All the world's a stage:A week of plays.

Ready or not, here it comes: this week is going to be pure insanity! Today I'm off to Kensington Palace to wander around and hopefully have some tea. Tonight is As You Like It at the Globe. Wednesday is Wicked with a chance of Jude Law as Hamlet in the evening. Thursday is an all-day trip to Stratf0rd-upon-Avon and Friday night is Romeo and Juliet at the Globe. I am so excited! Especially about seeing the performances at the Globe. I have yet to see either of these plays, so it will be really exciting to finally see them performed. And I am ridiculously excited about seeing Wicked. I have seen it three (or only two?) times before, but never in a "home theater" like it will be over here. It's always fun to go with people who haven't been too. Hopefully I'll be able to see a few other shows while I'm over here, especially since shows like Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera are still playing here. 

Let's see, what have I done since I last updated? Well, we went on the London Eye, a huge Ferris Wheel type thing that gave us an awesome view of the city and was a pretty neat experience all around. 

This is what the capsules that we rode in were like. They were pretty roomy and had benches to sit. But we stood the whole time to see things better.

This time the clouds really were closer!

I think my favorite part was being taller than Big Ben for once...

A view of London from the top of the London Eye

We then went to this movie museum place, which was quite random but really fun. There were a lot of fun pictures that came out of that:

This is me attempting to look like Alfred Hitchcock. I love that man... He was brilliant!

Here I am quite excited to see Sir Sean Connery. I love his voice... a lot.

This is me attempting to pose like Vivien Leigh... it didn't work out so well. To say the least.

Saturday was Hampton Court Palace, the place most known as Henry VIII's home. It was the 500 year anniversary of his coronation, so there were festivities in place to celebrate that. One of the most interesting parts of the day actually happened in the train station on the way to Hampton Court. We noticed a lot of people in their twenties all dressed up. Now this wouldn't be entirely strange except for the fact that all of the girls had some sort of hat or feather/flower in their hair. There were even a few guys wearing top hats. There were way too many of them for it to be merely coincidence. I could not figure out what was going on, until my astute eavesdropping talent came in handy: I overheard a few of them looking for the train to Ascot. Of course! The horse races at Ascot, like in My Fair Lady! I was so glad we figured that out, because it was really beginning to bother me. I am pretty sure that I would be content to just take the tube to the train station and watch all the hats and flowers walk by. It would be perfect Saturday morning entertainment!

My favorite part of Sunday was the part when I took an hour-long nap. I have to remind myself that even though I'm in London and this is the experience of a lifetime, I do have to sleep occasionally. I felt a little guilty about staying in my room and napping, but I was pretty worn out and the nap was so glorious that I no longer feel guilty. I still have about five weeks here (for those of you counting) and will have plenty of time to do all the things I want to do while I'm here.

Well, I will let you all go now. Thank you for being so kind as to read this! I still believe that I should not have a platform for my ramblings and therefore blogging is not a great idea, but it keeps you all updated, informed and hopefully entertained. Thank-you so much for the continued prayers and keeping in touch. It is always much appreciated. I'm off to have a PB&J before going on the search for tea. 

Cheerio!

_Kt