Today started out with snoozing and showering, getting ready and eating my new fave for breakfast--sainsbury's amazing yogurt with cereal. cathy and i then headed up to class for the day. today we learned about the influence Christianity had on the english language. all very interesting. i really like the history aspect of the class, it helps tie things together with european history. i really like it. then i had to give my dialect presentation. i loved the fact that i gathered my information for this presentation the night before and it only took me about 20 mins to compile. abby did a great job too, i covered the history aspect of the liverpudlian dialect and she talked about the linguistics and sounds of the dialect. basically the accent of liverpool is a melting pot of irish, welish and scotish accents because it has always been a port city and an immigration city. so lots of people have come through that town which has affected the way they talk over there. im glad that i have done both my dialect and book presentation. two big things i get to check off the assignment sheet for this class.
we got out of class early today because we saw the play Merry Wives of Windsor at the Globe Theater. The show started at 2 and class usually goes till 1, but today don let us out at about 12.30. since we already packed a lunch we decided to just go over straight to the globe and hang out around there before the show started. so we got on the tube, got off at blackfrairs and crossed the millennium bridge. it is such an amazing bridge and its super windy while crossing it as you can tell by the picture! it is even more fabulous at night cause it lights up. then we just walked around outside before it was time to go in. we werent able to get group tickets for the show so we had scattered seats around the theater but cathy, m'kynzi and i were able to grab a set of 3 seats together. the globe theater is really amazing. its beautiful and it was a perfect day to watch a play in a semi out door theater. and we scored good seats cause we were on the top row of our section so we got to rest our backs 
against the wall instead of just being on a bench. the only downfall is that i sat basically right in front of a pole, so it kinda blocked my view. but it wasnt too bad. as soon as the play started i was utterly confused. with the old Shakespearean language, the accent and talking fast--i could not understand anything. i realized that listening to american accents you can get away with half listening and still process what is being said. not here. i have to concentrate really hard to catch conversation. and it didnt help that i still suffer from the "everytime i sit down i fall asleep" syndrome that a lot of us are still going through. so i fell asleep at some parts during the play, but it started to get good towards the end of the first half, and it was funny, so it helped me stay awake. and the second half was good, especially after cathy explained the play to me during intermission. before we went to the play don told us that the merry wives kinda reminded him of Lucy and Ethel, and he was so right. they merry wives of windsor are big jokesters playing tricks on the people around them. and they were super fun to watch, my favorite part of the play was at the end because all of the actors came out and did a little jig and sang a merry song. i really wanted to jump down there and dance and sing with them. the song was all stuck in our heads after that.
against the wall instead of just being on a bench. the only downfall is that i sat basically right in front of a pole, so it kinda blocked my view. but it wasnt too bad. as soon as the play started i was utterly confused. with the old Shakespearean language, the accent and talking fast--i could not understand anything. i realized that listening to american accents you can get away with half listening and still process what is being said. not here. i have to concentrate really hard to catch conversation. and it didnt help that i still suffer from the "everytime i sit down i fall asleep" syndrome that a lot of us are still going through. so i fell asleep at some parts during the play, but it started to get good towards the end of the first half, and it was funny, so it helped me stay awake. and the second half was good, especially after cathy explained the play to me during intermission. before we went to the play don told us that the merry wives kinda reminded him of Lucy and Ethel, and he was so right. they merry wives of windsor are big jokesters playing tricks on the people around them. and they were super fun to watch, my favorite part of the play was at the end because all of the actors came out and did a little jig and sang a merry song. i really wanted to jump down there and dance and sing with them. the song was all stuck in our heads after that. the play got out at about 4.30, and it was kinda cold out so we werent too motivated to do much. cathy, m'kynzi and i were going to go to harrod's but while on the tube just decided to go home. i came home and did some homework that i have been meaning to do, so that was nice to get it out of the way. i like it when we are home cause we hang out in the family room with rachel who 
is absolutely hilarious. so always has us cracking up. and todd was over too which is always nice. i made myself some yummy dinner and then as i was talking to laura on gmail she told me that i needed to get out. so i started to feel some guilt that i wasnt out in the city so i suggested to m'kynzi that we go get dessert. man, she is a sucker for dessert. she cant ever turn down chocolate!! so we decided to go to this crepe place that is just down by the south kensington tube stop that we walk by every once in awhile. best decision ever. it was a beautiful night out so it felt great to walk around. and the crepe place was amazing! a little on the expensive side--i kept trying to not convert the pound to dollars! i got a crepe with white chocolate, strawberries and whipping cream. the crepes were huge! and so at first m'kynzi and i thought that we would eat half of it and then bring the rest home for breakfast tomorrow. ha. ya right. as soon as we dug in we knew we would eat the whole thing. and i did. i was very greatful for the walk back home so that i felt like i could get in some exercise after downing that whole thing. so that was really fun to go there. we definitely want to go back. and it was nice to just hang out with m'kynzi, since we 
usually are always with a couple other girls it was nice to just hang out the two of us and talk a bit more. tomorrow we are off on a day trip to all over england. we are hitting up a bunch of different sites, one of which is stonehenge which im excited to see! i know its just a bunch of rocks, but still, its a must see.
is absolutely hilarious. so always has us cracking up. and todd was over too which is always nice. i made myself some yummy dinner and then as i was talking to laura on gmail she told me that i needed to get out. so i started to feel some guilt that i wasnt out in the city so i suggested to m'kynzi that we go get dessert. man, she is a sucker for dessert. she cant ever turn down chocolate!! so we decided to go to this crepe place that is just down by the south kensington tube stop that we walk by every once in awhile. best decision ever. it was a beautiful night out so it felt great to walk around. and the crepe place was amazing! a little on the expensive side--i kept trying to not convert the pound to dollars! i got a crepe with white chocolate, strawberries and whipping cream. the crepes were huge! and so at first m'kynzi and i thought that we would eat half of it and then bring the rest home for breakfast tomorrow. ha. ya right. as soon as we dug in we knew we would eat the whole thing. and i did. i was very greatful for the walk back home so that i felt like i could get in some exercise after downing that whole thing. so that was really fun to go there. we definitely want to go back. and it was nice to just hang out with m'kynzi, since we 
usually are always with a couple other girls it was nice to just hang out the two of us and talk a bit more. tomorrow we are off on a day trip to all over england. we are hitting up a bunch of different sites, one of which is stonehenge which im excited to see! i know its just a bunch of rocks, but still, its a must see. 
3 comments:
have fun on the bus all day tomorrow. i saw two plays at the globe - both fun. the first was henry v, with was played by an all male cast, and second was umabatha, a zulu version of macbeth all in zulu. that one was a favorite. i'm glad to hear that you are eating well. bring me back some fruit pastilles. they were a favorite along with all the flavors of tango.
i think i saw henry v at the globe also. i had to stand the whole time, so it was kind of tiring. i remember we went to a shakespeare play at stratford upon avon and i think i slept through the whole thing - so don't feel too bad. i'm glad i talked you into going out. that crepe is making my mouth water. is that necklace you are wearing the new one? it is cute. you'll have to tell me about stonehedge because me and my friends decided to skip that day trip (it was going to be a super long bus trip, it was toward the end of our study so we kind of felt like staying in london, and at the time foot/mouth disease was going around england so you weren't allowed to go up to the stones, just look from a distance)
Laura, I believe the disease was hoof and mouth, carried by cows. I am glad you are taking advice from your sisters to get out and experience things. As I remember Kelly and Laura really enjoyed getting out in the evenings and sitting at outdoor cafes and acting like they were natives. Sorry to hear you can't stay awake while sitting. Maybe you should stand more.
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