London Day 2

I really need to get my phone fixed because it still froze in the middle of the night. Luckily, Katie got up next door so I was able to know I needed to get up as well. Had a headache…which reminds me I should mention that last night we went to a bar. It was fun, but due to lack of sleep and a Strawberry Lime Kopparberg (recommendation of Katie Horton), I wound up tipsy for the first time. Okay, maybe not the first first, but more like TIPSY. Anyway, I was on a beeline back to the dorm b/c I knew I wasn’t going to last another one since my world was distorting. Thanks to Colin going with me, I made it back and after some laptop time, crashed. I woke up feeling like the comforter/bed cover thing was trying to kill me. It was warm too discomfort and very heavy, but I slept well. 

Making it to class on time, thanks to it being in our flat’s kitchen, we had breakfast and started our discussion despite our teacher not being there. We had a break at 10 while the guys went to find him. Upon returning, he led the class for another hour and then we got ready to go to The British Library. That was pretty cool. Lots of original manuscripts, one AWESOMELY being the original copy of Beowolf and a letter written by Charles Darwin.

Next after a break to post a blog about an artifact in the library (posted below this post if you are interested), we met up at 5 to ride the Underground to get to St. Paul. Guess what we went by, guys?! St. Paul’s Cathedral! Wow! How’d you guess? :P Anyway, we ate at a really good pizza place there and then right across from it we went to The Globe to watch The Tempest. It was INCREDIBLE. Now, reading the book was one thing. It was okay…you know. But then you see the play and suddenly it’s an entirely different story. You suddenly understand the comedy (plus lots of comedy was just added in). I never want to read a play again without seeing it live. Surprisingly to me, some of the actors have been in movies and television shows.  The lead (Prospero) was played by Roger Allam who was in Game of Thrones apparently. And three people, Sam Cox and Peter Hamilton Dyer and Colin Morgan, were on Doctor Who. And I will just have to say that Colin Morgan is a VERY attractive man. I mean….may I just fangirl squeal at the fact he played Merlin in Merlin?! Like…TAKE THAT BABOO! I SAW THE LEAD OF A SHOW YOU LIKE A LOT RIGHT ON STAGE. Watch, he’s just laughing at this post like…yeah…okay…that’s great, Gabs. I think I get to fangirl once a day so far….I doubt this will keep up. More about the play is that the guy who played Ferdinand made me laugh. I don't think I have ever seen anyone with better facial expressions. His acting was made through that. I really did just want a pocket version of him to make me laugh whenever I want. The actors for Trinculo and Stephano were both HILARIOUS. (Stephano was Sam Cox, btw). The play had a lot more music than expected and I LOVED it. Colin Morgan dancing femininely with a dude made me laugh so much as well as Sam Cox dancing like the drunken fool he was acting as).

Colin Morgan (He played Ariel...which was funny because he got kinda feminine while also being very, very nimble by climbing around (Something pretty masculine, imo)

Moving on, I got one souvenir from The Globe for a person, not going to disclose who, but I will mention I got a souvenir when I get one. So, HA! Lol So, after the fun we are now back here and I am attempting to read the article I have to read for tomorrow. (You could tell this was a distraction, can’t you? *sigh* Oh, well!)

Now for the best part of the entire day (I’m being super sarcastic, not that you’d know) because this whole day I’ve had a severe foot problem. I feel really bad about as well has it feels REALLY BAD. At first I thought it was just an ankle thing so I go and buy an ankle support to fix it. Yeah, no. Apparently, from walking so much yesterday, I did something to my foot which also affects my ankle so I don’t know what is going on with it. I’m going to the Pharmacy when I can tomorrow. The outside of my right foot kills if I stand with too much weight on it or if I walk. So I had to limp around London which is very, very painful because it causes a blister on the big toe and puts all your weight on the left foot. I need those wheeling things where you rest your knee on it and push or something like that. I’m joking, but then again…I’d feel less like I was slowing people down, but I’d feel more like an invalid. The pain is a sharp pain and when it hits the wrong way, I want to drop down and cry. It takes severe willpower not to cry out and disturb people. It’s very emotionally painful as well to feel like this when you come to a new country to learn and have fun and then feel like you can’t enjoy everything b/c your brain is split between paying attention and not falling onto the floor and giving up. Strangest thing is that I have to wear a sneaker to limp, but my foot feels worse in it than flip-flops. Like…I may try wrapping it to see if that’s the only thing I need to do, but…still, walking in London everywhere with flip-flops? Really? Does that even SOUND like a good idea? Especially when they are cheap and fraying on the bottoms? You may ask “Why did you bring those then?” B/c the wrap only fits with those flip-flops. L Unhappy, Gaby.

So, yes, today was blessed as well as cursed. I REALLY hope things get better, so…I’ll hopefully post again tomorrow about Westminister Abbey. Time to finish the article I’m ignoring. Here are some random pics for your enjoyment.