Chicago!

Last night Kim and I went to see the Chicago musical!

It was amazing!!!

I would definitely see it again as well. The costumes were interesting. They all wore the same thing the whole show pretty much. Basically, I would say it was pretty simple compared to other plays but DAAANNNGGGG, was it good!
Before the play we had reservations at a place called Fire & Stone. They specialized in pizza. The one we chose to split had pumpkin seeds, two cheeses, some pepper (i think) and SqUaSh!!!
It was very delicious!

The day before our class travelled to Windsor Castle. Supposedly the Queen lives there in the summer. If I was her, I would not want it to be a museum. Why don't people live in all these castles I've gone to visit! I would have no problem living so elegantly. Oh, and inside the castle was Queen Victoria's doll house and dolls. The house was huge, I really don't think she played with it though because it was taller than me! And her doll had Cartier jewelry. GET SERIOUS!
The castle was pretty but they are all pretty much the same. You see one, you see them all I feel.

BUT, tonight Lauren and I are traveling to Cambridge for a concert. Its a band she loves but I don't know too much about. It should be fun though. Then again, tomorrow night we are going to a concert for a band she really likes. It was only 5 pounds because its a small band from the states I guess.


I can't get over how much little of time I have left over here. Right when it starts to get nicer out (weather wise) I gotta go!
That is so not fair.

LOLZ

Today I ventured to Convent Garden. I wasn't really expecting much but it was awesome!
I loved it there.
My original intent was just to go to paperchase to get a planner. Due to the Piccadilly line running severely slow, I had to walk from Holborn. It was such a nice day so the walk wasn't bad. When I arrived at Convernt Garden it was so different than what I expected. There was a market, restaurants, and shops. I stumbled on a store that had cute dresses at a huge discount. So... I got one :). I finally found paperchase, walked around the square. There were so many street entertainers like a soccer guy that had excellent handling skills, a tree person that squeaked?, and my favorite, a guy sitting on a chair with a top hat and glasses, but had no face (it was under his suit coat. That was pretty fun. There were also people playing guitars and singing so I decided to grab a lunch at M&S and eat on the square along with many other people. THEN, this lady ended up standing behind me. She was literally crazy I think. She ended up dancing to the guy singing.... so I decided to take a video of her because seriously, she was weird. And she yelled/talked to herself about people walking "in her space" and got mad because someone lit up a cigarette by her and she said "I don't want to get cancer again! Kill yourself if you want to!"
You have to watch it, I didn't get the best of her dancing though but you'll get the idea.

i can see again!

To catch everyone up....
my eye acted up. Of course... on Friday the 13th. What terrible luck.
It was interesting to see their health system. The doctor I went to was a private doctor which was a lot better than the public heath system (I am told and would probably agree with). He was a nice doctor. I got treated well and fast. One problem was having to deal with the public transportation to get to the hospitals. The only good thing out of that was having to go to Victoria station every time meaning I got a Krispy Kream donut. Got to eat all I can when I'm young! I got some cool eye drops that I probably can't use/have in the states which is a bummer. They are new from Germany (that makes me feel special!) I slept for like 3 days straight. Basically almost a week out of my trip here was lost which is really a bummer. Oh, and the bills also were no good.
I was really ready to hop on the next plane home though.

But, today Nikki and I went to Primrose Hill! It was so beautiful! I definitely want to go back. And we realized after sitting there for a bit that everyone coming up there had cases of beer in their hands? Guess we should prepare more for next time. Maybe we will also spot a celebrity too, because thats where some live.

Last week our day trip was to Greenwich. The boat ride there was really fun but we went to the meridian and we had a tour of this museum there and it was seriously 3 hours long! ABOUT CLOCKS AND LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE! It was the worst thing ever and everyone was so angry at the end!
I missed the trip to Stonehenge and Bath because of my eye :(

Thats really it.

Its been so long since I have last posted. Sorry about that. Since there has been so much stuff going on i'll split it up.

GREECE
Greece was very relaxing. A group of eleven of us went. The first night we stayed in Athens. ITS DIRTY! There are dogs all over the place that are just stray. It was funny when we were visiting the parthenon and all the ruins there were like 4 dogs following us. I don't know if they were protecting us or what but there was a homeless looking guy that was walking down the same street and the dogs just started attacking him! Thats when we got scared and didn't want them by us anymore. Nobody really wanted to get rabies or whatever on that trip.
The ruins were pretty interesting but they had some construction going on. It was definitely pretty by the parthenon. Its located on top of a hill so you could look over Athens.
We went to our island, Agistri, the day after. Agistri was very pretty. The water was sooo blue. GORGEOUS! It didn't really look like mamma mia but was still a sight to see!
One girl on the trip was like.. "i've been to a deserted island and I forgot my 5 things!" haha.
It really was deserted though. There were like 3 restaurants that were opened. Greek salads in Greece are delicious! They aren't like back home in the states. I'm going to write down the recipe to make when I come home. The green apples there are also the best!
Our last full day in Agistri was so nice weather wise. Robin took a few of us on a little photo shoot on the beach. Danielle and I got in the water as much as we could. It was beyond amazing. I wish all the other days were as nice but it was quite windy.
Just go look at my pictures on photobucket.

LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER
My British Life and Cultre class took a two day trip to Liverpool and Manchester. It was overall ok. I think it could have been more fun if we had more time at each place. In Liverpool I went to the Beatles museum. I had fun there. Its hard with a big group though because its hard to keep your own pace. I thought it was interesting though. Lauren and I ate a pretty good dinner at a place called Ha!Ha! I love the name. After that we met up with everyone at a bar which had an acoustic open mic night.
The next day we went to Manchester. We had a guided tour on our coach. (Their coaches here, not buses!) Before we headed back to London we took a tour of Manchester United football stadium. I honestly wasn't really impressed. It seemed like everyone else was obsessed with the team just because we were there.

Today Lauren and I went to the science museum. It was pretty interesting. I like the one in Chicago better though. My favorite part was called 'Who am I?' It basically had all different exhibits set up about humans like, gender, aging, comparing brains of different animals, etc. Another part that was really cool was this exhibit that takes peoples internet conversations and puts them to a symphony type sound. Its really hard to explain without seeing it, but anyways, it was neat-O!

On Thursday Nikki and I went to Fashion Weekend. It really wasn't what I expected. The boutiques set up had kind of crappy clothes, as in, they were very basic, some weren't made well, and they looked like mom clothes kind of? But our goody bags were fun. We got some snacks, bronzer (a big one!), a bathing suit (which i threw out because it was crappy), perfume, the new elle, and other things. My favorite part was the catwalk. It wasn't just one designer. This catwalk was taken in 4 sections. They were all different looks for the upcoming spring/summer season.

I finally found tortilla chips and refried beans so i'm definitely making NACHOS soon! This really excites me if you can't tell!
I have a lot of homework due soon, which I'm dreading. For my Brit Lit class we had to do a 20 minute oral presentation! That is ridiculous! Then in Brit Life & Culture I have a photo story (which I've started) and a (someone told me 6 page) letter to someone 'back home', but not really. I don't think its 6 pages either, but maybe. Then in Brit Music we have to write a review for a classic album. Mine is some Led Zeppelin album.

I only have 37 days left :(
It's sad because I really like it here.