Oxford............

O ya! We went to the London Eye thurs night!

Fun with Harry Potter!

Lots of fun in Regents Park!

A crazy week!

Wowza has this week been crazy busy! I have not had any time to sit down and add info until today! So here's what I missed: Wednesday I went to Regent's Park with Krystal, Kristen, Cass, Jordan, and Hans. We had a lot of fun and took a ton of fun pictures! It is so pretty, not as pretty as St James but very very close! Wednesday night we went to see Les Mis. It was the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen! It was so emotional and captivating. I know I sound like a dork but I actually cried. Thursday I went to Platform 9 and 3/4 to try to see Harry Potter being shot. We didn't get to see a whole lot, but it was fun to be there on the very last day of filming. I missed seeing Rupert by like 2 mins! O well. Maybe some other time! :) After the train station we went to a market and had a fun time! Friday I skipped classes and slept in! It was wonderful! I went to the Giraffe for lunch again and had so much fun. Friday afternoon, Krystal and Kristen left for Paris and I went with Courtney and Chelsea to Oxford Street for some crazy Primexx shopping and then went back to the room for fun night of pool. Saturday was spent in rainy and cold Oxford but had a fun time looking at Harry Potter stuff and the Oxford Castle. After we got back from Oxford we went over to Harrods to look around to help me with my paper thats due on Tues. I really need to get started on that! :) Later that night we went over to Pizza Hut with Julia and Keeley and had so much fun! Courtney and I stayed up way to late worrying about money and talking about random stuff. Today we went to Pancake House for breakfast and were interupted by the awesome fire alarm. Then we went up to Notting Hill to get a cupcake and look on the streets at the markets. On the way we saw a man that we thought was dead but then we saw him move so it was ok. Then an ambulance came for him so I hope hes ok. Now Im in my room waiting to go to the Texas Embassy! A big splurge for some fajitas!! Arriba Baby!

Worst day ever!!

Ok so today was not so wonderful... We tried to go to the V & A Museum but Krystal and I both felt bad so we went back to the room and spent the whole rest of the day there. We were supposed to go on a Jack the Ripper tour but we fell asleep for three hours and missed it! There's a good four pounds down the drain! O well. At least I caught up on some sleep. And I got caught up on some of my TV shows. Also, the internet was down most of the day so I was so bored! Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!

A Lazy MOnday

So today is definately going to be nap day all day long. I have spent way too much money and I will not spend anymore today! So I am just going to hang out in my room and with my friends. Side note, I had my first quiz today and it was awful!

Spending way too much.

So ya... today Kristen, Krystal, and I went to the Pancake House for breakfast and then went to H&M for some shopping. And O my gosh! Did I ever find a ton of clothes!! I spent way too much money that I definately did not have to spend in the first place. Thats about it! We are going to the London Eye later tonight and I am so excited!!

Bath!!

Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Bashful in the Disney Store we found in Bath.

Me at the Roman Bath.

The Roman Bath.

Me at the Jane Austin Museum.

Such beautiful country side.

Bath was pretty cool. It is a very beautiful and old city. People used to go there from all around the world for healing and revitalization. We got to see an original Roman Bath. It was very cool. The only problem about today is how hot it was!! I was burning up all day long. I did get to go see the Jane Austin Museum but we didnt get to go inside it, only into the gift shop but I did get to buy some postcards with her books. I also bought an awesome British tea pot! It is so so cute and I am so excited about it! Thats pretty much it for today. I got a lot of sleep on the way up there and on the way back so Im feeling pretty good. We are going to go have a girls night tonight and relax.

Friday, May 21

Krystal, Kristen, Cass, Jordan, Hans, and I all went to the Natural History Museum. We saw the Dino and Mammal Exhibits. They were pretty sweet. I am really tired today so I dont feel like I appreciated it as much as I should. The outside of the Museum is absolutely beautiful. I am in love with the architecture. I forgot my camera so I dont have any pictures to put up, but Cass took a bunch that I will get later.

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Pictures from the Park and the Square

Where Prince Charles and Camilla live and sometimes William and Harry.

Thursday, May 20

Today Cass and I went exploring to St. James Park and ended up in Trafalgar Square. There was so many beautiful flowers and trees. I could not believe how beautiful it was! It was actually where 101 Dalmations was based in the movie where the people run into eachother. We ended up walking all over and we found the arch where the Queen and other Royals and Presidents of other countries come through. We saw where William and Harry live occasionally with Prince Charles and Camilla. Eventually we ended up at Trafalgar Square where we got to take pictures with the famous lions. It was such a fun day. And to top it off we ended it with ice cream! CAn it get any better!

Pictures!!!!

A statue honoring Nelson Mandela. I couldn't help but to take aa picture since I watched Invictus on the plane over. (Which is an incredible movie, by the way.)

The front of Westminster Abbey.

Me and Ben.

Me and Cass at the entrance to Westminster Abbey.

The same picture at the top. :) woops!

Wednesday, May 19

Wednesday was an incredible day! Me and Cass went to Westminster Abbey. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. We got to go up to this chapel and pray. It was amazing to stand in a place where millions of people have been praying for centuries. God is so good! I was so amazed to see how many different people were buried there. Like Issaic Newton, Charles Darwin, George Elliot, William Wadsworth, most of the Kings, Queens, and Princesses, and my own personal favorite, Jane Austin. There is so much history all in one place. Talk about overwhelming! The ceilings were on of my favorite parts too. I couldn't take pictures inside, but I bought a postacrd to remember it. The picture doesn't even do it justice. I would consider it one of the Wonders of the World. So when we walked through we got a little phone thing that you could hold throughout the tour and it would tell you certain information about each part that your in. Guess who was the voice!!! Jeremy Irons! That's right-Scar himself. His voice was so perfect to match the surrounding. I couldn't help but giggle. Needless to say, Westminster Abbey is my new favorite place.
Later that night we went to a play called Avenue Q. It originated in New York and it is set there. The main characters were puppets and it was very interesting, mostly strange. I don't know that I would recommend spending your money on it.

Notting Hill Walk

This is where Bob Marley recorded.

This is the church where Pink Floyd first played in the church hall.

This is the bookshop that they used to film Notting Hill.

The door they used as Hugh Grant's house in Notting Hill.

The outside of the bookstore that they used.