today was class day again! we have class mondays and thursdays, for two and a half hours all together. some people really dread the class time but to be honest i think it is really interesting and i kind of look forward to it. these are seriously some of the more interesting classes i have taken and it's really cool to be on such a personal level with the professors as opposed to being in a huge class with like 300 kids. it is so cool to be here and be taking these courses.
so at twelve we are done with class and are let out to go get lunch, the only meal the center doesn't provide. my friend lauren has been wanting to try some traditional food at the pub so today we finally went and did it! it was pretty legit.. they had all the fish and chips and pies and all that stuff that makes you think of england. we got this plate thing to share, which gives you a sampling of a bunch of different things. we had a steak and ale pie, a steak and kidney pie, yorkshire pudding (this is definitely not what you think when you think of pudding), and some sausages. it was really filling! we didn't eat all of it haha. i think the pies were my favorite! but in all honesty it was kind of just a big hot meaty mess and i probably wouldn't get it again unless it starts snowing outside or something... and trust me that isn't happening anytime soon. it is a freaking hot mess over here. i die in humidity. i feel disgusting. yuck.
you can't tell what's going on here but this is the side of a royal mail van! i mailed my first postcard today! if you want one please leave your address and i'd be happy to send you one! :)
after our little outing we had another lecture with tim slover from the U. this time he talked for about an hour and a half regarding the life and times of shakespeare. let me just say... this guy has a gift. he is so interesting to listen to. not only is he interesting, you actually learn something from him. what a concept right?! like i said a couple days ago.. i literally feel like he is giving us all deep dark secrets key to understanding theatre and the arts. he leaves after this week and that will be sad. but i definitely enjoyed having him around to help us learn!
so we got done with that at around 2:30, then had some free time before our nightly devotional and dinner. so i decided to go to oxford street! my mom had recommended it as a good shopping street so of course i was so there. once i got off the tube and was above ground... can i just say overwhelming? holy crap. there is four huge streets that have shops on shops on shops on shops! and they are all GINORMOUS! like those huge forever 21's they have that kind of just make you sick to your stomach because they are so freakin big. i thought i was gonna have time to go in all these different places but i just went into top shop, which was right outside the stop, and i was in there forever! anine told me to go in there and i loved it! that place is like a black hole though, cause you wanna look at everything. i kind of felt like i was in a department store. they even have frozen yogurt and a cupcake shop in the back.. that's how big it is! like i said it really reminds of forever 21 except a little bit nicer.. and cuter in my opinion but that might be just because i'm in London. haha. but i got two pairs of colored skinny jeans (mint and powder blue) and a pair of shoes! little leather t-straps that are super cute. so it was a success. i will probably go back to oxford cause i didn't even scratch the surface, but if anyone knows of any cute streets with boutiques please let me know cause that's what i really like!
i had to get back to the centre for dinner and our devotional! so it was back on the tube. which was gross. it gets super warm down there which doesn't make a lot of sense but it is just sticky and packed and not fun at all. for dinner here we had this really weird dish. i wish i took a picture... basically it was like a shrimp salad served in an avocado. it was okay.. probably not something i would make again. i know a lot of people went out to dinner afterwards so yeah, not the most popular dish we've had.
after that it was off to the thing i have been looking forward to for a while! me and the girl i share a bunk with (chelsie from gilbert, az) went and saw the lion the witch and the wardrobe in kensington gardens! it's in a theatre i've actually been in before and it is really neat. it's a 360 theatre so the stage is actually like a circle in the middle. along with that it's in a tent, which also acts as a screen. so instead of scenery they have a lot of images projected up on the ceiling/walls and it's really cool. all in all it was really neat! i think i liked the peter pan that i saw here a couple years ago a little better but i think i am biased because peter pan is like my favorite story ever. one thing that was really cool was the puppetry they used to portray aslan, the trees, and some of the animals. a lot of it was really similar to how lion king is done if you have ever seen that.
the tent where the play is!
there is also a little dining tent! this was a cute little station where you could fill up a bag with some gummy candies. i thought the floating lampshades were cute
we tried turkish delight! the candy the white witch gives to edmund. it's freaking nasty don't eat it.
the program
it was cool to come back tonight and here everyone talk about all the different things they did in their spare time. some people went to wicked, others went to a screening of frankenstein.. it's just interesting to see everyone's quirky interests.
collage of the day!
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