The AP trip to London was SO MUCH fun - good kids, fantastic city, and a break from the routine. Hurrah! The youth hostel was really the only downer what with the stench, the nasty public showers, and the attached disco, not to mention the drunken fist fight right outside one's door in the middle of the night.
On Thursday we arrived, hit the British Museum, took 1/2 the students to the Imperial War Museum, wandered around Covent Garden, and saw Phantom of the Opera. My feet were shot by the end of that night. On Friday we went to Greenwich, saw maritime stuff at their museum, paraded around the Natural History Museum, snuck off to Foyle's bookstore, and attended a Globe production (that sadly left some things to be desired, such as proper clothes for some of the characters). On Saturday we visited Blenheim Palace and Oxford, where my friend Adeline joined me for the day. And on Sunday we hit some main sites in London such as Parliament, Westminster, and Buckingham (all from the outside), and returned to BFA 3 hours before they shut Gatwick Airport due to the ash cloud. Praise God!
Prime Meridian
old-fashioned tennis balls
the Globe with the rather promiscuous rendition of Midsummer Night's Dream
Definite highlight: Foyle's bookstore that the show Foyle's War was named after; I bought a book on Anglo-Saxon history in Britain (yep, I'm a nerd)
Got to see Adeline (friend from Ecuador)Last adventure of the year - apart from moving in 2 weeks, though I'm not nearly looking forward to that one as much. Love you all and can't wait to see most of you soon.
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