Lots to talk about today since we've been going full throttle since I last wrote. Our days have been pretty full of activities...Thursday morning a bunch of us got up early early and got the Tube to Leicester Square to the half price theatre ticket booth. There was already a line up but we got there early enough that we were far up. We decided on three choices and we ended up getting tickets to the Little Shop of Horrors which is a musical about a huge plant from space that eats people (seriously...and it's seriously not as dumb as it sounds...the song from the movie version was nominated for an academy award). After that the other (hungover) ones of the group went back to school and Jessalyn, Katelyn and I went walking.
We walked to Chinatown, where there honestly wasn't much to see, so we quickly left and got back on the Tube to Oxford St and did some shopping (I know I know like I need to do more of that *rolls eyes*).Then we decided to hop on a double decker bus to Green Park and Buckingham Palace. Those buses are the best way to see London...you sit on the top and you can see really far...sooo cool. Also the weather was GORGEOUS. It was hot and sunny all day.
Walking through Green Park was lovely.....it was all sunny and green and the lawn was covered in ppl in striped long chairs sunbathing and napping and such. We just missed the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham but there was still tons of people there so we didn't stay long. Just got a few pics and left. We headed back to the Tube and went back to Bakers Street and stopped at the Sherlock Holmes museum on the way home. It's just this little house and shop and apparently in the books, Sherlock lives at 221B Baker Street but that address doesn't exist so they just stuck it on a building and now that's the museum haha. I thought that was funny....honestly the museum kinda sucked (there wasn't much to see, no guides or any kind of info) but it was kinda fun to get our picture taken in front wearing Sherlock and Watson-esque hats ;)
We headed back to school for a couple hours then went back out around 4:30 to get some supper before the play. We ended up at this restaurant called Garfunkel's...it was really good food actually...then we headed to the play. It was soooo funny! The whole concept is so wierd but it's hilarious and the music and singing are great. I'm going to rent the movie when I get home and make the gals watch it (beware lol). We ended up at a pub near school called the Volunteer afterwards and it was really nice...we were all sitting outside and chatting. I had this really nice British beer. The rest of the night sucked though cause we wanted to go clubbing but a few ppl went back to school to change and they never came back so an adventure ensued that included waiting for them for EVER to come back, going in cabs in two groups, me ending up in the 2nd group with this guy leading us that I didn't even know, losing the other group altogether, picking up the gals at school and waiting another 20 mins, getting to the club (finally) and not actually being able to get in, going to a crappier place around the corner which was so crowded I couldn't even move or breath, our "guide" buying drinks for two in the group and himself but not me and Zach (did you get all that?).
Needless to say I wasn't in much of a mood to be out by then and Zach and I were both tired so we just left. It took another hour to get home cause we couldn't figure the buses out and finally ended up hailing a cab. It was a very frustrating experience cause I hadn't been out clubbing yet and was really interested in going and it got screwed up. But oh well, I didn't spend alot of extra money and we have LOTS of time to see things later.
Slept in (of course) this morning and then Jessalyn, Katelyn and I walked to the Zoo at the other end of the park. The park is huge though so it took a while to get there but it was definitely worth it. We walked through Queen Mary's gardens, rose gardens, etc. There is all kinds of little ice cream/coffee stands in the park and there was a wedding party taking photos on our way back. So beautiful! The Zoo is great too, it's really big and no major animals but all the pens are large for them and it's well taken care of. It's also got a great foundation on conservation and protecting endangered animals. They have a whole foundation surrounding the Zoo that supports and initiates things to help these issues.
We were gone prob 4 hours by the time we walked there and through it and back. We are soooo tired now and I need to get homework done so I'm just staying in doing that tonight and going to be early. We're taking a tour outside the city and have to leave before 7am (ugh...) so I'll be in bed early.Anyway it's almost a week since I arrived already! I can't believe it..before I know it I'll be back home :( I miss you all and home but I mean come on, home just doesn't measure up.
More later....
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