I haven’t
missed a single day yet, and I’m not going to start now!
This
will be one of my last blogs, seeing as I only have 4 days left in the program
& 13 days left in London!
Right
where I left off…April 28th: After
lunch, I went on a Harry Potter walking tour with Lindy & Michael. I was
kind of expecting you know seeing Diagon Alley or the Gringotts Bank. And it
wasn’t quite like that… instead we saw actual London sites that were in the
movie! I actually really ended up enjoying it. Richard was a great guide- an
older guy who is clearly obsessed with all things Harry Potter. Some scenes we
saw were just Big Ben & the Eye that make for background scenes in the
movie. Other things were the building where the toilets were to get into the
Ministry of Magic or where the phone booth was for the guest entrance! My
favorite part was this picture below…do you recognize it? It’s where Ron staked
out to knock out the woman (I’m blanking on her name!) to pull out their hair
to make the potion… I can really see this scene in the movie so that’s cool!
A little
later, we went back out to eat at Ed’s Easy Diner, a “real American” old
fashioned diner. Cheesy fries, chicken nuggets, and a milkshake! A little taste
of home : )
Sunday, April 29th did not have that
much in store, just Mass and then work, work, work all day. Final exam due
Thursday, art presentation due Wednesday…we all had some last minute work to
do.
April 30th we did not have our practicum
since we finished that part of the London experience. Instead we finally made
it to Abbey Road to take the traditional Beatles picture! It is only about ten
minutes from our flat, yet it took me three months to go! The crosswalk was so
busy. It was a beautiful day out so there were lots of tourists there trying to
take the picture not to mention the locals just trying to cross the street AND all
the cars…. It provided a lot of humor watching people try to walk the right way
yet pose and get the picture taken all at once! Haha but we eventually got
pictures that were good enough! The studio is right there too, and the concrete
wall in front of the studio is full of graffiti from everyone who has come and
visited the studio. So of course we added Elon to the wall!
HAPPY
MAY
May 1st: We had our final Theater class so
we said goodbye to Patricia. When we got home, a few of us finally got sandwiches
from Vickie’s. Vickie’s is just a little local restaurant right by our flat
that apparently has great food, especially the hot sandwiches. Maybe it’s a
good thing it took us this long to try it, because it was so good!!
Jumping
to dinner…I finally got to go to Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub: the oldest London
(maybe even England) pub still in its original location! The food was great of
course, but the pub itself was so cool! On a Tuesday night, it was still really
busy. It felt like a maze going through all the different side rooms trying to
find a table or booth for us. Low ceilings, tight hallways, but so so many
rooms!
May 2nd: Another class over with our Art
presentations! We all did a great job with that too!
Wednesday
night I went to Roxy with some girls where we met up with Tim & his friend.
It’s a fun bar scene at night just to dance with the girls! Wednesday nights
out aren’t a frequent occurrence for me, but hey, my final exam was submitted
so I was on summer vacation!!
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