xa6wMfWDzdWClI5abaFc6x7A/s1600/IMG_3472.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhFf7wSlN4OTi5hEoGeM1goaJHmT0lRyBMlD89huoLzEOBDdvhO5tYYghoZjHNfhH1aKGHCCjldiR_U2t-ezgpQTZlGq4c6uzaI4cyGAS-IpciDgp4U2Xa6wMfWDzdWClI5abaFc6x7A/s200/IMG_3472.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615900934645155618" border="0" /></a><br />we saw street performers and this guy was awesome, he was on a tight rope while playing the violin.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEhGXV3d-vX-Dpq1_II5LEUXA9b0JsdGeG-_OegdqDCm7VAnv7MdouZdCEUKnBdQXGXwoLmiy6kvq3_sPC_2qY5XhKrabGTh7kcE3Hpsrxkj-7OZuoRv74jhSHtXINg4mgL39GIxPTXM/s1600/IMG_3474.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEhGXV3d-vX-Dpq1_II5LEUXA9b0JsdGeG-_OegdqDCm7VAnv7MdouZdCEUKnBdQXGXwoLmiy6kvq3_sPC_2qY5XhKrabGTh7kcE3Hpsrxkj-7OZuoRv74jhSHtXINg4mgL39GIxPTXM/s200/IMG_3474.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615900795595358162" border="0" /></a><br />Then we ate at this littler pastry shop and I saw this amazing cake, I know want it for my wedding cake, it was so cool.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24WazlA8zlo_8_z3pwUrFoKYnWLUNO74DLmaiEB1KC7yOdxwWgsiE2avdnreXn1lrN2X1oXRx2uHWmkp-BbWChojGQoXhfJpfKSWdIQo9n6nVikHrVLmFO4n4MleeOvR7W-cQiuv0LfU/s1600/IMG_0992.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24WazlA8zlo_8_z3pwUrFoKYnWLUNO74DLmaiEB1KC7yOdxwWgsiE2avdnreXn1lrN2X1oXRx2uHWmkp-BbWChojGQoXhfJpfKSWdIQo9n6nVikHrVLmFO4n4MleeOvR7W-cQiuv0LfU/s200/IMG_0992.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615901786694370210" border="0" /></a><br />So that was our last stop and we went home. A few of us decided to go to the V&A once we got home. It was pretty cool but I was really tired from the day and not feeling too good. But I did love the costume room because they had costumes you could try on.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xV5eHJLec52wrPRr79mn_ijAS5WKLO_RG2hyQy3kIQcusftNba5ZBiHgfbD9qIXL2YXdgdTwgUBIfr8hpdlVTaPevKYAdP6juUX-811Hk9Khopp3-oPld5DE-AkfUzjndIrCj_9oEoM/s1600/IMG_3535.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xV5eHJLec52wrPRr79mn_ijAS5WKLO_RG2hyQy3kIQcusftNba5ZBiHgfbD9qIXL2YXdgdTwgUBIfr8hpdlVTaPevKYAdP6juUX-811Hk9Khopp3-oPld5DE-AkfUzjndIrCj_9oEoM/s200/IMG_3535.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615901641039038450" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDfNDupTBhESEHbaVLF4zv8iuOttfSzLu7Xk4jyUzPGzHm1RY5UJ9sb9Ko6WlapPQIwEHI3y50FvYWuk6C_3qjZdawfYIsVr2kP_E7nZrD2lj-NTSNZ6c6kNkvFW6-Lns4GDx6Y_hX88/s1600/IMG_3529.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDfNDupTBhESEHbaVLF4zv8iuOttfSzLu7Xk4jyUzPGzHm1RY5UJ9sb9Ko6WlapPQIwEHI3y50FvYWuk6C_3qjZdawfYIsVr2kP_E7nZrD2lj-NTSNZ6c6kNkvFW6-Lns4GDx6Y_hX88/s200/IMG_3529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615901631486405394" border="0" /></a><br />We also say the 1st Folio which is the collection of Shakespeare's works there are only three originals and I have seen all of them on this trip.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-Z4QyNAycS2cI4s4P7ulrlg_v4Sl3T7_wwjsUwhbDktUJybSJSw6mdPmz1XKg8TCdJv_KTnqqPYsr33wrHfrpk8YIQf_kjugr7f_RLWpvG64l-3mGuk-6jg2JAG4_pO9cJtqk5BG2Yo/s1600/IMG_3539.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-Z4QyNAycS2cI4s4P7ulrlg_v4Sl3T7_wwjsUwhbDktUJybSJSw6mdPmz1XKg8TCdJv_KTnqqPYsr33wrHfrpk8YIQf_kjugr7f_RLWpvG64l-3mGuk-6jg2JAG4_pO9cJtqk5BG2Yo/s200/IMG_3539.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615901649618439458" border="0" /></a><br />Another cool thing we got to see was a painting that President Monson referred to in his talk at regional conference.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDIGNm2HEGtNfR5DCeBtPgs_5fsHNO9sBR3jJQ6_wI2jvlL_OTnY6I6uMSyRnTtgDtG7A0VlwCK55s4OmnlIHuVibN0ptSjQ4TyVJXffwDGI-emtM0h5j-nw2iXZEo4N5R1FeHk9Mr74/s1600/IMG_3526.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDIGNm2HEGtNfR5DCeBtPgs_5fsHNO9sBR3jJQ6_wI2jvlL_OTnY6I6uMSyRnTtgDtG7A0VlwCK55s4OmnlIHuVibN0ptSjQ4TyVJXffwDGI-emtM0h5j-nw2iXZEo4N5R1FeHk9Mr74/s200/IMG_3526.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615901624660770146" border="0" /></a><br />So it was a long day but good.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-29162298573913630042011-06-02T15:55:00.000-07:002011-06-08T10:00:21.580-07:00Shakespeare beginning to endSo today we visited all the Shakespeare sites in Stratford-upon-Avon. We started at his birthplace which seemed fitting. It was also my favorite site we went to all day. It was cool to see his actual birth house and to see all the famous people who had visited it, lots of them etched their names in the glass of the windows of his house but now they have replaced the windows and the old ones are on display.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2o1tdJcdz2ojc8eBc8wy5ytTSDEcqiMZl8872pIFIP_X701leDx72RHEdDrxkx7eHAo9PMo3KATpSDvKrD_UYCtBdTqzd4Pyos1uJI5TZkZlCBja86iqufBM4gG9mIm4XAyS_WaGlqx4/s1600/IMG_0965.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2o1tdJcdz2ojc8eBc8wy5ytTSDEcqiMZl8872pIFIP_X701leDx72RHEdDrxkx7eHAo9PMo3KATpSDvKrD_UYCtBdTqzd4Pyos1uJI5TZkZlCBja86iqufBM4gG9mIm4XAyS_WaGlqx4/s200/IMG_0965.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615618864539809474" border="0" /></a><br />My favorite part about the house was learning that young Shakespeare wore a dress! yep, apparently all kids boys and girls wore dresses up to about age 6. This was because a lot of kids were dying young and it seemed to be more boys than girls so they thought that if they disguised their boys like girls that the spirit of death would think they were girls and pass them over. I just think its funny to picture Shakespeare in a dress.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BxkAajvXN7sg2D8fnCYjDjcfYc7Z5fIKC5_fd0RkDDK2Q1HHVkvhEd-jiDMtLCLTXPtZXncl_2r0q2iVOxjQv07mKCpWvG-qx1XBfN8d_dfba4ZmsNS3alHXO4WSH5igDzUOJ_durH8/s1600/IMG_0964.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BxkAajvXN7sg2D8fnCYjDjcfYc7Z5fIKC5_fd0RkDDK2Q1HHVkvhEd-jiDMtLCLTXPtZXncl_2r0q2iVOxjQv07mKCpWvG-qx1XBfN8d_dfba4ZmsNS3alHXO4WSH5igDzUOJ_durH8/s200/IMG_0964.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615618852852879954" border="0" /></a><br />After his birthplace home we went to Nash house/ New Place which was Shakespeare's last home. It was pretty silly as far as tourist sites go because the actual New Place is just an excavation site and the tour is though a house that was next door. So we weren't too excited about the place and we all decided to just chill out a little on the grass.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCJoUpMcBBFG0WWx6mrFEh5ClVNJICGFPxDOQE_nEXOZzqTZ9tksoQaLYkJOfwROmH4askZdsS6fcJWFUhRo3AVWsnRPyZyxdOlfPtYQOFuW3I11gMn_b4IjLg1YAw5EMAO79ScqzRkM/s1600/IMG_0967.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCJoUpMcBBFG0WWx6mrFEh5ClVNJICGFPxDOQE_nEXOZzqTZ9tksoQaLYkJOfwROmH4askZdsS6fcJWFUhRo3AVWsnRPyZyxdOlfPtYQOFuW3I11gMn_b4IjLg1YAw5EMAO79ScqzRkM/s200/IMG_0967.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615618872066525154" border="0" /></a><br />Ellie entertained herself by sticking grass between Cali's toes it was pretty funny.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnC2LCwvGngxqe68g4mA3MEoFdPtIq_36RdcTjfCH5vcLOkGRcPf78V6dVVeHRYJ8xSVE5uGYOMyaQcd7tZpRddpWdj5qeCT9Lkuzl46QRRqClvcnJ9k58UKHVTfgxgRRg0gUrP9xwSM/s1600/IMG_3354.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnC2LCwvGngxqe68g4mA3MEoFdPtIq_36RdcTjfCH5vcLOkGRcPf78V6dVVeHRYJ8xSVE5uGYOMyaQcd7tZpRddpWdj5qeCT9Lkuzl46QRRqClvcnJ9k58UKHVTfgxgRRg0gUrP9xwSM/s200/IMG_3354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615618879079802802" border="0" /></a><br />After New Place we went to Hall's Croft which was is another house of some relative of Shakespeare. Seriously Stratford is like Shakespeare Disneyland.<br />That was our last stop as a group, then we were let loose to explore the town on our own.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1zSkD_8TG4PBZmIXrWrKSEgXSH8_cJIUKGr-7E6N4eSMquJ3zNMm4gdKX5llT1LAV__pxGwoxvghcIOxdHH3K8z-7j00f1TxjmM-W3wcrnTODi4JoOQrso3Jeu-j7_wqbNSuv0F_MSE/s1600/IMG_3365.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1zSkD_8TG4PBZmIXrWrKSEgXSH8_cJIUKGr-7E6N4eSMquJ3zNMm4gdKX5llT1LAV__pxGwoxvghcIOxdHH3K8z-7j00f1TxjmM-W3wcrnTODi4JoOQrso3Jeu-j7_wqbNSuv0F_MSE/s200/IMG_3365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615894200379951778" border="0" /></a><br />So we got milkshakes at this place called Mo-Mos. They had all different types of milkshakes and I got a chocolate orange one, it was really super good.<br />Then we decided to walk back to our B&B for a nap before dinner and our show.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHxqGoIvDYZphjYyvKwmxpo7Ve4B3y86BwIhwSpSwPL_tniFf2wdT-bUobGrCMxTqRo1tFZfUaQ8lDtTxZ8mtMnGNOCr9O4t_Lb7IqhDMrU-J5W8v8CZseDquAYgf7viyLcfJbiTr2qM/s1600/IMG_3369.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHxqGoIvDYZphjYyvKwmxpo7Ve4B3y86BwIhwSpSwPL_tniFf2wdT-bUobGrCMxTqRo1tFZfUaQ8lDtTxZ8mtMnGNOCr9O4t_Lb7IqhDMrU-J5W8v8CZseDquAYgf7viyLcfJbiTr2qM/s200/IMG_3369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615894216180608290" border="0" /></a><br />When we walked back into town we went to the Trinity church and saw Shakespeare's grave site.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtIafXyMvQU0tczeCXlVTDNRCyn3K_Lw4-MRCABPw5KNxvwYxa_haQsitlSPj0WUmJg_6Sh2nBXthgAPYhlrUP_88ZUZrDBnfNCoFUk33j2j7h-VmtrWyAIwlK2UrrsQRZHDBCespbw8/s1600/IMG_3408.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtIafXyMvQU0tczeCXlVTDNRCyn3K_Lw4-MRCABPw5KNxvwYxa_haQsitlSPj0WUmJg_6Sh2nBXthgAPYhlrUP_88ZUZrDBnfNCoFUk33j2j7h-VmtrWyAIwlK2UrrsQRZHDBCespbw8/s200/IMG_3408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615894190236279922" border="0" /></a><br />We ate at the Garrick Inn for dinner. It was really yummy and then we went to Macbeth.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGsktJ3PAYpL5sw4VUBgZpWIXoGkkukFlGblcG-mUkJJtwxxQap0KUNDkRN122uU9216jZzSHHV6egfoYPE2oXr3xUG6Y3h6mVsn10KXZoLcWCbK9hZT_sj1CQyPHmmfaZl3YMt1yUHo/s1600/IMG_3421.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGsktJ3PAYpL5sw4VUBgZpWIXoGkkukFlGblcG-mUkJJtwxxQap0KUNDkRN122uU9216jZzSHHV6egfoYPE2oXr3xUG6Y3h6mVsn10KXZoLcWCbK9hZT_sj1CQyPHmmfaZl3YMt1yUHo/s200/IMG_3421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615894211281443378" border="0" /></a><br />Macbeth was amazing! It was very bloody which was a little disturbing but I really enjoyed it. The director made some brilliant choices like having the weird sisters be weird children instead and they did a lot of cool things with the stage. One cool thing was when the did the crowning they had water come down from the the ceiling, hard to explain but it was very cool.<br />So Shakespeare beginning to end, in a day!ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-61326165872458374272011-06-01T09:11:00.000-07:002011-06-07T15:54:05.267-07:00Hard to SwallowSo on Wednesday we got up really early and got on the bus to go to Stratford-upon-Avon. One the way we stopped at Coventry Cathedral which is this really cool church that was bombed during WWII and all that is left is its outer walls and steeple.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXEKn6mMET-FGs5sp0wEZsaYRtiR0t_Z38tziDkJ3XuSTEvUEfehXVFLUwS0Xi4Dyfty9adnAo-p9_7igfOrf-zPRv-h0lPeJEdBNy4-CYgGIUCUJo-rdvF-fnZWO83UhYLgBEF3axzo/s1600/IMG_0867.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXEKn6mMET-FGs5sp0wEZsaYRtiR0t_Z38tziDkJ3XuSTEvUEfehXVFLUwS0Xi4Dyfty9adnAo-p9_7igfOrf-zPRv-h0lPeJEdBNy4-CYgGIUCUJo-rdvF-fnZWO83UhYLgBEF3axzo/s200/IMG_0867.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615142093576009250" border="0" /></a><br />They have built a new Cathedral attached to it and it is pretty cool to see the old and new right next to each other.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwJsC2dsT-kytmVnlv4n3Cl1ZBQnNVXo7Kic65cb1QH9IZJ8OgVi_a6dkksmeqBYmQKhVyJoYh4-Dd7vp5VITsRrscK5k-wbr7Yww6QMnp-W7kolQlG2jWDaXHOYGaUGsmbFyN2W7lD4/s1600/IMG_0874.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwJsC2dsT-kytmVnlv4n3Cl1ZBQnNVXo7Kic65cb1QH9IZJ8OgVi_a6dkksmeqBYmQKhVyJoYh4-Dd7vp5VITsRrscK5k-wbr7Yww6QMnp-W7kolQlG2jWDaXHOYGaUGsmbFyN2W7lD4/s200/IMG_0874.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615142095589781906" border="0" /></a><br />My favorite thing about the Cathedral was the little pieces of stained glass that were still in the old windows that weren't destroyed by the bomb.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q8qPmhaV5igDUFqFkFFAKrnmpUUrBVIKCKAxHVzc8ZpnxPAeEPeHxYSDQK2ZZXwDkU51qoD6UR6lXY3_h90GmULwqUt-oyUgAF7cqw_LePcMPq0Y2lNlfWcqQav4-seS3b2_Kzzebvo/s1600/IMG_0871.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q8qPmhaV5igDUFqFkFFAKrnmpUUrBVIKCKAxHVzc8ZpnxPAeEPeHxYSDQK2ZZXwDkU51qoD6UR6lXY3_h90GmULwqUt-oyUgAF7cqw_LePcMPq0Y2lNlfWcqQav4-seS3b2_Kzzebvo/s200/IMG_0871.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615142105182703490" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-fKIzPd45YjnFSo-NDGrsixlRyRnT8E0qbPs7VtomPIShWdPRsjp7kDJZ1g0Fn_ii62zcoF-KXOsat0p6Ir5yGLUNtHnrb25UCVrvzMAS_1Dy8eTpPh3HEk42WRVmN7e0JdS5w8zRRU/s1600/IMG_0873.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-fKIzPd45YjnFSo-NDGrsixlRyRnT8E0qbPs7VtomPIShWdPRsjp7kDJZ1g0Fn_ii62zcoF-KXOsat0p6Ir5yGLUNtHnrb25UCVrvzMAS_1Dy8eTpPh3HEk42WRVmN7e0JdS5w8zRRU/s200/IMG_0873.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615142115123475634" border="0" /></a><br />Flowers growing in the windows :)<br /><br />The next stop was Kennilworth Castle which is basically the ruins of this old castle where we had fun getting some pretty cool pictures. What girl doesn't like to pretend she is a princess in a castle.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6knl1Fz2KQa_i-bcKGlTWQ-1-MNIOBBMA9O9cQEDx6pnBMYme_idFKMfH_uKGNaaqg2IvUi73N2ABjuC5cn-may2XjRSWL6lsg6-ysFar0Z8tNg-rsSYMwfRZrp42RqkJ60D1dc_Ztng/s1600/IMG_0882.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6knl1Fz2KQa_i-bcKGlTWQ-1-MNIOBBMA9O9cQEDx6pnBMYme_idFKMfH_uKGNaaqg2IvUi73N2ABjuC5cn-may2XjRSWL6lsg6-ysFar0Z8tNg-rsSYMwfRZrp42RqkJ60D1dc_Ztng/s200/IMG_0882.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615143268188423218" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUq4MFhyphenhyphenHqdM7-cZeA9c5Ud2j-eEBnHVLd4w-G1sNwKH8KlGMmeHirGe1h8_U-sUavGusNvjUPTyKHuK8kCUdTwXz_VLor3GdfLyp9BUisSV8JwlglvW2cObiAhhTx7xYRr1oUeJni80/s1600/IMG_0880.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUq4MFhyphenhyphenHqdM7-cZeA9c5Ud2j-eEBnHVLd4w-G1sNwKH8KlGMmeHirGe1h8_U-sUavGusNvjUPTyKHuK8kCUdTwXz_VLor3GdfLyp9BUisSV8JwlglvW2cObiAhhTx7xYRr1oUeJni80/s200/IMG_0880.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615143263078594610" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZU-w8V8TMmFZvz-VV3qHptK8B6BPfX8NRgIN6XmO-zN7PtCMfDLK2slf_UPfSwEXxK4BAitiJogWfGswMuUyEhFz-BqSGPWr94IIES2pBJu9003Kgcva_1BKbFzmo3sz2Xrxvj8aj_8/s1600/IMG_0887.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZU-w8V8TMmFZvz-VV3qHptK8B6BPfX8NRgIN6XmO-zN7PtCMfDLK2slf_UPfSwEXxK4BAitiJogWfGswMuUyEhFz-BqSGPWr94IIES2pBJu9003Kgcva_1BKbFzmo3sz2Xrxvj8aj_8/s200/IMG_0887.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615143273579768930" border="0" /></a><br />So this was a cool ruin wall that I decided to get a picture next to.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WFo4c4za57ugt3oFvdGREwj9SXyrxUHbV29uv612mW1Z_02V1sQsi5tTBAakLsm0L3_LjTVngJTYp2uNiIuwGTJUtkjIX5s_RTKUzRGOyc934SzViTqYfJ02hPh4YuZBEp1n6Bv7gEI/s1600/IMG_0889.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WFo4c4za57ugt3oFvdGREwj9SXyrxUHbV29uv612mW1Z_02V1sQsi5tTBAakLsm0L3_LjTVngJTYp2uNiIuwGTJUtkjIX5s_RTKUzRGOyc934SzViTqYfJ02hPh4YuZBEp1n6Bv7gEI/s200/IMG_0889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615143277811520354" border="0" /></a><br />Then Camille, Katie and I decided it would be cooler to get a picture on top of it! :)<br />don't worry, we didn't see the 'do not climb' sign till after we got down.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgo1qg4na_gaiZHHhbhWV7KVpOKnSqEkHAQEq1bQoZIIz1rVnKy_FrbSGoaBP8UKWURBd8cllzCbayRXoabYht_yf05F2Sxn5waS5WwUeM-LZF7usrwWcVAuBeczFZIf0UgUoFezMY_1U/s1600/IMG_0895.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgo1qg4na_gaiZHHhbhWV7KVpOKnSqEkHAQEq1bQoZIIz1rVnKy_FrbSGoaBP8UKWURBd8cllzCbayRXoabYht_yf05F2Sxn5waS5WwUeM-LZF7usrwWcVAuBeczFZIf0UgUoFezMY_1U/s200/IMG_0895.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615143287213654306" border="0" /></a><br />Princess in the tower, yep I did it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUpZU3OQJlWmhdW1opbeNjomeMFUTNLcmFfgzBdcbxGPr4DnQXvokMM9Pu79yYcp933GZ5QLQwV0r9wX7bhY45RF6WgtFiKdIvcmf6hzHSAmVCx6QjWHq3ei_Pmz2nlY2qQXzyrDrRyo/s1600/IMG_0904.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUpZU3OQJlWmhdW1opbeNjomeMFUTNLcmFfgzBdcbxGPr4DnQXvokMM9Pu79yYcp933GZ5QLQwV0r9wX7bhY45RF6WgtFiKdIvcmf6hzHSAmVCx6QjWHq3ei_Pmz2nlY2qQXzyrDrRyo/s200/IMG_0904.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615144610610005698" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBsV5YKE36fI0EamnOgpF7v7YBMIni9mlVroYA4Me7QrquTLu9qvIf1ST4O65N-WVPs_QxjaJl7OnNb7lEDZo76cEvq7Kuwg8cUM_vJ2TXBoTTxQNC_DT5ACYSdVxWhD2x9cwMvoN4co/s1600/IMG_0907.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBsV5YKE36fI0EamnOgpF7v7YBMIni9mlVroYA4Me7QrquTLu9qvIf1ST4O65N-WVPs_QxjaJl7OnNb7lEDZo76cEvq7Kuwg8cUM_vJ2TXBoTTxQNC_DT5ACYSdVxWhD2x9cwMvoN4co/s200/IMG_0907.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615144618659523746" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv45WtWgHNmC8sA45fGqYFx8vCRfEKYCy7xvVZSBNKVTZ6FzOce6kNHa-L70bLtCVyR80L-cA4gAbvQVjFdtn4FIOfezFGjqv_VNP059lcRRC8qeuk4zJAz1VASuU1K81vVznCAhkSnLs/s1600/IMG_0902.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv45WtWgHNmC8sA45fGqYFx8vCRfEKYCy7xvVZSBNKVTZ6FzOce6kNHa-L70bLtCVyR80L-cA4gAbvQVjFdtn4FIOfezFGjqv_VNP059lcRRC8qeuk4zJAz1VASuU1K81vVznCAhkSnLs/s200/IMG_0902.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615144602280394658" border="0" /></a><br />Then Ashlee and I had a little photo-shoot, it was fun! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDg9fFWIIWa6EDNSftxWJ_8IqEFUZ1kXzg_djlZhvSdptE6AqNBRGqWv3-Ji87kuM23xtA0ivhv0Xa9vNWdOSp48W64d30WJVe11NdfRAbdJ8iJjY8iNpkU4vWYLNOyDIsyaUDWWp5q3Y/s1600/IMG_0912.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDg9fFWIIWa6EDNSftxWJ_8IqEFUZ1kXzg_djlZhvSdptE6AqNBRGqWv3-Ji87kuM23xtA0ivhv0Xa9vNWdOSp48W64d30WJVe11NdfRAbdJ8iJjY8iNpkU4vWYLNOyDIsyaUDWWp5q3Y/s200/IMG_0912.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615144620765208114" border="0" /></a><br />The castle was just really cool.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LCbD2wK76NRJePMtUrBg4pjcLgG2QDkmzoLhNy39WoBcO80YZJsVdJFVm8Pj-FISZZ_5cJhHega0RGdd1WyyU8YL5DykzIK2JDYnOdZpQ8EHi8RjvgFNAeKmp9EoIV3tfM1D1JOU6ps/s1600/IMG_0914.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LCbD2wK76NRJePMtUrBg4pjcLgG2QDkmzoLhNy39WoBcO80YZJsVdJFVm8Pj-FISZZ_5cJhHega0RGdd1WyyU8YL5DykzIK2JDYnOdZpQ8EHi8RjvgFNAeKmp9EoIV3tfM1D1JOU6ps/s200/IMG_0914.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615144629574948114" border="0" /></a><br />But then I got tired and the grass seemed really comfy. This is what I felt about being at the castle for like 4 hours, way too long.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPVA6VdrwxvTfzFT4sG_85-xe0iEBIrzVV6n5yt1T2Hmo-DpUzK5tA9cpjCUM7VJp96NmMcJr83Ltu8CTRHAO14ABL6ptZlF9479m56rZlox4UJwM03RZ8p_5k6qk0bLvPs3fh59sFjY/s1600/IMG_0926.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPVA6VdrwxvTfzFT4sG_85-xe0iEBIrzVV6n5yt1T2Hmo-DpUzK5tA9cpjCUM7VJp96NmMcJr83Ltu8CTRHAO14ABL6ptZlF9479m56rZlox4UJwM03RZ8p_5k6qk0bLvPs3fh59sFjY/s200/IMG_0926.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615145878918365538" border="0" /></a><br />After the Castle we went to Anne Hathaway's cottage. Anne Hathaway's was Shakespeare's wife and was it cool, yes. It was a really cute little cottage but really that was it for me. So Ashlee and I had another photo shoot and waited like another 2 hours while everyone explored. Its not that I didn't appreciate the place but it just didn't really deserve 3 hours.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAmw9dZ2y2lMbHn2YP-T8pF18IxIxN18OYjuUnN3dkuDRLn-YEEO89rTAynpA5GOh6m5SjMj1yoRP89lYrA-pnHfly6cGox0Ea8lfTgUmzCg5AXdJPnut6ErEpl0Tn2zNEPPMNgBS-sA/s1600/IMG_0933.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAmw9dZ2y2lMbHn2YP-T8pF18IxIxN18OYjuUnN3dkuDRLn-YEEO89rTAynpA5GOh6m5SjMj1yoRP89lYrA-pnHfly6cGox0Ea8lfTgUmzCg5AXdJPnut6ErEpl0Tn2zNEPPMNgBS-sA/s200/IMG_0933.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615145892541652722" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgars-aIm9e-_EsB8Uv5UhwG-Upe7iB0VOWWNrVszN45bo_LCKmBhy49bfeYEDZnrZIJcFIQvf2N9uVKZ3Oe7zBhIHhJMq50t-oB0fZEJYXyA8NYt5lhnybQbZO0AroQuxgAVrQGtRMvZY/s1600/IMG_0930.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgars-aIm9e-_EsB8Uv5UhwG-Upe7iB0VOWWNrVszN45bo_LCKmBhy49bfeYEDZnrZIJcFIQvf2N9uVKZ3Oe7zBhIHhJMq50t-oB0fZEJYXyA8NYt5lhnybQbZO0AroQuxgAVrQGtRMvZY/s200/IMG_0930.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615145885554160898" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1HgHEdw_1r-5ZJuZPeO0HcZeVGBsLd9wYvzuVbsljV4jx_eX0sXHf1zbhsX6KK5g-dxuVz5i9gWHtzTM9-t1o1RqRKpmEhYJ_qt6EUSQxxPJCY_PwLqmc90FRslehxTeUjbQxUR1-DE/s1600/IMG_0928.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1HgHEdw_1r-5ZJuZPeO0HcZeVGBsLd9wYvzuVbsljV4jx_eX0sXHf1zbhsX6KK5g-dxuVz5i9gWHtzTM9-t1o1RqRKpmEhYJ_qt6EUSQxxPJCY_PwLqmc90FRslehxTeUjbQxUR1-DE/s200/IMG_0928.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615145899169361714" border="0" /></a><br />The next stop on our journey was Mary Arden's farm. Mary Arden was Shakespeare's mother. So it was cool because it was a working farm but everything was keep like it was back then so that was cool to see. We also got to see the Falconer demonstrate the work they do with some of their birds.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjvkg6Aa-0_z-lRpOBUObqaB7MLLca27sT0-dV7oFShwArx-ncBe92_m_Jt71X_Dw5MKA3JJ5AY6cEguEaQeI17bFrrrQLUAV6zO_oT3uiprSUiNMADxzl3B7E_d7Jftjrx3Udg269Qg/s1600/IMG_0940.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjvkg6Aa-0_z-lRpOBUObqaB7MLLca27sT0-dV7oFShwArx-ncBe92_m_Jt71X_Dw5MKA3JJ5AY6cEguEaQeI17bFrrrQLUAV6zO_oT3uiprSUiNMADxzl3B7E_d7Jftjrx3Udg269Qg/s200/IMG_0940.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615148465740342866" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHK8WiSeBWLNst9DFZDvTu9U8qcZkzGViOv6PamujYr6vhfu_sSsLp648YBXdlhcNWQf5Jww_k_O5VYyNLF0w7jfQXLrBkUyBRKOkU9wqt0vHD7DZiHmRPENRbEDJHgCn_bt_qlcfUVI/s1600/IMG_0955.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHK8WiSeBWLNst9DFZDvTu9U8qcZkzGViOv6PamujYr6vhfu_sSsLp648YBXdlhcNWQf5Jww_k_O5VYyNLF0w7jfQXLrBkUyBRKOkU9wqt0vHD7DZiHmRPENRbEDJHgCn_bt_qlcfUVI/s200/IMG_0955.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615148497639845922" border="0" /></a><br />this was the falcon and a baby owl, it was pretty cute.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzz2Qws_hGtspVlCRGr42BnixKbhLziej44umhYiI1ifMWLHdFM03TJgpcQhES5S7qaK9F5MqXjp9e6_cCNPNAQlzRoDGZi85ShSEFykEHICABbdxZKSzVffMQdObc9TWdszf_TgMKJ90/s1600/IMG_0948.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzz2Qws_hGtspVlCRGr42BnixKbhLziej44umhYiI1ifMWLHdFM03TJgpcQhES5S7qaK9F5MqXjp9e6_cCNPNAQlzRoDGZi85ShSEFykEHICABbdxZKSzVffMQdObc9TWdszf_TgMKJ90/s200/IMG_0948.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615148482318923362" border="0" /></a><br />So this was a trundle bed in the farm house that I thought was really cute.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPTtIkdV4T4WJ201orKn5HnSxp5nftQjz2tAEJLk6q8Y1-7X4ZO8PaKxSwSeDFJ583_cwzcAVkH-A2wWiAOPYSmnaMEuWlfCwBUuUDjqeAV7qF9YP7HPYMfF0TfcoWpfcyYByNOEg0Cw/s1600/IMG_0962.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPTtIkdV4T4WJ201orKn5HnSxp5nftQjz2tAEJLk6q8Y1-7X4ZO8PaKxSwSeDFJ583_cwzcAVkH-A2wWiAOPYSmnaMEuWlfCwBUuUDjqeAV7qF9YP7HPYMfF0TfcoWpfcyYByNOEg0Cw/s200/IMG_0962.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615148489565265682" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iomZzG7dXeFqQ9HGkPP8hPjnEGXbwSukkNefLOlnWU668oYbygpPMcS-MTeFIMOqtdcaaHaWQ1-RAnp5KJdAG3qB6ZJMBXZUS59P769rKdk2pxefvrCyqMJgAunCwe47aVGhc4j6IEU/s1600/IMG_0947.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iomZzG7dXeFqQ9HGkPP8hPjnEGXbwSukkNefLOlnWU668oYbygpPMcS-MTeFIMOqtdcaaHaWQ1-RAnp5KJdAG3qB6ZJMBXZUS59P769rKdk2pxefvrCyqMJgAunCwe47aVGhc4j6IEU/s200/IMG_0947.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615148475474390706" border="0" /></a><br />The pig and the out house were both really cute and smelly, not really but they were really cute.<br />SO thankfully that was our last tourist stop for the day and we headed to our Bed and Breakfasts. So because there were so many of us they slip us up between three different B&B's ours was the cutest but i was also a little out of town but that was okay.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_4TLSx0dv2Map-H1yTWfRDLfVVvC2yUH-1ZePWdWjrXH3dA_-rBLBvHNNxvY3QiBnEgO3v71SpabIjjQn07jNvWmQ8SQECP0D_-dK5QggOj4KF9pmxAbtI0jdaQLMxKJWr7Id833Epo/s1600/IMG_0970.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_4TLSx0dv2Map-H1yTWfRDLfVVvC2yUH-1ZePWdWjrXH3dA_-rBLBvHNNxvY3QiBnEgO3v71SpabIjjQn07jNvWmQ8SQECP0D_-dK5QggOj4KF9pmxAbtI0jdaQLMxKJWr7Id833Epo/s200/IMG_0970.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615532528398175458" border="0" /></a><br />We dropped off our stuff and it was back into town for some dinner and our first Shakespeare show in Stratford.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyu0XRuTCVekhxabi43GElpoyuBcmVR_pQcunB581eo5qdpyAduoTQrSMJCjjp1ImlrMKgD-aR_rfn7Aw4lgrRev2WBLSi1ZmhsAK-eJjZyS6Xzlh4lz9tPNwYiPPmwFR05xNvJAKbF4/s1600/DSCN1832.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyu0XRuTCVekhxabi43GElpoyuBcmVR_pQcunB581eo5qdpyAduoTQrSMJCjjp1ImlrMKgD-aR_rfn7Aw4lgrRev2WBLSi1ZmhsAK-eJjZyS6Xzlh4lz9tPNwYiPPmwFR05xNvJAKbF4/s200/DSCN1832.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615614106593880562" border="0" /></a><br />So for dinner we all went to this Pub, it had really cheap burgers and we were all starving. SO when my burger came out it was bigger than my head! It was the biggest burger I have ever eaten and it was so good. I don't think I've ever eaten something with more kinds of animal on it. It had a hamburger patty, sausage, bacon and an egg! It was awesome.<br />side note: all burgers should have a fried egg on them.<br />Anyways it was so big that no one thought I'd be able to finish it but I did and I finished my fries too. it was named at that point on in out group " the elly burger" :)<br />One of the guys in our group ate there the next night and some was sweating trying to finish the "elly Burger" so was it totally gross that I ate the whole thing, yes. Am I proud I did it, yep!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MdivNr3-4YOycpWK_EFupTZ18DNLTqtUT08XFJOkRdkAXn6iUNm8aJ9bTr3WYRJDYheA_skZPVzYhG4QW0AeE5Bnna933DGjVMBYfs7EaM5wut9S99uPgKd-KfuSace7EYx6JtngSkA/s1600/DSCN1834.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MdivNr3-4YOycpWK_EFupTZ18DNLTqtUT08XFJOkRdkAXn6iUNm8aJ9bTr3WYRJDYheA_skZPVzYhG4QW0AeE5Bnna933DGjVMBYfs7EaM5wut9S99uPgKd-KfuSace7EYx6JtngSkA/s200/DSCN1834.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615613631114580850" border="0" /></a><br />So after dinner we went and saw Merchant of Venice. I was really excited about it because I liked reading the play, unfortunately I was extremely disappointed by it. One cool thing was that Patrick Stewart, yes Captain Kirk played the lead role and was really fantastic sadly everyone did not even measure up. And it was really hard to sit through because my tummy was really full and the seats were really uncomfortable.<br /><br />overall it was a hard day to swallow. It was a lot of tourist sites in one day, a little too much to take in to be able to appreciate each one. My burger was a little hard to swallow and the play was really hard to swallow because it was not good at all.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-22402435273833625392011-05-31T10:41:00.000-07:002011-06-07T15:53:04.730-07:00Lowest and HighestSo it's interesting that my least favorite day in London was followed by one of my all time favorites. Monday and Tuesday of this week were really an emotional roller coaster for me. Nothing super terrible or super fantastic really happened but I'm a girl and as such am entitled to one major emotional breakdown, right! So Monday was that breakdown.<br />So we went to class in the morning, nothing really special but I had a pretty cool insight about the play silence we saw. I did promise to talk about it more when I figured it out so here we good. I've decided that the whole symbolism of the play rested in the fact that it was called Silence. The whole time during the class discussion people were pulling all these interesting insights out of the play and they all had to do with the silence, or lack of silence in the play. Well sitting there it dawned on me that if the play was not titled silence that none of these insights would be happening. It made me realize the importance of the title of works of art. Pretty cool I think. Well after class was the first part of my down hill slide. I got my grade back on one of my papers and it was not what I wanted and I was not happy because it was the same grade I had gotten on the paper before but I knew it was a lot better and I had taken the time to get help with it and everything. Well that was really discouraging and when I talked to my teacher about it, it was even more discouraging and he really wasn't willing to help me work for the better grade which was really frustrating, anyone who knows me knows that grades are a big deal for me, so I left class in a bad mood.<br />After class I was trying to write my next paper for my other class. Unfortunately I was upset over what had just happened that I really couldn't write my paper. It was really frustrating because I re-started it about three times. The other frustrating thing was that the prompt given to write on did not fit with what I really wanted to write, so that was frustrating. I wanted to write on the insight that I had in class and it did not go well with the prompt. So all afternoon I wasted time, not doing my paper. So then I was really frustrated with myself for wasting a whole afternoon instead of going out and doing something.<br />So to add to the yucky-ness of my day, the play that we were supposed to see that night got canceled because I guess we didn't actually have tickets booked. So I was really sad about that and I hadn't done something all day with the thought that it was okay because I was doing something that night. So after being sad about that I went with a group of girls to see if we could get student tickets to see it anyway and that is where my night really fell apart.<br />So we got to the theater and they only had obstructed view tickets and they were more than I really wanted to pay for tickets and so the other girls got the tickets and I didn't. I was feeling a little abondoned which was stupid because it was my decision not to go but there was another group from our studyabroad that was at the theater that decided to try and see something else so I said ok I'll just go with them. Well we were going to see one show and then a different one and then a different one and then they decided to go see a movie, which I really didn't have any desire to see or pay 10 pounds to see so I said good bye to them and started home by myself. So I'm all alone in the middle of London and trying not to cry because I had a really stupid day and I was kicking myself for wasting a whole day. Especially because a big part of my afternoon wasting was not wanting to go out and do something by myself, and in the end I was by myself anyway. So then it started to rain which didn't help anything, but I guess the clouds decided to do my crying for me.<br />So I was all alone getting on the Tube and as soon as I got on, Amy from my program was sitting right there, so we went and got Ice Cream which made things a little better and then I went home and wrote my paper which I wasn't happy with even the final one but I had no choice but to turn it in.<br />So overall it was my least happy day in London, but everyone is entitled to one of those once in a while, especially because it was more than made up for with the day that followed.<br /><br />So now that I have whined forever I can tell you about the great Tuesday I had that made up for my not so awesome Monday. First of all I'm pretty sure I had a great day because it was Erin's birthday and she is so awesome that she sent some of her happy birthday-ness my way.<br />So our day started with a trip out to Kent, which is the English country side. We had a great time walking through the country side and it was really beautiful and peaceful. I was just nice to get out of the city, it was a chance to breath. So this was my adventures in Kent.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLLo6rfNtzkhZP9XX2lylzVUG-SdMVAzugURoB9N3uRmn5t7sYhRPqn1-5sJ1vR1D_Frr5WPHVp0wEX5shgEOSu4Cjaj0BOfkfLvUF3IJiskeJYLIgjQ0H6MuKILuAoOS9y2hieZT4Uo/s1600/IMG_0810.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLLo6rfNtzkhZP9XX2lylzVUG-SdMVAzugURoB9N3uRmn5t7sYhRPqn1-5sJ1vR1D_Frr5WPHVp0wEX5shgEOSu4Cjaj0BOfkfLvUF3IJiskeJYLIgjQ0H6MuKILuAoOS9y2hieZT4Uo/s200/IMG_0810.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614835750523583346" border="0" /></a><br />So the first place we were supposed to visit was closed do to vandalism, we were sad.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKBdsWtJU-x-P8kJabdKABf1ehHboFMAG0dAG6wfOR1g9dp92veG5audnCublD3gR-xhTvqCaSbvc5ai6T5RGDG7RUnaL6l5Gm0egT3HhGZe8lTAUfzDV-HZKu78mF4cGb6qOjG2aAVE/s1600/IMG_0821.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKBdsWtJU-x-P8kJabdKABf1ehHboFMAG0dAG6wfOR1g9dp92veG5audnCublD3gR-xhTvqCaSbvc5ai6T5RGDG7RUnaL6l5Gm0egT3HhGZe8lTAUfzDV-HZKu78mF4cGb6qOjG2aAVE/s200/IMG_0821.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614835777163102546" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXBX0hi13BOM09NJwbravVGdRO6ztDijUaIC0oioambpcjieldBrzoeArVT7dkBch-GQQbbmxYKKIDdj05NhyLQUa0SWFBNwNR7abCCMiIG27-div0HrtoLHmJYItqkWInCm6SQFtNuU/s1600/IMG_0816.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXBX0hi13BOM09NJwbravVGdRO6ztDijUaIC0oioambpcjieldBrzoeArVT7dkBch-GQQbbmxYKKIDdj05NhyLQUa0SWFBNwNR7abCCMiIG27-div0HrtoLHmJYItqkWInCm6SQFtNuU/s200/IMG_0816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614835762082546354" border="0" /></a><br />Then we went and ate our lunches on the banks of this little river, Lauren looked really cute with my apple's sticker on her forehead! And Ellie Ashlee and I all wore the same shoes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Vn-a2vi4zFNeycpoiAjt3Ik0-wfj57_Ne21FVYkuhXLJYDAWy3TrAiMH2WR0owStwrxP_hAoDSQvZ6NMB6tVX9uuCFr8gSCiNKOLzLyvy2N9K04SeutiSeKZs3xIGhq9jAtvz8tkKTI/s1600/IMG_0811.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Vn-a2vi4zFNeycpoiAjt3Ik0-wfj57_Ne21FVYkuhXLJYDAWy3TrAiMH2WR0owStwrxP_hAoDSQvZ6NMB6tVX9uuCFr8gSCiNKOLzLyvy2N9K04SeutiSeKZs3xIGhq9jAtvz8tkKTI/s200/IMG_0811.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614835757427861602" border="0" /></a><br />Amberly walked through the water on a flooded road<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguS-Xr3joKssWTKf_MVft0WxpAfD_BcIB_FekU_fnT4DyZlt6UZS0urfzYodc2NzKaTk0WLCJeXdbMlC7YjFkYCyuEV0ID_5WI6k205tJBXLonrnWrtcexmHC4FIvkWh6W-ppIZLmT9IA/s1600/IMG_0829.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguS-Xr3joKssWTKf_MVft0WxpAfD_BcIB_FekU_fnT4DyZlt6UZS0urfzYodc2NzKaTk0WLCJeXdbMlC7YjFkYCyuEV0ID_5WI6k205tJBXLonrnWrtcexmHC4FIvkWh6W-ppIZLmT9IA/s200/IMG_0829.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614836359762978914" border="0" /></a><br />So the second stop was this Roman home and we made a rainbow while waiting for people.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8AO383Pwn_9N-tzz4tN_byyA1-leYh13EDU3CFEbfEYuEDrNPmfYAGglwRcVag30iVx7t9yA-wZDv8jeFsBnCMyctOZi4ZTsPdGM6YT8cKihWRQV-ahJMrj-ucqkqUZ9Bh4tQZkUIb8/s1600/IMG_0824.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8AO383Pwn_9N-tzz4tN_byyA1-leYh13EDU3CFEbfEYuEDrNPmfYAGglwRcVag30iVx7t9yA-wZDv8jeFsBnCMyctOZi4ZTsPdGM6YT8cKihWRQV-ahJMrj-ucqkqUZ9Bh4tQZkUIb8/s200/IMG_0824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614836335840994482" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6q2EPjj49RuS_TWm8TW2pY8R9Y0uNUcHvF5znED6MI3e8ZHe26MSrL7F_Ux8msFvz0YMTDRcb2yCdj5srt0nFBbSO3IbzHKusr2ZaCdAxuVB8rbzErhXhOwy8SDjgFOZq0g5YCJX5Zw/s1600/IMG_0825.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6q2EPjj49RuS_TWm8TW2pY8R9Y0uNUcHvF5znED6MI3e8ZHe26MSrL7F_Ux8msFvz0YMTDRcb2yCdj5srt0nFBbSO3IbzHKusr2ZaCdAxuVB8rbzErhXhOwy8SDjgFOZq0g5YCJX5Zw/s200/IMG_0825.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614836345898214578" border="0" /></a><br />Ashley is shorter that the average roman woman, I'm as tall as the average roman man, we found this amusing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAoTnhHxcRxY8QEFksd6ntRpDTI6fRsDlWg-Ab3X4nV2tsTbD5IgG9cU6Go0bomFAyuDWIOjwz_5b7sR-gzVFztsAx8kGArkRXPoHIibtiv98NxVCAG0TSIluMxly0IGAx8HzIEVyROI/s1600/IMG_0826.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAoTnhHxcRxY8QEFksd6ntRpDTI6fRsDlWg-Ab3X4nV2tsTbD5IgG9cU6Go0bomFAyuDWIOjwz_5b7sR-gzVFztsAx8kGArkRXPoHIibtiv98NxVCAG0TSIluMxly0IGAx8HzIEVyROI/s200/IMG_0826.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614836352743078290" border="0" /></a><br />Then we got bored so we played with mosaic tiles in the kids area while other people took forever.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdxN8ptYKddgMzd30wIOKD1qWn8RVU0_DbAkt-lk51kHbQ6oDz6WChHFt7o9FdxbUj5IyIEcn72GEJMlx4dFqyUr9Bo6DIwwO83xpcoQovkJq3ihWAmSOwVVLJkq3jaYPXYP4_9fbf9U/s1600/IMG_0831.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdxN8ptYKddgMzd30wIOKD1qWn8RVU0_DbAkt-lk51kHbQ6oDz6WChHFt7o9FdxbUj5IyIEcn72GEJMlx4dFqyUr9Bo6DIwwO83xpcoQovkJq3ihWAmSOwVVLJkq3jaYPXYP4_9fbf9U/s200/IMG_0831.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614836368704101554" border="0" /></a><br />After that we continued our walk and we saw some horses. This one thinks it's a cow.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEmR3MuAMY0jVf5XYMaoFIiVnYBjTrRX4DU0A4itCD3VedUBzdthxDAqY5JprOFv45mRL3sV05B1lPwQs5h7z11tAU2KgnCbObcspcnRiGreyz_vGIpIerlhxA1ggr2R03-PfgMgiwuw/s1600/IMG_0844.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEmR3MuAMY0jVf5XYMaoFIiVnYBjTrRX4DU0A4itCD3VedUBzdthxDAqY5JprOFv45mRL3sV05B1lPwQs5h7z11tAU2KgnCbObcspcnRiGreyz_vGIpIerlhxA1ggr2R03-PfgMgiwuw/s200/IMG_0844.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615133177036412706" border="0" /></a><br />Then we walked through some more beautiful country side and it was just really relaxing and peaceful.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZlPdcNwG7H1gUbSsAdrXj_ybl0SzbLYpbIxbx9Qxm_wY_TeXJXe57X-JAyeT-HqZzMpOWYTltNAPafjsFfN6zJ9tJ06R9kL75EjnsxDd4SfEPXl_IsCVQGreU6LcioVIzKy_i6pUmEU/s1600/IMG_0860.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZlPdcNwG7H1gUbSsAdrXj_ybl0SzbLYpbIxbx9Qxm_wY_TeXJXe57X-JAyeT-HqZzMpOWYTltNAPafjsFfN6zJ9tJ06R9kL75EjnsxDd4SfEPXl_IsCVQGreU6LcioVIzKy_i6pUmEU/s200/IMG_0860.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615133186785826546" border="0" /></a><br />It rained but even that was great, mostly because I had my umbrella.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgli911GZwTjOsrFNc9qQmcHRRV8cf0sz22l_F7nmgT0rn8vxzikcNuleQbXRyl2W8Bz0V63B5IloUed0egdJK4oS_MR-4_3-UXg3qeW9dnnYWXfHreFNPrvsFCNBHQH0pOLbJhe4bDSdg/s1600/IMG_0849.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgli911GZwTjOsrFNc9qQmcHRRV8cf0sz22l_F7nmgT0rn8vxzikcNuleQbXRyl2W8Bz0V63B5IloUed0egdJK4oS_MR-4_3-UXg3qeW9dnnYWXfHreFNPrvsFCNBHQH0pOLbJhe4bDSdg/s200/IMG_0849.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615133186365180386" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzIcC2kJxhoLwsv_7-gAmld2CC-04ybmIJJ_OhRLOyGwDhgjgFD7b7xOt1ejSPZ1iwEJMkpfStwmGq5LcqT8C52pw8yp5ut1_LYnnVlO6tlV0Qo4YBbYxFUavFLOpVAqIiRQg1VLzi1s/s1600/IMG_0853.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzIcC2kJxhoLwsv_7-gAmld2CC-04ybmIJJ_OhRLOyGwDhgjgFD7b7xOt1ejSPZ1iwEJMkpfStwmGq5LcqT8C52pw8yp5ut1_LYnnVlO6tlV0Qo4YBbYxFUavFLOpVAqIiRQg1VLzi1s/s200/IMG_0853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615133196834418450" border="0" /></a><br />So I realize that this is a tree and a flower but this tree was just cool and I this poppy was my favorite one I saw all day because it was tiny and growing out of the sidewalk.<br /><br />After the Kent walk we came home and then Cali and I went and got some Crepes. So it was a seriously long tube ride to this crepe place but everyone said it was the best so we went . They were right, it was the best crepe I have ever had. I got a savory one with asparagus and cheese and garlic! life changing!! Then we got dessert ones with bananas and syrup and peanuts and cream, so good. I cant wait to get home and make savory crepes, they really are the best.<br /><br />It was also nice to just walk around this little town and talk with Cali. It was just a really peaceful day altogether and after the day I had on Monday, it was exactly what I needed.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-36523254420645734002011-05-29T05:11:00.000-07:002011-05-30T09:21:15.268-07:00Super Sunday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib04Wmvyuqfk_YFliEj_OLyd1Mfdx0jokVHCBEKY46yvh-LPc8mfbdFab1i2ZvOyi8v-KW6OtutsvY0lR34WCAmZAwylY6RekU-Xi14h9lWyto_7YQUyk4ba8OaaOOtCLSaxcr453Ia0Q/s1600/IMG_0628.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib04Wmvyuqfk_YFliEj_OLyd1Mfdx0jokVHCBEKY46yvh-LPc8mfbdFab1i2ZvOyi8v-KW6OtutsvY0lR34WCAmZAwylY6RekU-Xi14h9lWyto_7YQUyk4ba8OaaOOtCLSaxcr453Ia0Q/s200/IMG_0628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612544949006275170" border="0" /></a><br />This is a pretty flower for a pretty day! :)<br />This Sunday was really great. We had stake conference but it was a regional conference broadcast from Salt Lake to all of England and part of Ireland. It was nice because we were able to watch the broadcast from the stake center which is the building where we go to school. It was nice to not get up at 7:30 and ride and hour on the train too.<br />The meeting it's self was really amazing. President Monson, L. Tom Perry, Sister Thompson and Brother Karen spoke. It was really interesting to hear their messages and it was great because they were very tailored to the saints here. Going to Conference I was a little worried that I wasn't going to get much out of it, part of me thought that if the message was for the saints on England and I'm not really one of them would it be applicable to me? So even going into it with those doubts I couldn't be more wrong, it was completely for me which was great.<br />One of the themes of the conference was loving others and being a true friend. President Monson talked about loving people as our brothers and sisters. So I've heard that said before but never really thought about it's implications. If everyone truly loved everyone as I do my actual brothers and sisters this world would have a lot less problems.<br />After conference I spent time with my roommates and took a nap. Cali, Ellie and I talked about what we learned at conference and got into a really good discussion which was nice.<br />Then we had a fireside where the three guys on our program all talked about their missions. It was a really interesting fireside and I got to hear perspectives on missions that I had never heard before. My favorite part of the fireside was Addison talking about Pslams 37. He talked about how it was a theme for his mission and for his life. It basically says: do good, trust God, and don't worry. I really loved that and want it to be a motto for my life. I think that is easier said than done but I'm going to try. Overall it was a super Sunday with great spiritual insights.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-68691823344306089862011-05-28T16:14:00.000-07:002011-05-29T17:29:31.992-07:00Cliffs of DoverSo today we went to Dover Castle. It was so much fun, and of course it was 5 girls and pretty backgrounds so what do you get? lots and lots of pictures! :) so hope they're as fun to look at as they were to take but I seriously doubt it! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAIyuXL98wwLXVW7PzUzWU4ilMyUl5JVw0N9snjpSF7p5qJXTLQEvC3UgYE5nLZF7BWui2Rja5jemx3_f42mhPy3_KzjWrqa1gL-UtGlM_-rMkRjrpCdIseGG4XpwL39FG1MccDvRPB0/s1600/DSCN1689.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAIyuXL98wwLXVW7PzUzWU4ilMyUl5JVw0N9snjpSF7p5qJXTLQEvC3UgYE5nLZF7BWui2Rja5jemx3_f42mhPy3_KzjWrqa1gL-UtGlM_-rMkRjrpCdIseGG4XpwL39FG1MccDvRPB0/s200/DSCN1689.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612283082732984386" border="0" /></a><br />This was the Train ride there. We were still really tired for the day before and it was about a 1 and 1/2 hour ride so good time for a nap.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiUHpdj6VPhrXy9-5jSADRAJRv8EAzW7jPxqwK4_0bI-RNpbx2cizRmfWj9PaWUD6LvsmfEN_GLB_dJdMRw4ru_ShGcQ_CBn5UyWM3HRZtRueUucFW877O9Hkw6Aru2_NH2Ok4MyWyKg/s1600/DSCN1691.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiUHpdj6VPhrXy9-5jSADRAJRv8EAzW7jPxqwK4_0bI-RNpbx2cizRmfWj9PaWUD6LvsmfEN_GLB_dJdMRw4ru_ShGcQ_CBn5UyWM3HRZtRueUucFW877O9Hkw6Aru2_NH2Ok4MyWyKg/s200/DSCN1691.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612283470933590594" border="0" /></a><br />So we got off the train in Dover and realized that our planning had only got that far. We had no idea how to get to Dover Castle. So this is us guessing which way to go, and Cami being really confused. We had a good laugh about it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielRAlyrJQsExv2Eg9fyO_HWLWAo6leKuOps5DHBNze23p9YOyzmL3SJxO-jcTyiebcEbkffLhION7vwXjL718ZamzQGWLYc6zyvHH2wn7gGkY2BzeWlily6SL1iMxduSPIF8RTkX1gAM/s1600/DSCN1693.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielRAlyrJQsExv2Eg9fyO_HWLWAo6leKuOps5DHBNze23p9YOyzmL3SJxO-jcTyiebcEbkffLhION7vwXjL718ZamzQGWLYc6zyvHH2wn7gGkY2BzeWlily6SL1iMxduSPIF8RTkX1gAM/s200/DSCN1693.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612283475275807186" border="0" /></a><br />This was our first glimpse of the Castle so we pretty much just started walking towards it. We found signs along the way thankfully.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFpVXasz2rv1il3q_kKw7vt0nmeVq8w6TyusA0g__Lfrj4RaJqj6G9NHoDtpdCOs5rEap5qDXOesW536mkQVb_LigSoVwsBKBU1zHTIUyhmQXWrz1VrLat-Nnn0K3bxk0BUuP-Bil5Mg/s1600/IMG_2903.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFpVXasz2rv1il3q_kKw7vt0nmeVq8w6TyusA0g__Lfrj4RaJqj6G9NHoDtpdCOs5rEap5qDXOesW536mkQVb_LigSoVwsBKBU1zHTIUyhmQXWrz1VrLat-Nnn0K3bxk0BUuP-Bil5Mg/s200/IMG_2903.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612283481066907858" border="0" /></a><br />This is walking up to the Castle but this picture pretty much sums up my whole London experience. I tend to walk ahead of everyone else. It's become coined walking "Elly speed" anytime everyone else decides to walk fast too! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfVqNHWAG0cLROhl63mAZW7I7evBZXM6OcUpcWcttSZb6aLMt64kugHPBpTIGOKEgwtRuvgcm9Q-3nYYLvBh5jr5bpjzRkls8IH9zfToxgok3ngVs0ZcdQMPeu33BhXLUemQ2BjYLxCA/s1600/DSCN1700.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfVqNHWAG0cLROhl63mAZW7I7evBZXM6OcUpcWcttSZb6aLMt64kugHPBpTIGOKEgwtRuvgcm9Q-3nYYLvBh5jr5bpjzRkls8IH9zfToxgok3ngVs0ZcdQMPeu33BhXLUemQ2BjYLxCA/s200/DSCN1700.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612283478485707170" border="0" /></a><br />So we got to the top and this was our first pretty site. Trust me they just get better and better from here.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MWiNrvaSeF38O12X0IINP71t3rDd4iCRyrIvSN4QRWsPrM4AlLWj_u0VYrljQWnYsle8At3FcAPMFClOsn98TRnChhaOBFwxejUYF1YZbjyJilVAUL6HbogCbDaWKw7lHIuHr1mZuV0/s1600/DSCN1701.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MWiNrvaSeF38O12X0IINP71t3rDd4iCRyrIvSN4QRWsPrM4AlLWj_u0VYrljQWnYsle8At3FcAPMFClOsn98TRnChhaOBFwxejUYF1YZbjyJilVAUL6HbogCbDaWKw7lHIuHr1mZuV0/s200/DSCN1701.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612285653956754866" border="0" /></a><br />So the first place we went was the lookout. It was really windy as you can tell from our hair but we had some awesome views of Dover and the Cliffs.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwa4xry3LovUHW8COeYtLMxcWxu5_cgQQ9mZWfDhfPlapI7TsdNsEiZYWjjtH7jYo3JQqBfRcsXMPXXvquWchVeci_vzOKUQF6ja8bVpM2QHe1GRZDgdxl-Ni-uiV57baJ86KyfptGWbA/s1600/IMG_0716.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwa4xry3LovUHW8COeYtLMxcWxu5_cgQQ9mZWfDhfPlapI7TsdNsEiZYWjjtH7jYo3JQqBfRcsXMPXXvquWchVeci_vzOKUQF6ja8bVpM2QHe1GRZDgdxl-Ni-uiV57baJ86KyfptGWbA/s200/IMG_0716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612285662249476194" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSqLDHfGGn9vB1YX0zZfaUBakAeb_SNcURIXOrVDuRVD-zsg2gk2AHQHLGCIJrcXKaWgy_WccXERJzryRGp4GR9dm3BoZOkRzJ-BItVlb2me9b1VLB-WxOLv31_SA7O7M0K0hNCncuJ8/s1600/IMG_0721.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSqLDHfGGn9vB1YX0zZfaUBakAeb_SNcURIXOrVDuRVD-zsg2gk2AHQHLGCIJrcXKaWgy_WccXERJzryRGp4GR9dm3BoZOkRzJ-BItVlb2me9b1VLB-WxOLv31_SA7O7M0K0hNCncuJ8/s200/IMG_0721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612285668184145106" border="0" /></a><br />Then we walked along the edge of the Castle property where they had all their guns and stuff but really it was just a good place for a photo shoot. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgc-uqS_bMbyrMuxLjB5RI7RwiLDQK05qk0KwirjUN-Z0KYAYf5572cUicuDAmX0MlWPonEvu2jqKURuKX0ezRLC_j_UhXWGmX8h8pt7hGDwSXC_0rk26mPfMlsztuQpHaNXxFp-Ksvs/s1600/DSCN1710.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgc-uqS_bMbyrMuxLjB5RI7RwiLDQK05qk0KwirjUN-Z0KYAYf5572cUicuDAmX0MlWPonEvu2jqKURuKX0ezRLC_j_UhXWGmX8h8pt7hGDwSXC_0rk26mPfMlsztuQpHaNXxFp-Ksvs/s200/DSCN1710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612285661725098882" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSl4YMKFkfS0Z1bBfEX3XExZ6Sw0aI6gl0c8bcdCp33KVmEdIV5GeSKbmbxFC_Hz-qJ6PIYeSPPzeb6ZLXNVeIGt6EjfVlsiqoExRSzCoIUGRYRAlrpmu3jTB4oouuzpY4RGjD4FwpXro/s1600/DSCN1721.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSl4YMKFkfS0Z1bBfEX3XExZ6Sw0aI6gl0c8bcdCp33KVmEdIV5GeSKbmbxFC_Hz-qJ6PIYeSPPzeb6ZLXNVeIGt6EjfVlsiqoExRSzCoIUGRYRAlrpmu3jTB4oouuzpY4RGjD4FwpXro/s200/DSCN1721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612287101294744370" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieKUkvqhJ2bYmeIhzVligeuO13TZ6fm4vZsmVxEALfRdd5vLSquSm4il3yOKfwD6J-3pr1IdU5TiQQkzVs7iQ_AiOQV0ls6B3sODgYjoS_WD7dGPKDBR0uJqHe6KA_wn_qDrb6NhbTqk/s1600/IMG_0731.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieKUkvqhJ2bYmeIhzVligeuO13TZ6fm4vZsmVxEALfRdd5vLSquSm4il3yOKfwD6J-3pr1IdU5TiQQkzVs7iQ_AiOQV0ls6B3sODgYjoS_WD7dGPKDBR0uJqHe6KA_wn_qDrb6NhbTqk/s200/IMG_0731.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612287091185319714" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbRRb2aNwn_qBgOsB5aJNZvnTmgMbZUVQVKVE6nKPuGSN20FAkpDCASN9V4cYqtLBqzB2X2g5j5yJTMMt_pjY_tJ6vEVvxql16FELb8vEvL7qBw11-ynqsHWOHs-rzuuetSvHWX5zNy4/s1600/IMG_2937.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbRRb2aNwn_qBgOsB5aJNZvnTmgMbZUVQVKVE6nKPuGSN20FAkpDCASN9V4cYqtLBqzB2X2g5j5yJTMMt_pjY_tJ6vEVvxql16FELb8vEvL7qBw11-ynqsHWOHs-rzuuetSvHWX5zNy4/s200/IMG_2937.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612287098786040130" border="0" /></a><br />So isn't it funny what we'll do to get that perfect picture! this is Cali getting it done!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj680tDLtTmpB7K-WFgIOxWcGjQYSuAMBAl11UdESQuJPFWdwPPuFsJRfrDSRKAZWrTvpgqGfbZ1GZ26g87kOPLIz4zthlZHUsrYLhmHDA5auNj7Pj1jWyy5ySoD3NzBG_JlCNnqK94E/s1600/IMG_2921.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj680tDLtTmpB7K-WFgIOxWcGjQYSuAMBAl11UdESQuJPFWdwPPuFsJRfrDSRKAZWrTvpgqGfbZ1GZ26g87kOPLIz4zthlZHUsrYLhmHDA5auNj7Pj1jWyy5ySoD3NzBG_JlCNnqK94E/s200/IMG_2921.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612287096055171330" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKof4dtb7yXTG7bnHnn_orxon5j75dPZQPTVjOVFNDwDSFuVphzGlNtB69zocIqkqC0pBQu-70yxWMqglhZ7wnaBys0bp1e9CtfynToXIy6jAHHDj0gmtXMKWETXNMURyfmaXcwEwgpmU/s1600/IMG_0763.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKof4dtb7yXTG7bnHnn_orxon5j75dPZQPTVjOVFNDwDSFuVphzGlNtB69zocIqkqC0pBQu-70yxWMqglhZ7wnaBys0bp1e9CtfynToXIy6jAHHDj0gmtXMKWETXNMURyfmaXcwEwgpmU/s200/IMG_0763.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612287108632622674" border="0" /></a><br />So it's decided I have the cutest friends ever, just sayin.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin01y4Nj57LDHbN6-vhIarYNWGZGD6s_yI4A2NlX5V3BgK3m-Rsg2P9SieIKsktWnRHK7JnZIv4QPenN_IV0e0Ef0b4zHZQj07BjbCWV-yRx-ZrsnYizDx3SjAjQRfJ63bfRiH7E3Hecs/s1600/IMG_0756.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin01y4Nj57LDHbN6-vhIarYNWGZGD6s_yI4A2NlX5V3BgK3m-Rsg2P9SieIKsktWnRHK7JnZIv4QPenN_IV0e0Ef0b4zHZQj07BjbCWV-yRx-ZrsnYizDx3SjAjQRfJ63bfRiH7E3Hecs/s200/IMG_0756.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612288246417475522" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifXXj3EI-1vEM25kPvRmw4NAHUNuJdwzC7nAH8_lo6gN5jZLpyoqMfi8ilBUQ6Vf_2NtJoJ-ulBEhb0y4r2bNhUO4oIzvLXzMDmc8OJNb1kziPKGL5P3uQTkF_TRLzJHsN-4pHbsDnDY/s1600/DSCN1725.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifXXj3EI-1vEM25kPvRmw4NAHUNuJdwzC7nAH8_lo6gN5jZLpyoqMfi8ilBUQ6Vf_2NtJoJ-ulBEhb0y4r2bNhUO4oIzvLXzMDmc8OJNb1kziPKGL5P3uQTkF_TRLzJHsN-4pHbsDnDY/s200/DSCN1725.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612288242356846786" border="0" /></a><br />We found this really pretty hill of daises. I thought it was funny that these little flowers grow on this fortress that has seen so much war over it's long history.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVR0P2755KIX30wF0srMtl7u7clpMexC-2Rzuu_0kG73ObEk7geqItCKcVe1RY8gjPvg-q-bvazot9Ds_oJCzCpHTSAymQWl-ZJ-mqmPARoi1ngv2W3LUMzN-ZrT3I6qhJSufsQm_MnFc/s1600/IMG_0768.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVR0P2755KIX30wF0srMtl7u7clpMexC-2Rzuu_0kG73ObEk7geqItCKcVe1RY8gjPvg-q-bvazot9Ds_oJCzCpHTSAymQWl-ZJ-mqmPARoi1ngv2W3LUMzN-ZrT3I6qhJSufsQm_MnFc/s200/IMG_0768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612288250542251378" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSZIF3nkRXvg5bGUusXnLE-J-oI8ceSFQknPLUZRclyCOP50VS2ZK_BStPNfvKGrTuviMCwF4OrdcVjtcsTn0KNDiDflnTK49kCXScWm7y0Yjoc_FKcohvNR2TU9lo4vGfTMxPf8iIng/s1600/IMG_0769.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSZIF3nkRXvg5bGUusXnLE-J-oI8ceSFQknPLUZRclyCOP50VS2ZK_BStPNfvKGrTuviMCwF4OrdcVjtcsTn0KNDiDflnTK49kCXScWm7y0Yjoc_FKcohvNR2TU9lo4vGfTMxPf8iIng/s200/IMG_0769.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612288253985430642" border="0" /></a><br />Then we went into the tunnels of the Castle. They were really dark and in a couple of them we used the camera flashes for light to figure out where we were. It was fun. Especially when Ashlee scares Ellie.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvosigXHe2nxl82rXKWir5RxA6IezqcSU64IhRyBwD4WOu2pSpCVXIC49DtfqMbuFZByfU1ZXtwVFug2GN49PBLQub06rf1troStljEXXGGGCtF5_j6_atOjLU8W9p2MLIinZ72f7I2GA/s1600/IMG_2953.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvosigXHe2nxl82rXKWir5RxA6IezqcSU64IhRyBwD4WOu2pSpCVXIC49DtfqMbuFZByfU1ZXtwVFug2GN49PBLQub06rf1troStljEXXGGGCtF5_j6_atOjLU8W9p2MLIinZ72f7I2GA/s200/IMG_2953.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612290469817617266" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh-0up0oE_XXZZ8LfsXeB68NXMXrM9Bt5gG0mgKJNyMBDnlIj23UnDfnJqG7mRx_08AhCYjBeO9WdU55mcF2653jEabvSKjWZqJ6AiPr7TqjIiCReWiZAAzDAQFl0dPTLqNDUHC5XT60/s1600/IMG_2965.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh-0up0oE_XXZZ8LfsXeB68NXMXrM9Bt5gG0mgKJNyMBDnlIj23UnDfnJqG7mRx_08AhCYjBeO9WdU55mcF2653jEabvSKjWZqJ6AiPr7TqjIiCReWiZAAzDAQFl0dPTLqNDUHC5XT60/s200/IMG_2965.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612290472180829410" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P7N486qBorJEaLWTZiEJh7uYET0ANZxvxlSlg0vpZQ7oCCk1GLwslYcw_yLKchx2dBWEsclTUJTTBHSc7d4_t23ppq_4b0b6wtEMUphjBW5yZw7UkOACb2yqoni466x40XrSO6LewJE/s1600/IMG_0765.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P7N486qBorJEaLWTZiEJh7uYET0ANZxvxlSlg0vpZQ7oCCk1GLwslYcw_yLKchx2dBWEsclTUJTTBHSc7d4_t23ppq_4b0b6wtEMUphjBW5yZw7UkOACb2yqoni466x40XrSO6LewJE/s200/IMG_0765.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612290465562946610" border="0" /></a><br />After the tunnels we went into the actual Castle. They have it all decorated as if it were a working castle and it was fun to go through all the different rooms.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCvzjkA5BTroWEth8NMiQoMqdLHQvv-wYsOZHSC8vVcTkMo0mEHx7i2YRKlQxCm5xo-vAOdYgP6JY_wP-j6a4Auxow3k5MdevlUEsVYqKsbZk7wuhxeRerxoohoXi7p04pGHRy6eWORM/s1600/IMG_2969.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCvzjkA5BTroWEth8NMiQoMqdLHQvv-wYsOZHSC8vVcTkMo0mEHx7i2YRKlQxCm5xo-vAOdYgP6JY_wP-j6a4Auxow3k5MdevlUEsVYqKsbZk7wuhxeRerxoohoXi7p04pGHRy6eWORM/s200/IMG_2969.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612291950551982402" border="0" /></a><br />Us pretending to be the witches from Macbeth.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YkhmdYLLqoVAgKLyt_QVeasQhSZ-P7ERcbHN_DQDPzJhBG-R7knq2JsZKyTYcEamqxCBDagsKaPgq8MgnGmNOmRlAV0Ne1yGlzcL60fI1prhVbKe2FsVLgH4P2CHXC-4cf_AhZXfJMQ/s1600/IMG_0781.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YkhmdYLLqoVAgKLyt_QVeasQhSZ-P7ERcbHN_DQDPzJhBG-R7knq2JsZKyTYcEamqxCBDagsKaPgq8MgnGmNOmRlAV0Ne1yGlzcL60fI1prhVbKe2FsVLgH4P2CHXC-4cf_AhZXfJMQ/s200/IMG_0781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612291934494623266" border="0" /></a><br />Cali making soup.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5GRPXU1164BP1LaPTibRx399iBmgAWGiBcqKybLlMpCBzswX6wz0p6qxufJCK-fplpKE_qDAR-qMelzO-0A3bfZICzxHXPqTfJaAIt1K6lITft9oULauJlFSMMXTsIkC02waY3PWWuI/s1600/IMG_0783.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5GRPXU1164BP1LaPTibRx399iBmgAWGiBcqKybLlMpCBzswX6wz0p6qxufJCK-fplpKE_qDAR-qMelzO-0A3bfZICzxHXPqTfJaAIt1K6lITft9oULauJlFSMMXTsIkC02waY3PWWuI/s200/IMG_0783.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612291941861806754" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvpWzPY8abHl8VNLEV7l9kwwR0UQVhs5lL1C8TD06XhyphenhyphenW4ccN7vAAQMXb236DnWTA5rMVEut21fNcQjEtns1N_Q1DaseEuc1tOHZKPgThsamed7vcu29UDrbFi_UQdErXaxzcPom7r8I/s1600/IMG_2970.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvpWzPY8abHl8VNLEV7l9kwwR0UQVhs5lL1C8TD06XhyphenhyphenW4ccN7vAAQMXb236DnWTA5rMVEut21fNcQjEtns1N_Q1DaseEuc1tOHZKPgThsamed7vcu29UDrbFi_UQdErXaxzcPom7r8I/s200/IMG_2970.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612291955628256626" border="0" /></a><br />We got to meet the King!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc22rLdAWesOGWSvrQ0_kEUyZCLHN2tpf-fNMnLqpu5PK_MUcKrYhVmt3R4leF9-X20-w69b1O8dpssFHEFNuQ_noiVqG_g7BmDUMyYQQvmsrIknYlenryRO6Bc81oaR3oGeCqt3cTy2E/s1600/IMG_2971.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc22rLdAWesOGWSvrQ0_kEUyZCLHN2tpf-fNMnLqpu5PK_MUcKrYhVmt3R4leF9-X20-w69b1O8dpssFHEFNuQ_noiVqG_g7BmDUMyYQQvmsrIknYlenryRO6Bc81oaR3oGeCqt3cTy2E/s200/IMG_2971.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612291944708788434" border="0" /></a><br />So this room had a really big crank thing, as you can see. well I really wanted to turn it but it doesn't turn and as you can see if you look close I was really upset about it. The reason I like this picture is that Ellie totally caught my face, that's genuine disappointment!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnQTb8AniEaGWZiYWTnuQYKhP_z8F5soh9Cc6XZ2tJM5h6Qs8aQP366vXCkyR5e1P7FkVJDYSzAIpFFLSPuMjBJjCY_vaAtQgN5KOrBI6OhAF77S2CyWPy5_Grhy66KFxhOg1r5WV8oo/s1600/IMG_0790.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnQTb8AniEaGWZiYWTnuQYKhP_z8F5soh9Cc6XZ2tJM5h6Qs8aQP366vXCkyR5e1P7FkVJDYSzAIpFFLSPuMjBJjCY_vaAtQgN5KOrBI6OhAF77S2CyWPy5_Grhy66KFxhOg1r5WV8oo/s200/IMG_0790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612293884173846674" border="0" /></a><br />Then we went on top of the Castle and it was really windy. Our hair really wasn't behaving, it was so windy it was hard to breath.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4ZIrRxtVtjY5gDMdQHS_Nw5p8EF-1cGi5ZUOwAo_ljuiQP_NbQ9qrgADV04xfyuh82SEEQm1_00LD3RgTNq1SgcgYGXqIamsSz-x0Sl36ky6PxlCWxJta6Miar5nX7Sf1edzCZm6J3g/s1600/IMG_0785.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4ZIrRxtVtjY5gDMdQHS_Nw5p8EF-1cGi5ZUOwAo_ljuiQP_NbQ9qrgADV04xfyuh82SEEQm1_00LD3RgTNq1SgcgYGXqIamsSz-x0Sl36ky6PxlCWxJta6Miar5nX7Sf1edzCZm6J3g/s200/IMG_0785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612293885340625266" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBbH8xTuHdcrDfQAVPw-7uMtxbmNby4z5iquekdXYOXnGgb2GtJ-dZWihllmTt1LXheHXRyAnuULssAUSEmKPKTioH_54mXv-fKubC4GhDyuYmAsGrSMgyNuBQ9JbIJMOeQn_N8Rpcjc/s1600/IMG_0787.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBbH8xTuHdcrDfQAVPw-7uMtxbmNby4z5iquekdXYOXnGgb2GtJ-dZWihllmTt1LXheHXRyAnuULssAUSEmKPKTioH_54mXv-fKubC4GhDyuYmAsGrSMgyNuBQ9JbIJMOeQn_N8Rpcjc/s200/IMG_0787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612294968233311202" border="0" /></a><br />Ashlee will hate me for this one but it looks like she has a unicorn horn, it's great. Hey I have devil horns so I think it's fair.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6daEXYg9qL2BTID0HcFFTvTK3Bj5u-fUuT8vzG6YsKew7iCgQkn-GINGByxfwv6q-jD3mTSI1zzM6lyJDWk-dDkdx_wWFz3kZCet_jARs5g9zcpuZoYuxNguj3RwGOjmpbvJYIr00IBs/s1600/IMG_0734.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6daEXYg9qL2BTID0HcFFTvTK3Bj5u-fUuT8vzG6YsKew7iCgQkn-GINGByxfwv6q-jD3mTSI1zzM6lyJDWk-dDkdx_wWFz3kZCet_jARs5g9zcpuZoYuxNguj3RwGOjmpbvJYIr00IBs/s200/IMG_0734.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612293881436645538" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13aUcw12D4k7_ii7KyYn_bFBjU-pUgKfbCYGQ_K22VIvc_a1SBg0fFvzH3Sm0JsSN82QRAyJ23KZAg_-12vzLu5TxlmeXyRK_4jacmM1QAeBpXjBBxKfMwNTtxfbql4BVrp7rMXNBLX8/s1600/DSCN1732.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13aUcw12D4k7_ii7KyYn_bFBjU-pUgKfbCYGQ_K22VIvc_a1SBg0fFvzH3Sm0JsSN82QRAyJ23KZAg_-12vzLu5TxlmeXyRK_4jacmM1QAeBpXjBBxKfMwNTtxfbql4BVrp7rMXNBLX8/s200/DSCN1732.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612293870891949826" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfKp8I7ISpCUWCsbTXNf95rjBBEVdvWaDj02lNK5wck3ZGYUR0azuuTJrt5vmFfif1nmudDKZLHhgJnumFFh6ei1eG6blQklFfKvutUIOI0O97bPq1NK9pHT4nYxYWHVx0DRBBbLBcTg/s1600/IMG_0801.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfKp8I7ISpCUWCsbTXNf95rjBBEVdvWaDj02lNK5wck3ZGYUR0azuuTJrt5vmFfif1nmudDKZLHhgJnumFFh6ei1eG6blQklFfKvutUIOI0O97bPq1NK9pHT4nYxYWHVx0DRBBbLBcTg/s200/IMG_0801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612293889341452978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>It was really fun and we had some great views from the top so it was worth the wind.<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span>After that we went on a tour of the tunnels that they used during WWII and that was really interesting. then we left the Castle to go down into the town. It was really cool to be at a Castle and to quote Tangled, "I could get use to a view like this,yep I'm use to it, guys I want a Castle!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOWMtWLfR6ZVJxttdPp6dcNpOdTpxo6WLRof6NSW2Mn-IgoJloEL52wNYIoO2UapRZQP6Kll03rfNdiNLfougBo1fbhU3hOl4V36dGNb2tFiJ_0FfsdSIhriG29_FkNbYtGL-xBVyrHA/s1600/IMG_2977.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOWMtWLfR6ZVJxttdPp6dcNpOdTpxo6WLRof6NSW2Mn-IgoJloEL52wNYIoO2UapRZQP6Kll03rfNdiNLfougBo1fbhU3hOl4V36dGNb2tFiJ_0FfsdSIhriG29_FkNbYtGL-xBVyrHA/s200/IMG_2977.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612297235258344066" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ac3dMRGpacpXsXqW6Nwyx7aHQXQX9KtPqDjdf8j3rS1XJpbE9UoxXu8iyR4mTNy-kLMhOnqAPccKXVdXND3JQVXkhB108bNZrrM35hp71BqQdJE8S6E8oqaxRe1fhDK6QBAelpRZIgE/s1600/IMG_2923.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ac3dMRGpacpXsXqW6Nwyx7aHQXQX9KtPqDjdf8j3rS1XJpbE9UoxXu8iyR4mTNy-kLMhOnqAPccKXVdXND3JQVXkhB108bNZrrM35hp71BqQdJE8S6E8oqaxRe1fhDK6QBAelpRZIgE/s200/IMG_2923.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612298766813636178" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5gVryKlHCGzmLPtJRdv7LpACkaMIvdW9AGDdPMtWPC98W3dsy2svyeiMnf8uLQUg0OhwHLCZFA0w_E2egPJYd3vw0OYnU7LPywhC5XWxHNX18R3CBK40Xr54vbbKUkRW1IGR4vxDFYY4/s1600/IMG_0795.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5gVryKlHCGzmLPtJRdv7LpACkaMIvdW9AGDdPMtWPC98W3dsy2svyeiMnf8uLQUg0OhwHLCZFA0w_E2egPJYd3vw0OYnU7LPywhC5XWxHNX18R3CBK40Xr54vbbKUkRW1IGR4vxDFYY4/s200/IMG_0795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612297233246262594" border="0" /></a><br />So we made our way down to the beach. It was a rock beach which was cool.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSgMLdMBskVNW3gtOowdT_lphtI49jq9o6GWE3fjXRRKE7eSujVrURj80x0aru_mKmPU3DxuAhpUQNx4lJ27siR0vVtjmclSmOH0qPqwbIkVt4KnFzRH-VyYy9RtxGoj8b5j6f5W4fbM/s1600/IMG_3015.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSgMLdMBskVNW3gtOowdT_lphtI49jq9o6GWE3fjXRRKE7eSujVrURj80x0aru_mKmPU3DxuAhpUQNx4lJ27siR0vVtjmclSmOH0qPqwbIkVt4KnFzRH-VyYy9RtxGoj8b5j6f5W4fbM/s200/IMG_3015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612297242990362994" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohwT3U0KI7WJWIujgevpJr72rPSj2jhKXMb6AqT2s5AJKmzfcFhqwKLLLSjwj66OQUQde5Lxky4-IzePCmkxlWaqnrC4xONVbgIMc-2_qPQyKkQ_u6dPoT68HdO5rxlSAyjZ0smTttf4/s1600/IMG_0806.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohwT3U0KI7WJWIujgevpJr72rPSj2jhKXMb6AqT2s5AJKmzfcFhqwKLLLSjwj66OQUQde5Lxky4-IzePCmkxlWaqnrC4xONVbgIMc-2_qPQyKkQ_u6dPoT68HdO5rxlSAyjZ0smTttf4/s200/IMG_0806.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612298763645103282" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We got cool pictures of the beach, the water and the cliffs in the background, unfortunately the water got a little close for comfort during my photo shoot and Cali got a picture of the result.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBsr-6z63NT2KGL0dTezuaUTiPdwuY466mHPdBbJ4A0GJ1OdDxAAUU_82_fL8J0GT_zqkE-e0arf5x3heMgQ4OKotcpMrJGTyYNwNdSbYoYmZpRLYf9nvnp6WZ4e1Mvv9PBDPOp_4pAM/s1600/IMG_0805.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBsr-6z63NT2KGL0dTezuaUTiPdwuY466mHPdBbJ4A0GJ1OdDxAAUU_82_fL8J0GT_zqkE-e0arf5x3heMgQ4OKotcpMrJGTyYNwNdSbYoYmZpRLYf9nvnp6WZ4e1Mvv9PBDPOp_4pAM/s200/IMG_0805.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612297236841959666" border="0" /></a><br />This was a cool door that had everyone's stickers from Dover Castle on it so we added ours.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHciDJXhRFjhSGsPNkRoe03B_IemtlHaUXBvRehfcOYu7755rqzLia0hoOXxgSVlCUlwL-YIu8MSXuquMdCL9ZATWatFpjAfwpUI4P5pcNJaHdX4QU8iIqCbvolJEHFaTQcXPqPNGFOrU/s1600/DSCN1736.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHciDJXhRFjhSGsPNkRoe03B_IemtlHaUXBvRehfcOYu7755rqzLia0hoOXxgSVlCUlwL-YIu8MSXuquMdCL9ZATWatFpjAfwpUI4P5pcNJaHdX4QU8iIqCbvolJEHFaTQcXPqPNGFOrU/s200/DSCN1736.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612297231654340002" border="0" /></a><br />So that was our day at Dover. The train ride home was a lot like the one on the way there. I think this is funny because they are asleep exactly the same way.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrKVdvXUXMrsnVgqpNG4i8zoYql2I8TGMBpLjUkO3V1eQMeXOTdsVeVYu-lfngT6EPtBOSkLzyIR9aU4UUvj2zoR1yrhqFBgkyTCWc9V_jTGh2JTmTOEV3tH0po8MWmy8VsNa5l9XbCQ/s1600/IMG_3027.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrKVdvXUXMrsnVgqpNG4i8zoYql2I8TGMBpLjUkO3V1eQMeXOTdsVeVYu-lfngT6EPtBOSkLzyIR9aU4UUvj2zoR1yrhqFBgkyTCWc9V_jTGh2JTmTOEV3tH0po8MWmy8VsNa5l9XbCQ/s200/IMG_3027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612298777777394658" border="0" /></a><br />We went to the grocery store on the way home and Ellie Ashlee and I couldn't help ourselves and we bought a cheesecake. Then we went home and watched movies on my bed, ate the cake and I cut Ellie's hair.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyA8B4mxatnf6wMB6PbviQFQSbYtxlNOaWXSpXdDkDCOSsJlSF_SPAW12bk8jXWWKnl96lEr4laerWo6neYaaTXSUFVIUmSdQM4Pr_c0qq1s18TLCA1oumuPVQvIzNv151OWZENPykOyU/s1600/IMG_0808.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyA8B4mxatnf6wMB6PbviQFQSbYtxlNOaWXSpXdDkDCOSsJlSF_SPAW12bk8jXWWKnl96lEr4laerWo6neYaaTXSUFVIUmSdQM4Pr_c0qq1s18TLCA1oumuPVQvIzNv151OWZENPykOyU/s200/IMG_0808.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612298771761842162" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscpeQ6mNSC814VCUvStCIuqCsZsGiXR0berLHIEbfBD01WPoqfXNJL1OACVSqLFigCbc2Sf-tkR8LQKIdxwj5TMM8rUltwaLj4Af2LLAb6E1VEcmj92T8_8ROxI_QOcTWOxLS4KcEx80/s1600/IMG_3028.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscpeQ6mNSC814VCUvStCIuqCsZsGiXR0berLHIEbfBD01WPoqfXNJL1OACVSqLFigCbc2Sf-tkR8LQKIdxwj5TMM8rUltwaLj4Af2LLAb6E1VEcmj92T8_8ROxI_QOcTWOxLS4KcEx80/s200/IMG_3028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612298778668170594" border="0" /></a><br />It was a long but awesome day.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-24748900937464838682011-05-27T09:10:00.000-07:002011-05-29T16:12:53.715-07:00Tea and CrumpetsSo today we had a very London-y day. It started with high tea at the Kensington Orangery. We all decided to get dressed up to go and I borrowed a dress from Cali and shoes from Ellie. I really have the nicest roommates ever and I looked pretty cute, if I do say so myself.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnn2pTFmxaLnkOC3xBS023yOMndHuNHGJZDkiX38nchHMX6QYB48MD9-auqvjfawXdL9O4X0fruUlbMoTDmNaTeyeFmnt6HQiT8U70H3yga5nrwE91X4JxDXvLN-FNRApGZtcPHEHYTJQ/s1600/IMG_0706.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnn2pTFmxaLnkOC3xBS023yOMndHuNHGJZDkiX38nchHMX6QYB48MD9-auqvjfawXdL9O4X0fruUlbMoTDmNaTeyeFmnt6HQiT8U70H3yga5nrwE91X4JxDXvLN-FNRApGZtcPHEHYTJQ/s200/IMG_0706.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612272355177508722" border="0" /></a><br />So this is the mirror that we pass on the way out of our flat every morning. It has been effectionatly named the Vanity Mirror, and you can see why!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yU3hZYo5fbk0w63_sYOumqK1RF4BwVel8wBDHWk3o60m8Sah_nMidIw02J_USwdctZbeTnE7PFqsyUmh5wOAfBrFJE4wyFpi7s8M7CQeoVllRNx_EZIJrwxO7N2b0P8VqtRNuu5zcZs/s1600/IMG_0693.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yU3hZYo5fbk0w63_sYOumqK1RF4BwVel8wBDHWk3o60m8Sah_nMidIw02J_USwdctZbeTnE7PFqsyUmh5wOAfBrFJE4wyFpi7s8M7CQeoVllRNx_EZIJrwxO7N2b0P8VqtRNuu5zcZs/s200/IMG_0693.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612272341615722466" border="0" /></a><br />So Kensington Palace is in Hyde Park so it was just a little walk over. The Orangery is beautiful and it was really fun.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiouAFGZNnw5_eMgkc8_WGkQ2tDXaxW-6dIOwimcepd-Rr3OZtMc7XQaIUdY-GkcJ0yB9gakhoNmIgXlpYebhuErqsGKSxGtx8D3vMugGL7n4cuNE3JmH2-YhQV2FnlaBF6jh58OlqvOs/s1600/IMG_0707.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiouAFGZNnw5_eMgkc8_WGkQ2tDXaxW-6dIOwimcepd-Rr3OZtMc7XQaIUdY-GkcJ0yB9gakhoNmIgXlpYebhuErqsGKSxGtx8D3vMugGL7n4cuNE3JmH2-YhQV2FnlaBF6jh58OlqvOs/s200/IMG_0707.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612272355688648146" border="0" /></a><br />We didn't actually have tea and crumpets, we had hot chocolate and fruit scones with clotted cream and jam. So everyone has told me that you have to have clotted cream, so I did. It sounds disgusting but it really was good but not what i expected. I thought it would be some kind of whipped cream but its more like really good butter.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiUmkYCbGMTF1xsQRpwZvS6vHS1wjJbaaMNIOT6vhQew8Jk-dXfKoQFWi6fVnLEALX47ypyionwFRp1EOQee2Kfgv-gPKYZMoy4twiUYnJxvna-zEGY_xbF4Llxc-cekpfzAkiRtPzT0/s1600/IMG_0703.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiUmkYCbGMTF1xsQRpwZvS6vHS1wjJbaaMNIOT6vhQew8Jk-dXfKoQFWi6fVnLEALX47ypyionwFRp1EOQee2Kfgv-gPKYZMoy4twiUYnJxvna-zEGY_xbF4Llxc-cekpfzAkiRtPzT0/s200/IMG_0703.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612272343649877714" border="0" /></a><br />So besides being overprice it was a really fun experience.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24PEzEa1WnHr_aNcewhte1EtEQQftbQQ-BdF8CRtRToF0OU7T_TV_nw4JlXvtJ4KuXXq9R98dv5ROQSytckzdmR4KMRAEC9WW7AM0BLhYIXciaTCV2TgCcUZhg1ygHBbK6kPN5CgdO1c/s1600/IMG_0696.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24PEzEa1WnHr_aNcewhte1EtEQQftbQQ-BdF8CRtRToF0OU7T_TV_nw4JlXvtJ4KuXXq9R98dv5ROQSytckzdmR4KMRAEC9WW7AM0BLhYIXciaTCV2TgCcUZhg1ygHBbK6kPN5CgdO1c/s200/IMG_0696.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612272350586601842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After tea we went home to get some homework done. boring. but then we went to the National Theater to buy tickets for a show that night. We got our tickets and walked to Borough Market.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWdTtZJsipTsDVBcMaOLkqpID8uOHcm1V12qzWquLt0ZaPWwfriXkdJoAhjeBTawKH95pukskuHUNUFyjDuYb5wS6kiAcRs0bs-jGhjHpAq8E5otw-0djLLTMnUfxO5V8rf_cy7EDstA/s1600/DSCN1658.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWdTtZJsipTsDVBcMaOLkqpID8uOHcm1V12qzWquLt0ZaPWwfriXkdJoAhjeBTawKH95pukskuHUNUFyjDuYb5wS6kiAcRs0bs-jGhjHpAq8E5otw-0djLLTMnUfxO5V8rf_cy7EDstA/s200/DSCN1658.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612275368047795506" border="0" /></a><br />It's basically just like the local market. A lot of food, fruits and veggies and flowers. But there was also things that I wouldn't usually see at a market like strange fish and mushrooms.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpetxRQX_OoZIk6YtMFqQ4sWEuWp-ze-WJky9KejOugZq4_sBbnvWV8zyu57Q0kUDF4O8ak5lWPjBnaMjNv_BiabPzwFutevlMPYIZ6iu37crt6xk9f-KTV1rW0NsfUrq6bvTPcE51nU/s1600/DSCN1659.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpetxRQX_OoZIk6YtMFqQ4sWEuWp-ze-WJky9KejOugZq4_sBbnvWV8zyu57Q0kUDF4O8ak5lWPjBnaMjNv_BiabPzwFutevlMPYIZ6iu37crt6xk9f-KTV1rW0NsfUrq6bvTPcE51nU/s200/DSCN1659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612274983704079650" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5Ps8D2NbbQ0iiiN5m5o6zk2_H4X8Rp_GqBybErvZSQYqLPNwblj5AA49oyiBDaogoIkggLv2uE9qVBtxYq8AF3_m69xLwArSYYY80yUSCXR57dXTcltf-lw51be7vW3SA9K0gz-SQwU/s1600/IMG_0708.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5Ps8D2NbbQ0iiiN5m5o6zk2_H4X8Rp_GqBybErvZSQYqLPNwblj5AA49oyiBDaogoIkggLv2uE9qVBtxYq8AF3_m69xLwArSYYY80yUSCXR57dXTcltf-lw51be7vW3SA9K0gz-SQwU/s200/IMG_0708.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612275381630462866" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_HEnHkOXbz0CvXmH3LkobvgVnTly6cwd6e5h-DSyXiXFDKvzd6Ne8gpcQKXRazKt6GmmwMYbUQC8qfHIn499LLpHCVveZ6bEyx-_uNv6u2IWT6LmCp-2eXR5xrE_ivGyjiukN6clgsU/s1600/IMG_0709.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_HEnHkOXbz0CvXmH3LkobvgVnTly6cwd6e5h-DSyXiXFDKvzd6Ne8gpcQKXRazKt6GmmwMYbUQC8qfHIn499LLpHCVveZ6bEyx-_uNv6u2IWT6LmCp-2eXR5xrE_ivGyjiukN6clgsU/s200/IMG_0709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612275386754314146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The best thing was this stand that had hot meat sandwiches. So I had a chicken one and it was one of the best sandwiches I have ever had. The guy making it was really nice to me too and was being really funny so the whole experience was fun.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rlmlGiOUOBqEkP4PJ_kJKbxBGcWpt7JhdKkCmqMu9yXcXO2n3MXezJ5B49-6Zj9CEbWiGYE_gJC8Veycd9uK75DKTAWNzNZRWUdohFyOlPo_Gg4jitey6zw4HLCcAsexfG62GBIqh1c/s1600/IMG_2878.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rlmlGiOUOBqEkP4PJ_kJKbxBGcWpt7JhdKkCmqMu9yXcXO2n3MXezJ5B49-6Zj9CEbWiGYE_gJC8Veycd9uK75DKTAWNzNZRWUdohFyOlPo_Gg4jitey6zw4HLCcAsexfG62GBIqh1c/s200/IMG_2878.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612276648966305362" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LvD7MOxmxoToZ_PQ8hxzWNMS4tRkBaRwvaRurEQzbz8Pz1RrQ-3kgcjRZit4hj-zAU21N9u_WS3PljeHCDC9xYpAxxbX95KGRY_p_UVNnIEGSELmo2FX5uDextX_FEaa6dTSESD6OUE/s1600/DSCN1666.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LvD7MOxmxoToZ_PQ8hxzWNMS4tRkBaRwvaRurEQzbz8Pz1RrQ-3kgcjRZit4hj-zAU21N9u_WS3PljeHCDC9xYpAxxbX95KGRY_p_UVNnIEGSELmo2FX5uDextX_FEaa6dTSESD6OUE/s200/DSCN1666.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612275371464548114" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6vdvkggfY7lOr20ulg1_C9rzGyDy3OKO8AkcVq275bmS_Z43vr-i4d5siyhfBwdGzr_6L6t7DH7fxsWf3df9UFXJsLhFRcCKlMyjljdwMrBLG_PC8Txitcyluoz4ceKrUIfL0LCA6Wc/s1600/IMG_0712.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6vdvkggfY7lOr20ulg1_C9rzGyDy3OKO8AkcVq275bmS_Z43vr-i4d5siyhfBwdGzr_6L6t7DH7fxsWf3df9UFXJsLhFRcCKlMyjljdwMrBLG_PC8Txitcyluoz4ceKrUIfL0LCA6Wc/s200/IMG_0712.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612276652433905186" border="0" /></a><br />We ended our Borough Market experience with really good cheesecake. Mine was caramel apple cheesecake.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnzktpYCptRiysJ7LTRb9hRF8aMdTlLBt8SceGZ42D1unp_ZrzPW8LmSDydm1QLmsLkv6EAHnfcxVUi6TmqBp5PQ-cQzX0Tg5oKEFpWFt54p9En6vQJekswOdSqtINn4vSkVdm_wCzDE/s1600/DSCN1674.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnzktpYCptRiysJ7LTRb9hRF8aMdTlLBt8SceGZ42D1unp_ZrzPW8LmSDydm1QLmsLkv6EAHnfcxVUi6TmqBp5PQ-cQzX0Tg5oKEFpWFt54p9En6vQJekswOdSqtINn4vSkVdm_wCzDE/s200/DSCN1674.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612275379356365330" border="0" /></a><br />After that we went back to Camden market so Ellie could get a shirt that she just couldn't get her mind off of. While we were there I found a really cute dress that feels awesome. Anyone who has been shopping with me knows that I have to touch everything as I pass and that's exactly how I found this dress. It felt really soft so I stopped and it was really cute and unbelievably long enough! :) so with my awesome negotiating skills I got him way down to a price I was willing to pay.<br /><br />After the market we went to the National Theater to see London Road. So we went early and listened to the live entertainment. It was really fun because that is what people do here, and it was a Jazz group and they were pretty good.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdDZPL5__H-DuG67RWqSl5vceyXF08PCzBJCqtuE6UJhLdC-_WCpLBN710UqGIcriRIwLgK3cDZFbmHFPNE2jOSeW84ioPhSRjQAkvV3NRbJS2cI-1PIiQRUHIBv0kYmYW2IYZ0H3p3U/s1600/DSCN1680.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdDZPL5__H-DuG67RWqSl5vceyXF08PCzBJCqtuE6UJhLdC-_WCpLBN710UqGIcriRIwLgK3cDZFbmHFPNE2jOSeW84ioPhSRjQAkvV3NRbJS2cI-1PIiQRUHIBv0kYmYW2IYZ0H3p3U/s200/DSCN1680.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612279623499619746" border="0" /></a><br />The show was really interesting. It was a musical where it was all sung verbatium. So there were a lot of umm's sung which was something I've never heard before. It was a play about the people on London road where back in 2006 5 murders took place. So it was really interesting because it was more of a history than a typical story line of a play. The music for it was amazing. There was a lot of dissonance and really I can't even explain it because it's not like anything I've ever seen before.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj50QyjUro6i7oBuc5kTZHBKwEE4pv_UmNpzbS6rxjzfFu7lp83po8SiTyDepIQ2ClbH5s3akhADO7a85kJPjLN1plDCWFJlJ9zagc3qh8Dj8If4dpS1-PCLzyb3E15BS_ZsRSaQYmXbw/s1600/IMG_2887.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj50QyjUro6i7oBuc5kTZHBKwEE4pv_UmNpzbS6rxjzfFu7lp83po8SiTyDepIQ2ClbH5s3akhADO7a85kJPjLN1plDCWFJlJ9zagc3qh8Dj8If4dpS1-PCLzyb3E15BS_ZsRSaQYmXbw/s200/IMG_2887.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612279635215317746" border="0" /></a><br />It was also an new experience because we bought standing room tickets. So we stood through a whole 2ish hour play, it was not fun considering we had been walking around all day. So this is us sitting on the ground during intermission.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNBl-dcJguKSDt6v9S0wEWCjWoNbg2C6lE_YAXDxvxIs6C_KyFSig4TCSM7nsuFB-ONMvgaqMCw4pUiKlcBxty_X-S3m6PRJfftIZF-uKByvwPgAzDFZ3jaAFiUC0Bo7Y_3mUJ0OjQsU/s1600/DSCN1688.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNBl-dcJguKSDt6v9S0wEWCjWoNbg2C6lE_YAXDxvxIs6C_KyFSig4TCSM7nsuFB-ONMvgaqMCw4pUiKlcBxty_X-S3m6PRJfftIZF-uKByvwPgAzDFZ3jaAFiUC0Bo7Y_3mUJ0OjQsU/s200/DSCN1688.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612279629246346050" border="0" /></a><br />I'm not sure I would recommend this play to anyone but I really enjoyed it. I know that sounds funny but I think it would be very hit or miss. Overall great day.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-4114748129000037172011-05-26T16:08:00.000-07:002011-05-26T17:05:17.315-07:00Thunder storms and SilenceThis morning we went to Kew Gardens which is huge. So I'm not usually one for artistic pictures but I really tried with these ones because there were so many beautiful flowers. My favorite thing was the Lilly house which was a greenhouse with water lilies. It had lily pads that were so big I could've sat on them comfortably, I really wanted to try too. So this post is basically just going to be a bunch of the picture I took at the gardens. Some have stories behind them so I'll explain as I go but overall it was just really fun. I spent most of the time with Ashlee and we get a long really well so that was really fun. So here we go:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhBbi77GDkr7La5KaLVk50Gunhxim_n6rHvOQ_JbYp1d3vOYyul89FncEnLjtHoFRRWGfugxT54wx0FMLA_zlSz-p5RzIckURBzLmbzun7SZdU7vhm6bx8n3p90FFc4DAvuMMqguP3i8/s1600/IMG_0621.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhBbi77GDkr7La5KaLVk50Gunhxim_n6rHvOQ_JbYp1d3vOYyul89FncEnLjtHoFRRWGfugxT54wx0FMLA_zlSz-p5RzIckURBzLmbzun7SZdU7vhm6bx8n3p90FFc4DAvuMMqguP3i8/s200/IMG_0621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611168273106355650" border="0" /></a><br />So the door into the lily house was normal size but the handle was really really low. like to my knee, we thought it was really funny.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3tQgx05lZ-dyENqNpEQuPTnRqJRgNHF0IwwtKn5J9sbYV2nKI0AmAy28R7H7aJ5bgXMJq94E5JhQ1yRt8_z2axmmb98jJCVdNR9ccrTXUlu9z7dBkv7CaE9Jw1KEkGSk3hCRfTrQ-ho/s1600/IMG_0608.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3tQgx05lZ-dyENqNpEQuPTnRqJRgNHF0IwwtKn5J9sbYV2nKI0AmAy28R7H7aJ5bgXMJq94E5JhQ1yRt8_z2axmmb98jJCVdNR9ccrTXUlu9z7dBkv7CaE9Jw1KEkGSk3hCRfTrQ-ho/s200/IMG_0608.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611167810293192290" border="0" /></a><br />So this is me in the lily house. It was the smallest greenhouse, but as you be able to tell from all the pictures of it, It was my favorite.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQXl7UZDW1sCNJzUcc2Q-fTYJd6ZSa4ocwz9LzjNOguTNeioBlIZ90AH3wMmIObWCZ6sPuPeutvwmMMvpW4ph8pexVwfZAbk8Hkjoj8PzLjmwyorFEpPL2oIldXMmTmbUdP9Ku4GupAY/s1600/IMG_0609.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQXl7UZDW1sCNJzUcc2Q-fTYJd6ZSa4ocwz9LzjNOguTNeioBlIZ90AH3wMmIObWCZ6sPuPeutvwmMMvpW4ph8pexVwfZAbk8Hkjoj8PzLjmwyorFEpPL2oIldXMmTmbUdP9Ku4GupAY/s200/IMG_0609.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611167813951464850" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6BI8Uugo2Y6l-Uw3F5yzp_ew9dnZ170DaLyYqiTXmaoyS7pUYjLdRermSHVRGYDKgMa3pDUZm8RkSyszSeOlz_hAiRalR5Z2gYH7sRiQtW7BANlUB7NwJ-QWOubXfPYGhyphenhyphenXJo0ZSzts/s1600/IMG_0614.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6BI8Uugo2Y6l-Uw3F5yzp_ew9dnZ170DaLyYqiTXmaoyS7pUYjLdRermSHVRGYDKgMa3pDUZm8RkSyszSeOlz_hAiRalR5Z2gYH7sRiQtW7BANlUB7NwJ-QWOubXfPYGhyphenhyphenXJo0ZSzts/s200/IMG_0614.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611167839880358946" border="0" /></a><br />These are some examples of the HUGE lily pads! these pictures really don't do them justice.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35QG7qGRNK8zPV5XZppW-sRgOltq1my2NuLgHU2PPyvx9wGo8Itb95Nr23FzInZocDDZWcKpiqdAuZ1vSoL7HtAfD8xzhEed1YEuL-Sm9ZR-s5dKIypmm8HO6_llAfUfqke-F_lDsjts/s1600/IMG_0620.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35QG7qGRNK8zPV5XZppW-sRgOltq1my2NuLgHU2PPyvx9wGo8Itb95Nr23FzInZocDDZWcKpiqdAuZ1vSoL7HtAfD8xzhEed1YEuL-Sm9ZR-s5dKIypmm8HO6_llAfUfqke-F_lDsjts/s200/IMG_0620.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611168264553009138" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidq_ugdXhPajzivs3milsmRRhcATAHjfEY9e_elGiB1S7wQDwm6hkPWJ2l4n6UxUULx8R1ktwyf0nJtVOMDKrefPfCLQIKp-tYWoRbjQBiaQzhrMgs4XBkIiETvInpesTfHXUgdFb5ddA/s1600/IMG_0619.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidq_ugdXhPajzivs3milsmRRhcATAHjfEY9e_elGiB1S7wQDwm6hkPWJ2l4n6UxUULx8R1ktwyf0nJtVOMDKrefPfCLQIKp-tYWoRbjQBiaQzhrMgs4XBkIiETvInpesTfHXUgdFb5ddA/s200/IMG_0619.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611168258898920050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvFr5oSAAZvKRWfjcgofNUEQTwiSdRwgVjAiyw3f6yaMkhgCTx1TjSETlHP_NUP0WbhM8YBPKN9Yn911UUyYz97c-tzN1tAGVjTLoymVU5SAKlePvAFkhK3LwzYCZaQTfajYsOemTR5s/s1600/IMG_0618.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvFr5oSAAZvKRWfjcgofNUEQTwiSdRwgVjAiyw3f6yaMkhgCTx1TjSETlHP_NUP0WbhM8YBPKN9Yn911UUyYz97c-tzN1tAGVjTLoymVU5SAKlePvAFkhK3LwzYCZaQTfajYsOemTR5s/s200/IMG_0618.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611168249280816002" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5a92P0X-IDMkb0_DnbC3QgqYOixFJZSzvrreeycVaPSyqgPEIcdlm9faD74c9KD_DWQyCoLeuhwLtG7w6a9VjMNChCASFZ7LT_RcFojIGjoB_fJgb8qFkH78ij4kZCMVSZ7gYT34brcE/s1600/IMG_0615.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5a92P0X-IDMkb0_DnbC3QgqYOixFJZSzvrreeycVaPSyqgPEIcdlm9faD74c9KD_DWQyCoLeuhwLtG7w6a9VjMNChCASFZ7LT_RcFojIGjoB_fJgb8qFkH78ij4kZCMVSZ7gYT34brcE/s200/IMG_0615.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611168276527092418" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0Yb3uQR6gv2px90A4mNwSNwGb-EZdgBOAGNVX19Y0ZhUVzMj_yo-1YMHE4ChMg3okqtMgp43HyDLyuQDAnhRATLKhBi12PQlGEuhrB42rmZh5J7MraIBT_yrf0Kj0E16EgwS_RUUSO4/s1600/IMG_0610.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0Yb3uQR6gv2px90A4mNwSNwGb-EZdgBOAGNVX19Y0ZhUVzMj_yo-1YMHE4ChMg3okqtMgp43HyDLyuQDAnhRATLKhBi12PQlGEuhrB42rmZh5J7MraIBT_yrf0Kj0E16EgwS_RUUSO4/s200/IMG_0610.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611167820988215250" border="0" /></a><br />Lots of beautiful lilies!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fTGALOVvsGa17fizuwG4i6Nm3O82jzwV_2jwlVymZcKEMK-c3qfbbI7BydaoGWrrTzqcNLKvK6Q57J_1o1NCcS1whBajCczovinhWm952hGwChuUwsMRxjwjiuUTRIs5SrbscuIgNko/s1600/IMG_0613.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fTGALOVvsGa17fizuwG4i6Nm3O82jzwV_2jwlVymZcKEMK-c3qfbbI7BydaoGWrrTzqcNLKvK6Q57J_1o1NCcS1whBajCczovinhWm952hGwChuUwsMRxjwjiuUTRIs5SrbscuIgNko/s200/IMG_0613.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611167834962403490" border="0" /></a><br />This was my favorite one!<br />The next place we went was the rose garden. All the roses were wild roses and they were beautiful. They reminded me of my Grandpa's roses. The most beautiful ones were the yellow ones, so Mom these are for you.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccJS6K0nBJ2vmMSpddJk5QXCEqQ41VwLJKY7d4dZceQuoKo13WqRkINouSzG-vEaPMu0MOH-hZTkwywP6qM7xww5HsEn7hPb9nZbMhVYBWTVgt9vK9WaEqiFXZ0pvdEcjYv3aJEMP_3o/s1600/IMG_0627.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccJS6K0nBJ2vmMSpddJk5QXCEqQ41VwLJKY7d4dZceQuoKo13WqRkINouSzG-vEaPMu0MOH-hZTkwywP6qM7xww5HsEn7hPb9nZbMhVYBWTVgt9vK9WaEqiFXZ0pvdEcjYv3aJEMP_3o/s200/IMG_0627.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611170390092685842" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHDW9tnO2-4xUK7YMQ-EASh_RHegwFhJDA7oOtbGryclEXP34oZ4OGQj7G_DK7HwwQ4-sOsdvbLAOUB8r-viVvgdUL9k0QnzhqkBU0T1H3Yy06icJ849KGgL4Gsxzh6MgnmE13aEMBiU/s1600/IMG_0626.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHDW9tnO2-4xUK7YMQ-EASh_RHegwFhJDA7oOtbGryclEXP34oZ4OGQj7G_DK7HwwQ4-sOsdvbLAOUB8r-viVvgdUL9k0QnzhqkBU0T1H3Yy06icJ849KGgL4Gsxzh6MgnmE13aEMBiU/s200/IMG_0626.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611170385986253602" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yCNqztv4OeeaNxzkZLj44Xlf973euzipUoaAA2RCnkvPU7I71UrWo3cAFkmrpGPbH4BA5b8GzKO848Cd9uGLglEy7pEIjcRIuITHoSVT6icEBTEWQVPcBueT46OYaTiHr4ArNdADi_4/s1600/IMG_0624.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yCNqztv4OeeaNxzkZLj44Xlf973euzipUoaAA2RCnkvPU7I71UrWo3cAFkmrpGPbH4BA5b8GzKO848Cd9uGLglEy7pEIjcRIuITHoSVT6icEBTEWQVPcBueT46OYaTiHr4ArNdADi_4/s200/IMG_0624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611170394280812626" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUP2MbGng-3cXWnYL4q30bfJDL1tJ42tZjyJ-BFaQuPXmoA78mnBu_qwAeQElYVzGwxQ6L4ANoBj5kT0gPrVX0FH9b2YMjM5yMi39N4CpnLdMgMegi5PPaY9BKir42Rb3TiBOGjnzSZxg/s1600/IMG_0623.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUP2MbGng-3cXWnYL4q30bfJDL1tJ42tZjyJ-BFaQuPXmoA78mnBu_qwAeQElYVzGwxQ6L4ANoBj5kT0gPrVX0FH9b2YMjM5yMi39N4CpnLdMgMegi5PPaY9BKir42Rb3TiBOGjnzSZxg/s200/IMG_0623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611170376375247074" border="0" /></a><br />Then we went in another green house and this is what we found!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWwfGtxSl_dCEmlVhpA7BqX3ifzfl81noIm-NRda9LUHBuQ-N4ZS5n6uZI1fWa-B3OIVrk7iX00uLsyEq8krcNIbgom1H14PtVCuyY4ElXro-Ig8Ewo6mfct2O8H1MdfNmULvvxtHAV4/s1600/IMG_0635.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWwfGtxSl_dCEmlVhpA7BqX3ifzfl81noIm-NRda9LUHBuQ-N4ZS5n6uZI1fWa-B3OIVrk7iX00uLsyEq8krcNIbgom1H14PtVCuyY4ElXro-Ig8Ewo6mfct2O8H1MdfNmULvvxtHAV4/s200/IMG_0635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611171304049689826" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf4sKnWhzKBVP7jNBPcCRAvB61YG6r-mQalFkAJ0gNn1bGjRNfOb3Jodkfk7WL3iDwE2UGPvLNLW0gzNhLXce7jqeq59vgRx0ppDNDhUBN7lElLl3tVYZ4TLob6fGNtuO97StYwgl1hE/s1600/IMG_0632.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf4sKnWhzKBVP7jNBPcCRAvB61YG6r-mQalFkAJ0gNn1bGjRNfOb3Jodkfk7WL3iDwE2UGPvLNLW0gzNhLXce7jqeq59vgRx0ppDNDhUBN7lElLl3tVYZ4TLob6fGNtuO97StYwgl1hE/s200/IMG_0632.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611171294140087458" border="0" /></a><br />These plants were so cool and the pictures don't do them justice but they have tiny flowers inside the main part of the flower. I really liked them.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag3Dx-PDb4UgrkC0kmGUr6m903Nb7LNKhpruAqk3gwKINgBIA787HjqZSUdJkqBV49MRBofvqwc-Mpt_I5x8ID_yemviiM-OIuDukPefQmnecviO-QNUN3P73P6TAbyVX4x4QI8jS0zc/s1600/IMG_0641.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag3Dx-PDb4UgrkC0kmGUr6m903Nb7LNKhpruAqk3gwKINgBIA787HjqZSUdJkqBV49MRBofvqwc-Mpt_I5x8ID_yemviiM-OIuDukPefQmnecviO-QNUN3P73P6TAbyVX4x4QI8jS0zc/s200/IMG_0641.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611171313843623314" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdzcSw8VZs2j24J6JFgvJY5LxvZJrMDtAhI82U5wpZFZdFWYpPEGWTYESL9SWveqToNxtEG8e53s4QvjT49CPn8lHZoatLS9fq00r1A-ulUeAIRSGIG0YU96_M15kvk4gYVdRRYDigMI/s1600/IMG_0638.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdzcSw8VZs2j24J6JFgvJY5LxvZJrMDtAhI82U5wpZFZdFWYpPEGWTYESL9SWveqToNxtEG8e53s4QvjT49CPn8lHZoatLS9fq00r1A-ulUeAIRSGIG0YU96_M15kvk4gYVdRRYDigMI/s200/IMG_0638.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611171307824846562" border="0" /></a><br />more pretty flowers.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithYeoDh3B_zLjvUUQTNKhiT13K5QxxbXvZvEsWztEfc2s1gmYbRJADdjFQ5sJAP5yE0N6PmgEzjbDLWKGMdU5PEoPEXU68Z3FluTfdSTp_bwdOrhjPGfIgSNcTQ1djV_8Wu4Km3Ogy8U/s1600/IMG_0643.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithYeoDh3B_zLjvUUQTNKhiT13K5QxxbXvZvEsWztEfc2s1gmYbRJADdjFQ5sJAP5yE0N6PmgEzjbDLWKGMdU5PEoPEXU68Z3FluTfdSTp_bwdOrhjPGfIgSNcTQ1djV_8Wu4Km3Ogy8U/s200/IMG_0643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611172605670260322" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOd-mxS-XwqIF4vxWL1b1VGHDgXk3YQ8Mn2o5peiHd4P6UwWEFbb_ZVB4XfEL0IJONGIgu5_7VzEQHuoiE0Y7HObgjQ_pN6uLJuFa1r4-BBv6tJJaQQdRYM-ffE8NMGzyIA06AxwHVEWI/s1600/IMG_0651.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOd-mxS-XwqIF4vxWL1b1VGHDgXk3YQ8Mn2o5peiHd4P6UwWEFbb_ZVB4XfEL0IJONGIgu5_7VzEQHuoiE0Y7HObgjQ_pN6uLJuFa1r4-BBv6tJJaQQdRYM-ffE8NMGzyIA06AxwHVEWI/s200/IMG_0651.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611172621066330786" border="0" /></a><br />Me at the gardens and on the treetop walk<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DYGqVuv7q0MvfvwQOttmZALYgCtfHHrsbRh-q0hP9Le6_RBBJl0Jqy72pTq5dVaLZMY99XcD3e_DhshgeGvgbwJwHhBmXRkGYvYjIHNmfxv4snp1sQpHqzZAWWW1msi2SbjELTMuYt8/s1600/IMG_0647.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DYGqVuv7q0MvfvwQOttmZALYgCtfHHrsbRh-q0hP9Le6_RBBJl0Jqy72pTq5dVaLZMY99XcD3e_DhshgeGvgbwJwHhBmXRkGYvYjIHNmfxv4snp1sQpHqzZAWWW1msi2SbjELTMuYt8/s200/IMG_0647.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611172617717104514" border="0" /></a><br />This was a very cool sculpture thing. It was made all out of sticks/vines.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre_1uYH2ilE2AU81mssUTKvqyAmpyxmtVpR_avnNDY5wt_MqXvG9g0EIJMiSL8QEAA-tQgJMiFEd2jAEd4QAECdIvSaAkNXqtIfT92ra9OV967me7Fd0_dBQHARhWZA-W7pw3G7efJv0/s1600/IMG_0646.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre_1uYH2ilE2AU81mssUTKvqyAmpyxmtVpR_avnNDY5wt_MqXvG9g0EIJMiSL8QEAA-tQgJMiFEd2jAEd4QAECdIvSaAkNXqtIfT92ra9OV967me7Fd0_dBQHARhWZA-W7pw3G7efJv0/s200/IMG_0646.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611172613324144386" border="0" /></a><br />These flowers won best color in my book. I couldn't really close to them unfortunately but they were the most beautiful deep red.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSOTwp5FtkGykFDFnR4YzlfmgtjRvpZX7ekqbWWOCrh4D31gV7YAxbEo_87zAO0avYLy8fkb-hD-HrQC8SPC6FYXApwrt7mn1vufbXzhQr9xi9TmUQ9ntQSTy2a5RpMzINCKDlO43kZs/s1600/IMG_0658.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSOTwp5FtkGykFDFnR4YzlfmgtjRvpZX7ekqbWWOCrh4D31gV7YAxbEo_87zAO0avYLy8fkb-hD-HrQC8SPC6FYXApwrt7mn1vufbXzhQr9xi9TmUQ9ntQSTy2a5RpMzINCKDlO43kZs/s200/IMG_0658.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611172636737625330" border="0" /></a><br />So funny story about this picture. So I really liked these flowers but from the path they had a really bad background so I umm.....went onto the employee path to get a better picture. It really was just a little hop over and Ashlee kept watch but it was a little thrilling to do especially when one of the employees almost walked by but then turned at the last minute. So so funny, the best part is that the flowers really aren't anything special.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksjMiYFAY7z_E5Hj8WAP8M9nffTTCMdG2zJVJUbSOk5_P6Tlv8wnbdmSwVevyuUtLbBcC9w1ednc975RteMGEAz8F8urGI953ZSHmlKmk_GQ7MpOsKUKRv-mZTIz-Oq1ixzpwtjFsifY/s1600/IMG_0662.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksjMiYFAY7z_E5Hj8WAP8M9nffTTCMdG2zJVJUbSOk5_P6Tlv8wnbdmSwVevyuUtLbBcC9w1ednc975RteMGEAz8F8urGI953ZSHmlKmk_GQ7MpOsKUKRv-mZTIz-Oq1ixzpwtjFsifY/s200/IMG_0662.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611174557968750962" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-AwutiC3J73dNGFLfE1mHjTZwGJYjWoltXuxaRB0RB0jzLuecJpYhWgC9ajM3ohkx5XWMUOGJr__dGPOXl_WX8MnBBefco_DZtb1TdR44Dnezu5OmaHqdj3ShfFbUMo3q5zv44E4Daw/s1600/IMG_0660.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-AwutiC3J73dNGFLfE1mHjTZwGJYjWoltXuxaRB0RB0jzLuecJpYhWgC9ajM3ohkx5XWMUOGJr__dGPOXl_WX8MnBBefco_DZtb1TdR44Dnezu5OmaHqdj3ShfFbUMo3q5zv44E4Daw/s200/IMG_0660.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611174552028591634" border="0" /></a><br />I really liked these birds of paradise because they actually look like birds to me and usually I don't think they do.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3joDbshZgOyf8nhaFJ1DwZa6XCwXrUWO2IhgYFXan7N8xsp6Bnd8joD3YKbLDEx2B_58wUK4TKCXQzsE5EbR-dYj3fRIhhmReE-f7Ag-XMM8KulxP5qm4xToQw5S8Kqy0aeriwxAnlqY/s1600/IMG_0667.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3joDbshZgOyf8nhaFJ1DwZa6XCwXrUWO2IhgYFXan7N8xsp6Bnd8joD3YKbLDEx2B_58wUK4TKCXQzsE5EbR-dYj3fRIhhmReE-f7Ag-XMM8KulxP5qm4xToQw5S8Kqy0aeriwxAnlqY/s200/IMG_0667.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611174568990624418" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaireoDfJxJI-5Ly3k7ob-hgVlStt7MJuZ19KQ60p9vDKuiS5M3z6gSYzH2fMxdkjmxHnyfH09ytVTbynyNGxY_qw30ztQ2s4x3uiAL1I4U7tkbPW31D9AuGiiPa6_u0fFaQwxxXkrgk/s1600/IMG_0665.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaireoDfJxJI-5Ly3k7ob-hgVlStt7MJuZ19KQ60p9vDKuiS5M3z6gSYzH2fMxdkjmxHnyfH09ytVTbynyNGxY_qw30ztQ2s4x3uiAL1I4U7tkbPW31D9AuGiiPa6_u0fFaQwxxXkrgk/s200/IMG_0665.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611174560934952578" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXhEFEIE5DgQiaDElWe3tVelzDMrwttvnj_UsTXnLkABLfp5d84ZRceZ4QjUHKPDxHSwrHGY6bBVXXbRZ1a-oHT0720jVajGg-8pB4QJO2X4p2XmTEu-CnIrtQpD0x-XcVFsXbhTBJ6M/s1600/IMG_0668.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXhEFEIE5DgQiaDElWe3tVelzDMrwttvnj_UsTXnLkABLfp5d84ZRceZ4QjUHKPDxHSwrHGY6bBVXXbRZ1a-oHT0720jVajGg-8pB4QJO2X4p2XmTEu-CnIrtQpD0x-XcVFsXbhTBJ6M/s200/IMG_0668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611174574973191218" border="0" /></a><br />This was the Japanese inspired part of the gardens. It was really pretty and the racking of the rock garden was cool even though you can barely see it in these pictures.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWF51-jBEnuzuiaM2_eNpxX4J_DlayBLVkY8dTuOGneATGr0M4SwqOzA9UP7JNzainxgc_2E1WvsripuGhM_ICXzFpChff8BQlRJC9BzqXaVEXWc3hMGroOW6gvUo9OB_7D-mbc0EDO0/s1600/IMG_0671.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWF51-jBEnuzuiaM2_eNpxX4J_DlayBLVkY8dTuOGneATGr0M4SwqOzA9UP7JNzainxgc_2E1WvsripuGhM_ICXzFpChff8BQlRJC9BzqXaVEXWc3hMGroOW6gvUo9OB_7D-mbc0EDO0/s200/IMG_0671.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611175654569851538" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIRgREOWLEErEw3zgEXz6eb1e56azo3t_USvGdFtFpTVwjKm2JICpX25axGGIV2AYinTkJoVcrll68ATGQDCeegvgZqJ5-vNRafwUcFzmhb9mBnrQ9xj9dNsbMkqfb0ZteYNtiE4zGbc/s1600/IMG_0670.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIRgREOWLEErEw3zgEXz6eb1e56azo3t_USvGdFtFpTVwjKm2JICpX25axGGIV2AYinTkJoVcrll68ATGQDCeegvgZqJ5-vNRafwUcFzmhb9mBnrQ9xj9dNsbMkqfb0ZteYNtiE4zGbc/s200/IMG_0670.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611175647069701522" border="0" /></a><br />The Japanese gardens is also where we met our friend the peacock. It was just walking around and got really close to us, it was cool.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1NxK06isYjkbkjVVK_6mVOx3w2RtJYqLJtyUJEmMyu8-7BsgYnUjpV18EKIt7Eix7hsk38fMbtsre6pSvpogk1NzxICmaCHkp2dEM2g3lLQTNcQH1BS5KR2M6rr_zAThp3Hb9KSNDr4/s1600/IMG_0675.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1NxK06isYjkbkjVVK_6mVOx3w2RtJYqLJtyUJEmMyu8-7BsgYnUjpV18EKIt7Eix7hsk38fMbtsre6pSvpogk1NzxICmaCHkp2dEM2g3lLQTNcQH1BS5KR2M6rr_zAThp3Hb9KSNDr4/s200/IMG_0675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611175659029153826" border="0" /></a><br />Then it rained. really really really hard! finally we had a proper London rain. It was actually pretty fun to walk around in the rain.<br />side note: while I was packing my bag today I had a prompting to bring my umbrella. Thankfully I followed it because I didn't take a jacket and I would've been miserable.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjd2ylClkg5SsO7PbyxB7Jx6_fg-Q1aqzbAgSA9vsVaWBzRU3uEsuSgYNsdi7nctTJFtOMhYRc5TVdandprGD4GrbFzuKS7pctxsoo-11mEugWSbc-tAI8l1m_MYGrRtqfkc0Zip8oeSw/s1600/IMG_0686.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjd2ylClkg5SsO7PbyxB7Jx6_fg-Q1aqzbAgSA9vsVaWBzRU3uEsuSgYNsdi7nctTJFtOMhYRc5TVdandprGD4GrbFzuKS7pctxsoo-11mEugWSbc-tAI8l1m_MYGrRtqfkc0Zip8oeSw/s200/IMG_0686.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611177811187105666" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GI-wMwsplOBzhyphenhyphen4mj-E7oYQOmBbF0-QD327kkC9gjlprK7_DsdqGTK86wiG00km9ThwaBVYh-mpF16EyEmXLmDVce_7iy-_wBM-QXkWI2SNEZkt4-6Jy-rMY97OIihdSuLkZCQMDaj0/s1600/IMG_0688.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GI-wMwsplOBzhyphenhyphen4mj-E7oYQOmBbF0-QD327kkC9gjlprK7_DsdqGTK86wiG00km9ThwaBVYh-mpF16EyEmXLmDVce_7iy-_wBM-QXkWI2SNEZkt4-6Jy-rMY97OIihdSuLkZCQMDaj0/s200/IMG_0688.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611177800446868722" border="0" /></a><br />So there were Geese ever where and there were a ton of babies, they were really cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiP7krifR7GYqfxyKAqJKSa57oL31JM5J4Qy8SlQwCddL1xM2mzEyGYLN9YhMpALok4tISncxWq5tCkVcTLvGhrbAzwSB9sLZrusQyKJnGYW5cRfbPyi4jcOYdDS2woqTbsB1akjKEgg/s1600/IMG_0690.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiP7krifR7GYqfxyKAqJKSa57oL31JM5J4Qy8SlQwCddL1xM2mzEyGYLN9YhMpALok4tISncxWq5tCkVcTLvGhrbAzwSB9sLZrusQyKJnGYW5cRfbPyi4jcOYdDS2woqTbsB1akjKEgg/s200/IMG_0690.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611175663707883554" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0uRxGEfypvoELt0ISMPU6FIVk6_IxVW1OhL94mOX3F-KExREyPUwSa7dykBCBHQv8316BEPKzJkV8BPWt-sfQDCqb5o6CwuVl9vFCHuIAHTCvSveBC-alBQAdSb_7P0B9MvlDkPpbGU/s1600/IMG_0691.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0uRxGEfypvoELt0ISMPU6FIVk6_IxVW1OhL94mOX3F-KExREyPUwSa7dykBCBHQv8316BEPKzJkV8BPWt-sfQDCqb5o6CwuVl9vFCHuIAHTCvSveBC-alBQAdSb_7P0B9MvlDkPpbGU/s200/IMG_0691.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611175673288150066" border="0" /></a><br />So this tree was really cool. I loved the flowers on it and it was covered in them. They were really unique and they smelled really good.<br />Walking through the gardens was really enlightening to me. It was the first time I really understood how an artist or fashion designer or architect could draw inspiration from nature. Like I always understood the concept before but for the first time I really saw these flowers as inspiration not just as pretty flowers. Too bad I'm not an artist.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42IpGfyeFpbv_GRwW2Ep5mKA98_X5eej_zyWkcXDv2xpB6ryE6VLv24FXb2X7WyK9gr7OZV7ysp5o78hRytojPbkdj_nrZ66X2FF1l3oks4EWCL7iXNUNQTeeRKfzifVXo3mujX2qKCI/s1600/IMG_0689.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42IpGfyeFpbv_GRwW2Ep5mKA98_X5eej_zyWkcXDv2xpB6ryE6VLv24FXb2X7WyK9gr7OZV7ysp5o78hRytojPbkdj_nrZ66X2FF1l3oks4EWCL7iXNUNQTeeRKfzifVXo3mujX2qKCI/s200/IMG_0689.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611177790649708770" border="0" /></a><br />That was the gardens.<br /><br />After that we came home, I made a huge lunch and just enjoyed the thunder storm. The thunder was really loud and the lightning lit up the room, it was great.<br /><br />Tonight we went to see a show called Silence. It was contemporary theater and I don't really know how I felt about it. I'm not going to form any opinions of it until I think about it a little more but for sure it was not what I'm use to. I will talk about it more after we discuss it in class.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBkJJgoWhrgohwv1_xVI8eTYxHEiqEmgNEfYZVpel83m70zvnq2PyL1mEpuX9Ee94Mw98LHKy61E8uEGjJY5onuZsqZhxCN2Lf72UrPVmzfy9Q2wbcT95Mi_tFORGzrAvyUxXUWSajrY/s1600/IMG_2846.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBkJJgoWhrgohwv1_xVI8eTYxHEiqEmgNEfYZVpel83m70zvnq2PyL1mEpuX9Ee94Mw98LHKy61E8uEGjJY5onuZsqZhxCN2Lf72UrPVmzfy9Q2wbcT95Mi_tFORGzrAvyUxXUWSajrY/s200/IMG_2846.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611177819869502082" border="0" /></a><br />So on the way home from the show Ellie had this huge water bottle that she was about 2/3 done with. I told her that if she would chug the rest of it I would give her a candy bar. So despite me almost getting her to spit because we were making her laugh she finished it. It was really funny because she was walking and chugging it, I guess you kinda had to be there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmeXhycLxqs9WMG-xnVXN_o-nLcARuZPKgN9VKhWP4bs8ByMPaCGgaAi1vOHuBWV3fOe5qJX08F4XOL4Nj1MMdMgSujv6w7ug1Niv4qFlGODjcHvLQr4irjAY0iOWYIwxHLa39p6AcDc/s1600/IMG_2847.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmeXhycLxqs9WMG-xnVXN_o-nLcARuZPKgN9VKhWP4bs8ByMPaCGgaAi1vOHuBWV3fOe5qJX08F4XOL4Nj1MMdMgSujv6w7ug1Niv4qFlGODjcHvLQr4irjAY0iOWYIwxHLa39p6AcDc/s200/IMG_2847.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611177829111972194" border="0" /></a><br />She also ran to catch the bus to go only one stop further down the street, that made me laugh.<br />Overall it was a good day and I was happy to have some real London Rain.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-19371739898614964812011-05-25T10:09:00.000-07:002011-05-26T16:07:48.630-07:00Wacky WednesdaySo Wednesday was great. I know I say that about every day but it really was. In the morning we went to class which was really good. It was probably my favorite class so far. It started by us talking about the play silence that we are going to see. A group performed a scene based on the play where they each started talking kind of in a round but saying different things so each one was just adding to the noise. Then as a group we discussed what silence is or means. It was interesting to hear people's definitions because a lot of people felt that silence can be more than just when there is no sound. I personally don't really agree, I think silence describes exactly that, no noise but it was a very interesting conversation. After that we had some scenes from Macbeth performed. Phil, our teacher, just picked people to improve them and it was so funny. Katie Jarvis, who I went to preschool with, was the best witch I have ever seen, she was so funny. Anyways it was just really entertaining.<br />After class we went to Camden Market. It was really empty which was great for us. Especially because I'm not a huge fan of crowds and that meant that the sellers were more willing to make deals with you. So the Market is full of very British fashion which was very cool except the fashion in Britain right now is these dresses that aren't long enough to be dresses but not short enough to be shirts. So I was jealous of the other Ellie because she found some really cute things and because she is short they totally were long enough on her. On our way out of the market we found this man selling prints of different scenes of the city. They were really good and really cheap so we all got some. I am really excited about them and I think they are a great souvenirs, better than a I "heart" London shirt.<br />So we decided that Camden was a fun experience but we could get cheaper stuff at Primark so we went there and it was really fun because well went shopping is our different directions but all ended up in the dressing room at the same time so it was fun to try things on and show each other. I got a skirt, a top and my first pair of British shoes. I'm shocked myself that I've gone this long without buying shoes. :) Mom is going to laugh when she sees them because they are very much like the shoes I use to wear when I was little. I wore them till basically there was nothing left of them. So I was excited when I saw these because they are like the big girl version. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzB1Sgx7O0YoaQT3saVDHHuDPSnKrh9IayhXcfnnmz0q_7ewI_84w-T1qlyW8lHg0zOG3itzfjN1pWELJ1hBXTQMhGhWI80K9GOIC72pT3Z7FLIVvpANTUml6iDjVcNQFPDJyz33DL8s/s1600/IMG_2768.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzB1Sgx7O0YoaQT3saVDHHuDPSnKrh9IayhXcfnnmz0q_7ewI_84w-T1qlyW8lHg0zOG3itzfjN1pWELJ1hBXTQMhGhWI80K9GOIC72pT3Z7FLIVvpANTUml6iDjVcNQFPDJyz33DL8s/s200/IMG_2768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611164940808552898" border="0" /></a><br />After Primark we grabbed some Pasties, where are kind of like a mix between a calzone and a meat pie. They were really good, and we ate them on the tube on the way to our show.<br />The show we saw was One Man Two Governors, which is an adaptation of Servant of Two Masters but it's set in Briton England in the 1960, and it was great!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMZcjxXulGlePCrHi1tVzsBbti493Dv2UwM9CQlYqbqdzMmNQ9qnjGAZrMC7-mY-D9N0Ir6Zo7GSyTaB15Cu2huT8oQprr-I-RHrIggKEOVVqbfgOL_iP1990EJhS7S9llQMNNLuodzo/s1600/IMG_2773.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMZcjxXulGlePCrHi1tVzsBbti493Dv2UwM9CQlYqbqdzMmNQ9qnjGAZrMC7-mY-D9N0Ir6Zo7GSyTaB15Cu2huT8oQprr-I-RHrIggKEOVVqbfgOL_iP1990EJhS7S9llQMNNLuodzo/s200/IMG_2773.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611164859586745218" border="0" /></a><br /> So there is a band that played as you walked in, during intermission and between scene changes and they were exactly like the Wonders from That Thing you Do. If you don't know what I'm talking about go repent and then watch that movie! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbZjNO_s6ywc65JzaDaJMTsSw-wzMVk8QU4hKCMH114Y_dKl5l2zuhKmsd5gOxOLUDzzxUAski6wIPSxb6ULMu9xjBVPeQXB3waM4M4OgNXWRhYCQpOPWkf02W0KBjPnisETUSV61cNI/s1600/IMG_0606.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbZjNO_s6ywc65JzaDaJMTsSw-wzMVk8QU4hKCMH114Y_dKl5l2zuhKmsd5gOxOLUDzzxUAski6wIPSxb6ULMu9xjBVPeQXB3waM4M4OgNXWRhYCQpOPWkf02W0KBjPnisETUSV61cNI/s200/IMG_0606.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611164832707149154" border="0" /></a><br /> So the main character in the show was so so funny. At one point I was crying I was laughing so hard. I was really surprised that I liked it so much because it was very British humor. And a lot of stupid humor but I found myself loving it. One of my favorite parts is that they used audience participation and the second time they did it was this young woman who he was totally messing with. At one point he shoved her under a table to hide her. Then they thought she was on fire so they poured water on her and covered her in fire extinguisher foam. So obviously she was an actress but it was totally realistic because before her they used these two guys who for sure were not. It was just so shocking and funny. My other favorite part was that our group had a dance party to the band playing during intermission. So I've totally had a dance party in the London National Theater! have you?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihddX6t05lFhGFdMoTlKpUc4QaMUQbG5OgPcQneN1QcgIy5gIX8hi82LtxZ-l7fZxZEjlqB8s7gOwhgk8KzZLKlivxujR_PXyIkRwA85gyC-gCkwW5SPTDmi1D82GIIRPRUqYhyphenhyphenuwqHh0/s1600/IMG_2774.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihddX6t05lFhGFdMoTlKpUc4QaMUQbG5OgPcQneN1QcgIy5gIX8hi82LtxZ-l7fZxZEjlqB8s7gOwhgk8KzZLKlivxujR_PXyIkRwA85gyC-gCkwW5SPTDmi1D82GIIRPRUqYhyphenhyphenuwqHh0/s200/IMG_2774.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611164847366600722" border="0" /></a><br />It really was a great show, really light and fun, I loved it and it was the perfect wacky ending for a Wednesday.<br />side note: So Cali really likes to sit next to me on trains because my shoulder is the right height to lean on to sleep and I love when she does because her head on my should is the perfect height to rest my head! :) Ellie thought it would be a good picture but neither one of us was really asleep so we just kept laughing when she tried to take it. Eventually she got a serious one.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1puFgrOESU5c0rsvXRzvwMRMfJMZbC_EUpR6bZgOUzDr0fAD5Auw52iv_t-PkBbbF6_fhb6h1lDSjWVJ4KL7GAE-0cqhGZf_rDL0SgVl5yHiaE3ooEXK8U1ONtR_gCGNPjPNiD5EiPg/s1600/IMG_2775.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1puFgrOESU5c0rsvXRzvwMRMfJMZbC_EUpR6bZgOUzDr0fAD5Auw52iv_t-PkBbbF6_fhb6h1lDSjWVJ4KL7GAE-0cqhGZf_rDL0SgVl5yHiaE3ooEXK8U1ONtR_gCGNPjPNiD5EiPg/s200/IMG_2775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611164842560266098" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2fu1jdvea8gME672EwREx8PcjOW7DyQwn_lHeX06VEAO-awNOaLzqDMaVBeit4N7ykRaqymZYI_h3I92QStJKNjzrZmvzxhVGfO4RrMBiSWgRJpw6Sr436vdqh3sGpmZKh4WUcpAYYg/s1600/IMG_2777.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2fu1jdvea8gME672EwREx8PcjOW7DyQwn_lHeX06VEAO-awNOaLzqDMaVBeit4N7ykRaqymZYI_h3I92QStJKNjzrZmvzxhVGfO4RrMBiSWgRJpw6Sr436vdqh3sGpmZKh4WUcpAYYg/s200/IMG_2777.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611164844503773106" border="0" /></a>ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-23978495428251121722011-05-24T09:33:00.000-07:002011-05-26T09:59:37.482-07:00Much laughing at Much AdoSo Tuesday was a great day. I slept in, well as well as you can when you have 3 roommates but it was really nice. I realized that I hadn't slept past 8:30am any day I've been here so I figured since we didn't have anything until the afternoon to take advantage of it. <div>At 2pm we saw a performance at the Globe of Much Ado About Nothing. First let me say that if you haven't read or seen this Shakespeare play that you really should, it's the greatest. Secondly, if you are going to see a show at the Globe, go to a afternoon performance, it was really great to get the affect of the natural lighting. As for the performance it's self, it was absolutely amazing. I really loved the actors who played Beatrice and Benedict. Especially Benedict, he totally stole the show. His character is funny in the first place but the actor went so far beyond that I was doubled over laughing. Another interesting thing was that the actor who played the father, (I forget his name) was Geoffry from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. So it was cool to see him and it was funny to hear him because he sounded exactly like he does on the show so it was a little distracting. The play as a whole was great and I left just leaving happy which is always good. The musicians also played pretty cool instruments which is what I got a picture of because that was before they told us not to take pictures. :) </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4x0f8fAzi6WlD_l5272ZP3rn0H-e62wsJ3LeSBovLFJgCnq35QDvjnqOyW36pyFM5GGsesK6n38A4WxSM4y4xBgNSUoqNwKyejtHrZ7wPGugGFjAudB8wzaO7Qpzi05K2p4KSajDqBw/s1600/IMG_0604.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4x0f8fAzi6WlD_l5272ZP3rn0H-e62wsJ3LeSBovLFJgCnq35QDvjnqOyW36pyFM5GGsesK6n38A4WxSM4y4xBgNSUoqNwKyejtHrZ7wPGugGFjAudB8wzaO7Qpzi05K2p4KSajDqBw/s200/IMG_0604.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611070115763848914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div>After the play we decided to go to dinner at this little Italian place near our house that is famous because Princess Dianna use to go there.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpgozJ8shCjk4Jqw7CMxbxvcrlWtH9YVsDXfJj7jRyax1PxUj2-9OAlmuvTSfZUehr14-iaPyeFJoE5pH_k6TnFQCRX0molCLrNAnZdyW1bPyecMLU47EotTtIO9RJgYaqd7oXtPV-pU/s1600/IMG_2749.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpgozJ8shCjk4Jqw7CMxbxvcrlWtH9YVsDXfJj7jRyax1PxUj2-9OAlmuvTSfZUehr14-iaPyeFJoE5pH_k6TnFQCRX0molCLrNAnZdyW1bPyecMLU47EotTtIO9RJgYaqd7oXtPV-pU/s200/IMG_2749.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611070124009634466" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></div><div> When we first walked in it looked really tiny and I was worried that our group of 9 would have no way of getting a table. But when we walked in the waitress took us downstairs and sat us at the cutest table I have ever seen. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5YG5wUKYnbp26xnjIHWqOkEBQWFAfRmTaG3Z_MHAjAqO9lDM2oIEM7V-jbzNEOTDnmnFdb_pgJX4SesJ2pAKm1g84p2TkTzd3Fm7wKZpQNvZuRl7-M05PZvuocF3uz9pfDAXSv_k0g8/s1600/IMG_2751.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5YG5wUKYnbp26xnjIHWqOkEBQWFAfRmTaG3Z_MHAjAqO9lDM2oIEM7V-jbzNEOTDnmnFdb_pgJX4SesJ2pAKm1g84p2TkTzd3Fm7wKZpQNvZuRl7-M05PZvuocF3uz9pfDAXSv_k0g8/s200/IMG_2751.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611070129726055266" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></div><div>So the food was a little on the expensive side but we figured we would treat ourselves and Amber and I shared a Pizza so it wasn't that bad. The prices weren't great but the food was. It was so yummy. Amber and I got a chicken pizza and it was like real authentic Italian pizza. What more can I say, it was really really good.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaisxtEZETDj9GTxXk1NV6DRHWlSsY_Xn-dmYz_8IavqKzvnpzj5xdIy_jczOdtQTvT_fNWvzpuoICM3TcJcT4UfkfFW_PBpLtXlipS_rzDOR8zHh-B7o-f5bp4v35ByMLf11UbzvlsZo/s1600/IMG_2754.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaisxtEZETDj9GTxXk1NV6DRHWlSsY_Xn-dmYz_8IavqKzvnpzj5xdIy_jczOdtQTvT_fNWvzpuoICM3TcJcT4UfkfFW_PBpLtXlipS_rzDOR8zHh-B7o-f5bp4v35ByMLf11UbzvlsZo/s200/IMG_2754.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611070134604376226" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div> It was also really fun to be at dinner with such a big group. usually when we go out it's just 3 or 4 people together so all the conversations that go on at a table of 9 was really fun to listen to especially because I was sitting in the middle of the table so I could listen to all of them at the same time. </div><div><br /></div><div>After dinner Ashley and I watched the season finale of Make it or Break it. So if you don't know what that is count yourself lucky. Its a terrible teenage ABC drama about gymnastics. It's really stupid but I love it, I'm hooked and I cant help it. It's really fun, especially because Ashley loves it as much as I do. So it would not be my number one show to spend my time watching here in London but it's the only one I can find on YouTube! :) it was fun because we sat on the couch, ate ice cream and acted like total girls! And that was my day. </div><div><br /></div>ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-53727530981154128352011-05-23T18:04:00.000-07:002011-05-24T14:18:51.581-07:00Blog Mad MondaySo honestly I really feel like I've been blogging all day to catch up on my Spain trip! but I promise I have done other things too. So this was my day.<br />In the morning we went to class where we did a really fun activity where we all made up our own Lazzi scenes which are little comical scenes. It was fun because every group did really different things and I was totally laughing so hard. Especially when Addison was Cali's arms. It was just so funny.<br />After that it was my groups turn to do our scene of Servant of two Masters. I don't think it went awesome but I don't think our teacher really cares as long as we did it so I guess it was good enough.<br />After class we went to the grocery store because none of us had food. We all purposely ran out before our travel week. So I dont know about anyone else but when I come home and fill my shelf and cupboard with food I feel strangely accomplished. After that I spent the majority of my day blogging, writing emails and just talking to people. It was a relaxing day and I really needed it considering I was still getting over our travel week.<br />I got to talk to Ashely for a while which was really fun. I love that I feel comfortable just talking to anyone and everyone in this group. I really am amazed at how well we have all gotten along.<br />So after killing myself trying to get my blog caught up Ellie Cali and I went and got Crepes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EHsYwYwhJqEgxoqD0EUgvlAr7Igplxl9od3JgRbzH-opNZO98y_qgZbWIp4Ie6mY20LPd7OtAB5pKc0u5twQkRwaWjXG9-u3d3VOm6ADx90lDm2hEIl-Z0NrsVMS3xQ1SQzeu_C9FiY/s1600/IMG_2739.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EHsYwYwhJqEgxoqD0EUgvlAr7Igplxl9od3JgRbzH-opNZO98y_qgZbWIp4Ie6mY20LPd7OtAB5pKc0u5twQkRwaWjXG9-u3d3VOm6ADx90lDm2hEIl-Z0NrsVMS3xQ1SQzeu_C9FiY/s200/IMG_2739.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610394140498828850" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPB2Ad0wAIRuF3DsOx_sb1mSFWhexXEUlYYNShDNNijH651BjqXQYPSI6fI6m1awR9xt5-QLQ7h1Ipy4oi3kycuLaaxmdMhl8VJD5kPuGcTJcxCCibHMjF7yJEG84KkcGhLaEvNiboHeg/s1600/IMG_2738.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPB2Ad0wAIRuF3DsOx_sb1mSFWhexXEUlYYNShDNNijH651BjqXQYPSI6fI6m1awR9xt5-QLQ7h1Ipy4oi3kycuLaaxmdMhl8VJD5kPuGcTJcxCCibHMjF7yJEG84KkcGhLaEvNiboHeg/s200/IMG_2738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610394144720545506" border="0" /></a><br /> they were really good and it was fun to be with those girls again after being away from them all week.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmoiogbTzJaUEI7ePvXG9Yb3w3EuqjyYmXGs0HdYGuVxjCV6nl9Ifb6AaBzGhD96AcBMt23Xnpbe0-DADzoy70F8x2P0opmnnnDqpxBu-sMhkrdYOPBd4ql4m-lkGXnUR3Gjxe246yuc/s1600/IMG_2740.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmoiogbTzJaUEI7ePvXG9Yb3w3EuqjyYmXGs0HdYGuVxjCV6nl9Ifb6AaBzGhD96AcBMt23Xnpbe0-DADzoy70F8x2P0opmnnnDqpxBu-sMhkrdYOPBd4ql4m-lkGXnUR3Gjxe246yuc/s200/IMG_2740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610394148347678002" border="0" /></a><br />Cali made a mess! :)<br /> Then we came home and I got to skype my sister which was so fun. I think there is something to be said for the sister bond because even when we haven't talked in a while we can talk as if it was yesterday.<br />Speaking of which, Emily asked what I did to my finger, why it was always tapped up in the pictures, well I broke it playing Rugby! not a big deal :)<br />So Monday was nothing special but I needed it.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-16429581527416474232011-05-22T17:52:00.000-07:002011-05-23T18:04:31.317-07:00Sleepy SundaySo I hate to admit it but I was so asleep through this whole Sunday. I went to church and it was good. They had a whole family speak in Sacrament meeting and that was interesting but I really had to do everything in my power to keep myself awake. After church I took a much needed nap and caught up on some of the stuff I had missed during the week.<br />Our fireside this Sunday was everyone talking about their experiences on their trips. So it was cool to hear what everyone did but it got kind of ridiculous because some groups literally told us EVERYTHING! and it really was just way too long. So Camille was our spokesman but she did a really good job at keeping it really short. After the fireside we all had corners which is this yogurt treat that I'm totally addicted to now which it kind of okay because they are probably better for me than the chocolate that is my usual staple and they are really cheap.<br />So I'm kind of cheating on my picture today because nothing was really picture worthy but since we shared pictures during the fireside I figured I could share another one from my trip.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34SAMLa5aFkkfnv1kk-bbe-ZRo0pa_QP0dSVwVSBXsC5QbmwWJyNX3nGjA0zilowNQSCXfEHC3oT-kgEFetUXPOCAw1-klcvhKqjGI0dFcGEVcjI8yVNbVhnHHOFuaubIohW5xUGwzLU/s1600/IMG_0542.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34SAMLa5aFkkfnv1kk-bbe-ZRo0pa_QP0dSVwVSBXsC5QbmwWJyNX3nGjA0zilowNQSCXfEHC3oT-kgEFetUXPOCAw1-klcvhKqjGI0dFcGEVcjI8yVNbVhnHHOFuaubIohW5xUGwzLU/s200/IMG_0542.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610081543879600226" border="0" /></a><br />This is me by one of the 3 crosses. It really was the most beautiful view of the city.<br />After the fireside I basically just went to bed. Like I said before, I was really tired. I wasn't tired the whole time in Spain and the girls I was with thought I was cray for it, among other reasons but I totally crashed when I got home.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXnwXCzvTGwLLOi1YvZDnW3k6SdlPZTREkQMdoK6WKgsNGjotx743BC4e1-2a_EPfxCRFIVtJP64cLyz8X1GqiZXk_UNVho4zeaR6yH_CB6Nq-xbFguM2UfBS0mhEnyx7zSNuR-zVTHI/s1600/IMG_0573.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXnwXCzvTGwLLOi1YvZDnW3k6SdlPZTREkQMdoK6WKgsNGjotx743BC4e1-2a_EPfxCRFIVtJP64cLyz8X1GqiZXk_UNVho4zeaR6yH_CB6Nq-xbFguM2UfBS0mhEnyx7zSNuR-zVTHI/s200/IMG_0573.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610081537227734530" border="0" /></a><br />the bottom of this is a quote by Gaudi that I really like.<br />So not too exciting but that was my Sunday.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487307095950910643.post-76836306296646463602011-05-21T17:41:00.000-07:002011-05-23T17:51:45.574-07:00Home again, or London again!So after the past few days were I have had a ton to write about it's nice that my next few days were pretty simple.<br />In the morning we got up and ready to go home to London. On our way we stopped at our favorite panaderia one more time and basically bought the place out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8CBbtPU80bg_mbA6mBlbbe0k6Q8ruiHT4-k0vwU-RE3XkGeKPWJbZ0JV3k3EybYCWYQdkmK7SkdF-ThG216b2uEdQShTfD7-ZTAVpHy48apzSmrZluw_qmbQ8_rkaCcRhMuTb37eyPM/s1600/DSC03677.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8CBbtPU80bg_mbA6mBlbbe0k6Q8ruiHT4-k0vwU-RE3XkGeKPWJbZ0JV3k3EybYCWYQdkmK7SkdF-ThG216b2uEdQShTfD7-ZTAVpHy48apzSmrZluw_qmbQ8_rkaCcRhMuTb37eyPM/s200/DSC03677.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610078405097584514" border="0" /></a><br />We spent the rest of our Euros there and it was great. I'm pretty sure that old lady loved us by this time.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfN-CHpO5SYxzZfrR8vU-tyWR98ALVDoK3f7BNNl8LjS1e2qvEe6fFLv7EoZwWMiDxybp4sQ83wmL61AivIUAzuI38awVkrKZWK2iafF5V5hzFGALzldB8p_CNCHY3jkAfv86nil7DrM/s1600/IMG_0521.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfN-CHpO5SYxzZfrR8vU-tyWR98ALVDoK3f7BNNl8LjS1e2qvEe6fFLv7EoZwWMiDxybp4sQ83wmL61AivIUAzuI38awVkrKZWK2iafF5V5hzFGALzldB8p_CNCHY3jkAfv86nil7DrM/s200/IMG_0521.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610078423430159170" border="0" /></a><br />SO then we went to the airport and finished off our spoils then got on the plane and flew back to Madrid.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjKg3e1s34OTruwmxPxdoqbHgtGC-gWv-6gwtQh2cC1gY3E2qPu9pTKv-rVybGp4MZ0snxvG__U6QOVQtIDx46hGgslpf-F0um7jleZuwLVwB92z_H79ANlp82Xq0sl6bfcOcn9-Un2k/s1600/DSC03680.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjKg3e1s34OTruwmxPxdoqbHgtGC-gWv-6gwtQh2cC1gY3E2qPu9pTKv-rVybGp4MZ0snxvG__U6QOVQtIDx46hGgslpf-F0um7jleZuwLVwB92z_H79ANlp82Xq0sl6bfcOcn9-Un2k/s200/DSC03680.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610078416760506770" border="0" /></a><br />Then in Madrid we had a few hours in the airport but it really wasn't bed because we just talked the whole time and honestly it was pretty fun. I know I've said this before but I really loved the group I went with, we really got along well. We also had really gross airport food. Then we got on the plane and flew back to London. The girls who stayed in Madrid were on our flight too so that was pretty fun to see them. Then we got on the train and got home. It was an interesting feeling because it really felt like we were coming home even though this really isn't our home but I guess it is for now. It was really fun t see at the people I hadn't seen all week and swap some stories but I basically just went to bed because the next day was back to leaving at 7:30 for church and I was really tired.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sCD6Rk2aapqy-gl7YPCuwy2KpQvNdmhC93gXgLLJdHBRiwMSYRBEBJxkdhXHFg7ZBwlN1geuQVxB-x1Rc_rWyzJf5_Rwf8WhhEjyfjIJjhBOmJYcXO1XRObUcBCD5SbSUdAJFK7QCNE/s1600/DSC03682.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sCD6Rk2aapqy-gl7YPCuwy2KpQvNdmhC93gXgLLJdHBRiwMSYRBEBJxkdhXHFg7ZBwlN1geuQVxB-x1Rc_rWyzJf5_Rwf8WhhEjyfjIJjhBOmJYcXO1XRObUcBCD5SbSUdAJFK7QCNE/s200/DSC03682.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610078419610713058" border="0" /></a><br />Camille was making fun of my sunburn because I basically had a sunburned uni-brow. It was pretty funny.ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363828667385296125noreply@blogger.com0