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Today is my 27th day and my last day in the United Kingdom. For my final day, the study abroad group and I took a trip to the quaint, historic town of Stratford-Upon-Avon. Stratford-Upon-Avon commonly shorten to just Stratford, is a Tudor market town in the United Kingdom’s West Midland’s. Near the river Avon. It …
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It is my 24th day in the United Kingdom and today I visited the Victoria and Albert Museum! The Victoria and Albert Museum (which is named after Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert,) is located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, United Kingdom, and it is the world’s largest museum of …
A few days ago, I went to go see the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with the study abroad group. It was my favorite show I’ve seen so far in London! How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a 1961 award winning Broadway musical created by Frank Loesser, and …
Today is my 23rd day in London and today I visited Westminster Abbey. In 960 AD, Benedictine monks founded Westminster Abbey and it was used as a place for Christian worship. To this day, it keeps that tradition and welcomes everyone to participate in prayer every hour. Westminster Abbey is a Collegiate Church in the …
Just a few days ago I took a tube ride all the way Southwark, London, and crossed the Millennium Bridge to see one of London’s most famous theatres. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was built in 1997 by architects Theo Crosby and John Orrell. It is a replica of the Globe Theatre that was …
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A few days ago, I went and visited the National Art Gallery in The United Kingdom, and I saw some of the world’s most famous paintings. The National Art Gallery is an art museum that holds thousands of different styles of artworks and paintings that date back all the way to the year 1485. The …
It is my sixteenth day in The United Kingdom and today I took a train to Hampton Court Palace! Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace owned by King Charles III in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. This palace was once owned by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who was the chief minister of King …
It is my nineth day in London and today I went to Borough Market. I was excited to see Borough market and all its unique foods and shops but, once I stepped into the market, I was met with an ocean of people that were walking through and surrounding all the shops. You could barely …
Yesterday I took a train to Bath, England, and had an incredible time! The city of bath became a spa in 60 AD when the Romans invaded England and built multiple baths and the temple of Sulis Minerva near the River Avon. The hot springs still run though the spa today, and you are able …
The other day I went and visited the Tate Modern Art Museum in Southwark, London. Which is directly across the river from St. Paul’s Cathedral. The first thing I learned when entering the museum was that it used to be the Bankside Power Station. It generated electricity from 1891 to 1981. Thirteen years later, Swiss …
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Theatre in London U of A 