Saturday, January 24, 2009

I have a new obsession, and it's a city called Bath

Hey everyone! I know it's been a while since I've blogged, but I've been SOOO busy the past few days. I guess that's a good thing, right? I'll start with Wednesday's events and go from there...

Ok, so Wednesday I had my theater class for a second time. We just talked about different plays we've seen recently. It was fun. Then I went on a huge book hunt around London for Shakespeare plays. Who would've thought that it would be such a difficult task?!?!? I went to a millionnn book stores before I finally found the plays that I needed. I'll tell you, that Shakespeare man is one popular fellow! haha...Afterwards, I went to my internship class, which was sooo much fun. Because we haven't really started our internships yet, we just played trivia games about the UK. HILARIOUS! I didn't realize how sheltered I was from other cultures....

So Thursday afternoon I had my International Business course. Surprisingly, I think I'm going to enjoy this class. I recognized one of the other students in there, so I sat with him. The professor said that he does not believe in tests, so we'll only have 2 case studies to do. HOW COOL IS THAT?!?! He also wants to teach stuff that has to do with what's going on in the world right now, so we'll be focusing less on textual issues, and more on real life issues. It should be fun. After class, that kid, Mike, and I called Matt and his roomate Nick to go out to dinner. I finally had fish and chips!!! It was soooo yummy!!! We then went back to Mike and Nick's apartment to meet their other roomates, and see where the other CAPA students are living. Their apartment was so nice! They said they lucked out, because a lot of other students were put in smaller apartments. We all then went out to a pub which is near their apartments, where we had the luck of meeting John and his lady friend....We think John and his lady friend were homeless, which is kind of sad, because they were the nicest people. Very drunk, but nice. His lady friend (we never got her name) thought I was from Australia. LOL. They were good folk.

Friday I had to wake up at 6 am to go to the Stonehenge and Bath (look at my facebook photos!!) It was so much fun!!! I couldn't believe I was standing 15 feet from the stonehenge. It was unbelievable. And Bath...Bath is the most beautiful city I've seen so far. The history of the city is just overwhelming. Most of the buildings are in their original condition, which was so cool to see. A lot of movies are filmed there, such as Vanity Fair, because the city looks like it did hundreds of years ago. I also saw Nicholas Cage's new apartment he bought. He also bought a castle not too far away from Bath...you know you struck it big when you can buy a castle. Enough said. We then went to the Roman Baths, which is what the city is named after. These were places where the Romans used to bath. Afterwards, you could drink water from the bath. We were told it tastes like rotten eggs; hence, I refused to drink it. Matt and the guys, however, sucked it up and tried it. It apparently makes you live longer and heals you. The other girls we were with (all from Mississippi...soooo cool) refused to drink it as well, so I didn't feel left out. When we got home from the trip, we all went to a little pub where we met a British guy named Stewart, an Irish girl named Carolyn, and a Swedish girl named Emily. It was so interesting hearing what their countries are like. Stewart was a character. I'll never forget that man...

Well, I'm off to get ready and go to Westminster today with Matt. We're going to do tours of Parliament, the Big Ben, and things like that. Maybe we'll even ride the London Eye???? I can't wait...

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