One very busy day

O boy was today a walking day! I didn't have actual class today, but instead I had to go to St. Pancras Station and All Saints Church to sketch them and look at the architecture. O man I am such a bad drawer! Me and Kristen were laughing at our pictures so much. It was actually a little bit embarassing to realize that I can't draw at all. O well, at least I didn't plan on majoring in art or anything. So Kristen and I went to both places, which were on opposite sides of the town. After that we went to St. Pauls and looked around and then walked half way up. It was like 500 steps to that point and then way more to the very top. Me and Kristen were way too tired to go all the way up so we just headed on back home after our full day. We had a fun time just being together and giggling a lot! The rest of the night was spent writing my papers and watching Eclipse. Still not so sure what I think about it? Now Im off to bed! Night!

My first look at Wales. So beautiful!

The Chepstow Castle! I loved it!

The view from the top of the castle. Amazing!

Krystal and Kristen looking so beautiful!

Me hugging a pole!

To Wales and back again!

So I definately decided that I am a real adult today. I went to a whole other country today and came back to London in one day! I just can't believe how cool that is! So it started out a little rough with some ticket problems but it ended up being a great day. We took a 3 hour train ride to Chepstow which is right on the border. There is a beautiful castle there! We walked around inside it for an hour just staring at the beautiful scenery! I absolutely loved it! The town was having a celebration and it was so so awesome! People were all dressed up in funny clothes and doing folk dances. We had such a fun time! Other than that, it was just one of those really cute small towns where everyone knows everyone else. It was such a fun thing to be a part of. I would absolutely love to live in a town like that! Now we made it back and I am about to do some homework and relax. Hurray!!

Me and Kristen ready for an adventure!

Christ Church (on the right) where we went and toured.

Inside Christ Church where everything was so beautiful and full of history.

Outside Christ Church

The crazy punting that we did!

Cambridge

Me and Kristen had another adventure today in Cambridge. The day started off a little rocky when I slept through my alarm and only had five mins to get ready, but I pulled myself together and was ready to go in three! Only six people signed up to go to Cambridge so our school decided to send us on the train because it would be cheaper, which was a lot better for us because it was way quicker than a bus. Our tour guide was the same one that we had our first day here around London. We were so so excited to have Nigel again. He is so much fun and always is saying funny things. When we got to Cambridge we walked around and looked at a bunch of the different colleges. We walked into one and looked around the beautiful courtyard. I could not even imagine living in such a beautiful city, much less studying there! We got to go into Kings Church, which was beautiful! After that we got some lunch and bought some more souvenirs. Let me just tell you I have got to stop buying suvs! I am going broke! After that we went and walked around some more and then went punting on the river. Its so weird its what the drivers of a gondola do! You take a long pole and host it into the water and try to drive the cannew/boat thing with it! It was so hard. I only tried it for like 2 minutes and then gave up! :) The first thing that Nigdl said to us when we were finished was "Well Hilary, you are rubbish." I laughed so hard! After that we were all really tired and headed back to the train station to head home to London. Kristen and I stopped at the Dutch pancake where I got nachos! (I know it sounds weird but they are delicous there!) Now I am getting stuff ready for a whole new adventure tomorrow to Wales!! I love this summer and all the fun things that I am getting to do! I am so blessed to be on this trip and to have such fun friends!

A day at Stonehenge!

Salisbury-It is so beautiful!

Me and Kristen and the Rocks!

Romeo and Rocks

Thursday for class we went to the National Portrait Gallery. It was so incredibly cold in there that I wanted to cry. That is by far the coldest that I've been in London do far. The museum is pretty cool; a lot of different kinds of portraits. We are learning how to analyze the pictures by looking at the light, lines, and different objects that could represent things. After class we went back to the the room to relax and get ready. Thursday night, me, Krystal, and Keely went to Romeo and Juliet. It was really good. I think its the best portrayal that I have seen. They made it in todays time kind of and it really helped me to undestand the story. It was played at a church and we mobed around to different place in the garden and outside the church and then went into the church for the last part. After the play, I went to O'Neals with Kristen and we listened to a live band and hung out for a little while. By the time it was over, I was so tired and ready for bed. Today has been a really fun day. I dont have class on Fridays and so me and Kristen went to Salisbury to see Stonehenge. It was a really fun experience with her but the rocks were really nothing special. There were also so so many bugs there that I almost passed out! All of these little black bugs were all over peoples shirts and I just couldn't take it. Then we went to the suv store and had a grea time buying a bunch of rock stuff!!!! When we finally made it home around 630, we were exhausted and now I am sitting in my bed and will probably be here for the rest of the night!