1. Cardiff. It was a fun (well, funny) place to be for about 48 hours, but I'm glad we didn't stay any longer. The "city" is really very small, and there's not a whole lot to do. At first, it just seemed very sad- the buildings were all kind of old and all the people looked sort of angry with their life. (As if they were looking around and saying, "oh, damn! I still live in Cardiff! Crap!") At any rate, we slept in a lot, had a lot of entertaining meals, went to the castle (the one real sight-seeing must-see), and made a few friends. In the end, the people there were all very nice and super entertaining!
2. Snow. When we were on our bus trip back from Cardiff, it started to really snow. Hard. The last half hour of our bus trip should have been five minutes long, but in the end, we did make it back in time to pick up some takeout and get inside our building before the weather got too bad. (A few of our friends were not so lucky and got stranded in Ireland for two days, but if you want more on that you'll have to ask later.) The snow was really picturesque and a lot of fun, but we weren't sure how much we would get. Lo and behold, by the next day there was eight inches and our classes had been cancelled! (We're making up the lost time today and tomorrow. Oh well.) A few of us ventured out into Hyde Park with some British guys that we know to have a bit of a snowball fight and to make a GIANT snowman (all slowed by the fact that the guys didn't own gloves). It was an excellent time, and what's even better is that by the next day, the snow was on it's way to melting. Two days later, you could hardly tell it had snowed. No gross slush or black ice? Excellent.
3. The rest of this week (post-snow) we went on some other adventures... let me think. Wednesday night we (Julie, Steph, Scott, and I) went to see the Sound of Music in the West End (very serious production) and it wasn't great. To me, it all seemed very sad: the production was set up to be amazing, with the most perfect design/tech/etc, not to mention over 500 lighting fixtures. In the end, though, the acting was just pretty terrible. We sat through it, but realized that no one can really compare to Julie Andrews in the film version. Afterwards, we went over to meet the rest of our friends at a club in Notting Hill (yes, like the movie) where we met Robert Pattinson. (Yes, we're obnoxious and asked him to take a picture with us.) This is vaguely exciting for me, but a few people were over the moon about the whole thing. I guess he's in town for the BAFTAs (awards show that was last night). Crazy!
4. Thursday I went to see another show, On the Waterfront, adapted from the Marlon Brando film, for our theatre class. We were supposed to have gone on Monday, but it was cancelled due to snow. The show was also pretty bad... there were some high points, but it was disappointing overall. I'm actually looking forward to discussing it in class today and seeing what our professor has to say about it. His opinions are always interesting, to say the least. Tonight we're heading to see our last show as a class (considering this is the last week of session one classes). Here's what we know: it's in a VERY small space. It's a dance show. It's erotic. It's interactive. ... I'm a little worried, but it should make a good story.
5. This weekend we opted not to travel anywhere- partly because those of us that got stuck in Ireland last weekend never want to travel again and partly because we all have a ton of work to do. Instead, we made our own fun in London: we made up our own kind of pub crawl on Friday night and went out to dinner before coming back here for drinks on Saturday night. We've actually spent the weekend half working and half coming up with travel plans for the next month. Planning is not our strong suit (maybe because there are so many of us) so it takes a bit of effort. Current plans revolve around our post-exams break (next week!) being spent in Rome/Florence/Pisa, but we have a few weekend in March planned for Edinburgh and Amsterdam. Should be exciting!
6. I think that's all. My memory for things like this isn't the best, but I think I've covered all my bases. Just in time, too, because I have a meeting about a class project/presentation in twenty minutes and I have to get ready for class. Wish me luck on my presentation and all my papers this week!
7. Oh, and since I'm updating in the morning, I can't access my photos right now. (Internet blocks all file-sharing sites except for after 11PM.) Photo post will come tonight! Let me see if I can get just one to work for now...
Excellent. Gotta love the sunset view of the Natural History Museum. More to come!
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