Today we leave for the airport, to head home after a month in England. This month has been very fun, and as ready as I am to go back to Fayetteville I will definitely miss it. These past few days we have spent not in London, but in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small English town in the …
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Some Cool Glass at the Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert museum was a labyrinth of historical archives and art pieces that I feel like I barely explored even though I never retraced my steps in the couple hours I was there. There were several cool things to see even with the theatre exhibit unfortunately being temporarily shut down. For instance there …
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Fringe Theatre – The Good and The Bad
*I feel like I should begin with a warning, this blog is very long, but I had so many thoughts I wanted to share so I wrote them all. Enjoy!* West End shows are very fun to see, with their big budgets and overwhelming spectacle, but sometimes you want a break from that world of …
Westminster Abbey – England’s Hollywood Walk of Fame
Today we went to Westminster Abbey, and I thought that the entire place was one of the prettiest we’ve seen yet. The architecture inside the church was beautiful, featuring tall gothic elements that created such a presence in the space. Beyond just the architecture it was fascinating to get a taste for just how deep …
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Soakin in the Sun with Shakespeare
We recently got to see our second production at Shakespeare’s Globe, another one of his comedies aptly called The Comedy of Errors. Of the two productions, Midsummer Night’s Dream was definitely my favorite, but I feel like it’s unfair to even compare the two so I’ll talk about Comedy of Errors as its own entity …
There was a maze!!
Today we took our second day trip, this time to Hampton Court Palace, and it was a lot of fun. We were leaving for the train station at 9:00 AM, so I started my day by turning off my alarms, skipping breakfast and rolling out of bed about 15 minutes before we left. Surprisingly though …
A Horse and a Train at the National Gallery
Today we went to the National Gallery right by Trafalgar Square, a massive museum full of art from pretty much every era except for modern art. There were several pieces in the museum that caught my eye, ranging from immersive projections exhibits to classic works like Van Gogh’s sunflowers or Money’s water lilies (the sunflowers …
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Bad Curry and Amazing Strawberries
Yesterday we visited our second market as a group, Borough market. It was a series of winding paths lined with food stalls all generating such delicious smells, and I think I managed to pick just about the worst option possible. So I’ve never had curry before, and I thought London would be a great place …
Splish Splash
Yesterday we took our first day trip out of the city, and our destination was the once Roman city of Bath. We took the tube to Paddington station where we unfortunately spent very little time, as we had to immediately attempt to board the train. I say attempt because we all had reserved seats, but …
I think i get shakespeare now
A couple days ago we journeyed across the Thames to see the Globe’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and going into the show I had my doubts, but those were quickly proven wrong. I’m not the biggest Shakespeare guy, I find consuming his plays as literature to be a difficult experience, but I have …
Theatre in London U of A 