I’m writing this post as I watch the rain fall outside my window, and the mood fits the emotions I have. This trip has been absolutely life changing, and I can’t believe that it’s already been a month. I’m sad to leave tomorrow, but I am so thankful for the many friendships I’ve gained along …
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Maze of a Museum
Today we visited the Victoria and Albert Museum, and I was completely blow away by how large this museum was. I still don’t think I saw even half of it after walking around for over two hours, and there seemed to be new experiences hiding around every corner waiting to be explored. This trip has …
Finest Fringe
Whilst being in London, I have seen many different kinds of theater ranging from musicals to murder mystery to comedy and beyond. These shows all fell in the range of large West End productions to Fringe theater. Fringe theater is small scale theater that is generally non traditional. Since being on this trip, I have …
Gorgeous Gothic
Today we visited Westminster Abbey, and I’m not exactly sure what I was expecting, but I definitely don’t think I was expecting it to be a church. It was absolutely beautiful though, and I understand why the royal family holds all of their important events there. The building was done up in true extravagant perpendicular …
A Groundling at the Globe
On this trip, we have seen two different shows at the Globe theater, and both of them created a completely different experience. For A Midsummer Night’s Dreams we sat off to the side of the stage for the more modern enactment of the play, where it was difficult to see, but the actors did a …
I Wanna be a Princess
Today we went to Hampton Court Palace, and I loved it. There was a lot to explore, and there were multiple architectural styles mashed together. It was a little weird, but strangely enough it worked. I started in Henry VIII’s kitchen, and it was a lot larger than I expected. There were at least 5 …
Art Through Open Eyes
Yesterday we began our day with a walk toward Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery. We were asked to write our blog comparing and contrasting two different paintings from the gallery that moved us. I picked Edgar Degas’ Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando and the Le Nain Brothers’ Three Men and a Boy. …
People and Food, Food and People
Yesterday, we journeyed to Borough Market for lunch. We’ve been to a few markets at this point, so it’s recognizably an important part of London’s social life. I honestly prefer the markets to what we have back home because you have so many different options to pick from. One day you would be eating street …
Don’t Touch the Water
In yesterday’s blog post, I had mentioned that we traveled to Bath. The city itself was gorgeous, and I would love to go back especially to see the Jane Austen and Mary Shelly Museums as well as the Royal Crescent. There was a beautiful park next to the river that a few of us girls …
Art In Many Forms
The two major topics that I want to discuss in this blog are A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Tate Modern Art Museum, so let’s get into it. A Midsummer Night’s Dream was entertaining and colorful. I started off sitting in our assigned seats for the first act and then I moved to the “groundling” …
Theatre in London U of A 