I'm Connected to the World Again! Here is Monday and Tuesday

Hey so our internet is back up and running, and I have a bit of catching up to do.  So on Monday we had class in the morning at 9:30 and we discussed All's Well That Ends Well that we had to read.  I never knew there were so many hidden themes in Shakespeare plays and I can't help but wonder if he was really that sophisticated,or if he was just trying to write "best-selling" plays.  Either way they are still fabulous so it doesn't really matter.  After class Katie B and Ellen and I went to this clothing store called Primark... CRAZY.  It was like Forever 21 on steroids! Lots of super cute clothes and shoes and jewelry for  really cheap! I two pairs of earrings and each was only 1 pound.  But it was so crowded, the line for the fitting rooms went half-way across the store, and the store is pretty big! I felt like I was in one of those markets in Turkey, where you can barely move much less shop.  But I love it, and any store that can offer such fashionable things at such low prices deserves my heart. I am definitely a fan of that store. Then after that whole Primark experience we went to Westminster Abbey just to see it because we hadn't gotten over there yet.  It was amazing! Parliament has the most intricate Gothic architecture that I have ever seen I was struck with it even more than the Abbey which is beautiful by the way! After we looked around there a bit we went back to our flat to get something to eat and rest a little.  Then Ellen and Katie went with some other kids to a play and I stayed home to do homework.  We have crazy amounts of homework! It is really kind of a bother, but I know it is a necessary evil
So, on to Tuesday! What a busy day.  I got up at 7:30 determined to use the beautiful park right across the street for some exercise.  Ellen and Katie also said they wanted to go so I woke them up.  We all started off running, but I didn't last long with THAT so  I ended up power walking for most of it while they ran. But it felt good to move my body in a way that was not purely for transportation.  I have done a lot of walking since I've been here but it isn't the work out kind of walking that you feel invigorated after, it is the sidewalk-thumping foot after foot, just trying to get somewhere walk that hurts your feet by the end of the day. After the walk/run I came home and stretched and ate and showered and then we were off to the British Library.  We had a little trouble finding it and by the time we were there most of our group was inside already but it was alright.  We spent the majority of our time in the Treasure Room, and oh what treasure it had!! Just to name a few it had: The first compilation of Shakespeare plays called the First Folio, Jane Austen's writing desk and notebook in her own hand, a copy of Jane Erye in Charlotte Bronte's own writing, Handel's Messiah, a Gutenberg Bible, The Magna Carta, The song Help by the Beatles written in John Lennon's hand, Verginia Woolf's notebook, original Terrance Rattigan works, and some of Leonardo Di Vinci's notebooks and there was more! Lot's MORE!! It was incredible!! Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures, but you get the idea.  After the British Library we all wen to Trafalgar Square and took pictures and so forth, and then we went to the National Portrait Gallery with painted portraits of nearly everyone important in England EVER.  All the old Monarchs and lots of politicians and celebrities.  Just the thought that one of those paintings would be worth far more money than I would probably ever have in my life made my head spin.  They were beautiful.  After that we went home for like an hour to eat and then we were off to the Globe Theater.  THE GLOBE THEATER.  Yeah, you know, the one that Shakespeare's theater company performed in, not a big deal. False! It is a really big deal.  True that it is only a replica because the original burned down but it is pretty dang accurate. It is across the Thames via the Millennial Bridge  So we went to a lecture about the play All's Well That End's Well in the basement of the Globe by this professor, and then........ We went to the actual play All's Well That End's Well..... in the globe.  Yup, we watched a play in the Globe theater.  And we will watch 2 more there before the trip is through! Yay! All the history here makes me feel rather insignificant but also excited to be a part of something so old and so important.  Wow, by the end of yesterday I was exhausted, but it wasn't quite over.  On the tube ride home after the play I saw... Lucius Malfoy and Belatrix Lastrange. NO JOKE.  There were two people who looked exactly like them.  the man was dressed all in black, black dress shirt and tie and coat with a suuuuper long blond blond pony tail (which was real) and a cane.  The woman was wearing a long black coat with floral weave in the cloth and ties in the back like a corset and she had long black curly hair and was wearing bright (I meant BRIGHT) red lipstick and her skin was super pale.  So that was exciting.  Oh and fun fact there is legit porn in all of the phone booths here.  So don't use a phone booths if you come here and you can possibly help it! Haha. Well this was an insane couple of days but All's Well That End's Well I suppose! Heh Heh :)