London Last Days

My last blog post...Hmm...who knows if I will ever use this blog again. Only time will tell. Haha. Anyway, the trip officially ended two days ago, when we got back to Charlotte around 2pm. But before getting there, we'll start back on Saturday. On Saturday I basically didn't do too much other than give my presentation and get the last bit of souvenirs I needed to pick up. After that I waited around until we would go see As You Like It. I was curious for it, because my mom had been super excited from the moment that she heard that we would be reading and seeing it. Part of the reason I picked it for my presentation topic. It turned out to be really fun. When I say it was fun, it is because of how the play is in general. Unlike the other plays, where you are just waiting for the plot points to happen, this one's plot lacks enough that you just watch for the fun of watching. It was a bit of a musical as well as there was a lot of singing. We joked later about it being "Boone: The Play" because the outfits were very...Boone. Kaitlyn and I were both talking about who got to have the guys who played Orlando and Amiens because they were very attractive men. Pippa Nixon as Rosalind was VERY good. I was happy they did not make her look super girly despite her posing as a guy. I like the clothes they gave her to wear as Ganymede. They really worked well for the play. My play preferences are ranked thus:

First: The Tempest (because it was my first and made an impression, not because it was the best play of all)

Second: Titus Andronicus (because it was AWESOME!)

Third: The Alchemist (because the main actor was AMAZING)

Fourth: As You Like It (because it was fun)

Fifth: Macbeth at the Globe

Sixth: Macbeth at the Rose

That night we all just stuck around the bar lounge as it was cooler than our rooms were by far. Lorin managed to pry the windows open in our room, but that didn't do much. It was really nice to just sit and talk with some of the others down in the lounge.

The next day around noon we travelled to a hotel at Heathrow. A television and air conditioning were nice to have. But sadly, no free wifi. The rates were terrible as well. So, none of us bothered to pay for it. After having lunch at a pub that was really good and had REALLY large food portions, we went back to the hotel and most of us worked on our last play review. You can find that below.

Michael found wifi at a bowling alley right next door so we ended up going there to get our internet needs finished. It was only 50 pence to get in. After that we then rented a lane for 2 hours. Michael beat everyone, though Lorin was just behind. Kaitlyn finished last with a spectacular show and great sportsmanship. Katie and I tied for second to last, lol. Mid-way through playing the lane broke and we had to switch.

It was a rather uneventful time after that was we got back to the hotel around 8:30ish after snagging dinner (for me that consisted of an apple pie and a Smarties milkshake, lol) at the bowling alley. With minor interesting events and television, we spent the night in our hotel rooms.

The next day was just tiring as we got up early to get to the airport, but things went relatively swiftly for me. For one, I didn't know my second bag could pass as a carry on and my backpack as my personal item. Katie informed me of that, despite the fact that the woman walking around claimed it was too big. I would have had to spend $100 dollars. I was like...no. Not happening. That woman was just trying to wrangle money out of me as the lady who took my checked bag said it was fine for carry on and no one stopped me and said it was too big. It was just taller were most people's were wider. The security people held back three people in our group for longer bag inspections for keeping ipads/nooks in their bags. I find that kind of silly, but I don't understand that so whatever. When Kaitlyn and I were passing the last part of security the guy asked to swab down Kaitlyn's bags and when I stopped to let him do it he was just like "go ahead". 

They just wanted me out of their country, hehe.

On the plane ride back, I watched movies for the most part. I watched Jack the Giant Slayer, The Descendants, and Rio. We touched down after I started watching an episode of Lie to Me. We said our goodbyes at the luggage area, at least most of us did. What was funny though, is that we saw a lot of our group off to the parking area as well.

So, the trip was fun and now I have to adjust to not being around everyone anymore or getting up in the morning for the purpose of learning. Its back to working and buying groceries and missing people who are home for the summer as I am here in Boone for quite a while now. So, as I have no pictures to end this blog, I leave you with the edited video of the Changing of the Guard which I was finally able to make. It's nothing special as I just added a few titles and just strung things together, but it was cool to witness. Well...see, ya'll.