Week 1-4 Video

Here's a video to hold you over until I write my next post.
It's some video clips compiled together that I've taken so far.

:)
Cheers!
~ Meg

Week 3 in review- Hampton, Stratford, Palpatine!

Hello Blog,
 Sorry it has been a while, too long. I've been VERY busy, mostly doing homework but also some other pretty incredible things.

So last week, I got to see my cousin Matt who took me to some of his favorite places in London, bought me a pint and taught me the rules of Rugby, and took me to a very nice dinner. It was comforting to see family, especially when I haven't seen him in so long.

On Sunday (10th) was my brothers birthday!!!

On Monday (11th) we went with Andrew (my history prof.) to Hampton Court, the palace where the tudors lived- i.e. Henry VIII, and other monarchs. It was SO cold that day, but the gardens were beautiful.

Shakespeare's Birth Home

The church where he was baptized and is buried

On Tuesday (12th) we made our way by train to Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Most famously known because that is where shakespeare was born, married, and buried.  Although the weather wasn't very nice while we were there we had a great time.

On Tuesday night we saw The Winter's Tale at the RST which was fantastic. On wednesday after visiting Anne Hathaway's cottage (No not the actress, Shakespeare's wife) we saw A Life of Galileo at The Swan Theatre starring Ian McDiarmid. It was really a fantastic show, plus Joey and I waited by the stage door in the freezing rain for twenty minutes but then I got to meet him! 

Well I'll be adding more soon... I'm trying to set up an account on flickr.com so that I can link you to all the pictures that I take without having to scroll through them all the time.

Cheers!

~ Megayn

Week 2

Hey! Here's what I've been up to-- Pictures soon to come!

Conversation with John Green and Hank Green

Me: Hello!
John: Hey!
M: We came all the way from Wisconsin to see you!
J: Wait, really?
M: Well we are studying abroad here too.
J: Oh haha I was going to say. Wisconsin is beautiful, I go there a lot.
M: My parents both went to school in Indiana, that's a nice place too.
J: Well, you gotta live somewhere haha! Thanks for coming!
M: Thank you for everything!

Hank: Hey thanks for coming!
M: Thank you, it was a really fun show!
H: Yeah the energy was crazy! **starts to draw little "Hanklerfish"**
M: You've gotten really good at those.
H: Yeah, I guess we all have our calling :)



AHHHHHH SUCH A GOOD NIGHT

Hello, it's Sunday! My first week in review :)

Good morning everyone,
 Sorry I haven't posted as much as I would like to but to sum up my first week I'll just give a few of the highlights.

Sunday-
 It was sad/hard to say goodbye to Mom but it was fun to meet my new house mates. We went on an adventure to the grocery store, and later had a reception with our landlord and professors.

(Not pictured- Sam, Jerry, Leah and Rebecca)

My first night there was hard to adjust to, as all first nights are. Sleeping in a new bed, and hearing the sounds of the city in a new place.... speaking of, here are some pictures of my new place! 

Monday-

 We ventured out to our Classroom, which sadly isn't here in Earls Court. Got to take the tube there with my roommates Sam and Kristyn...

Once we were at the classroom we sat through some long intro talks from our professors Mark and Andrew who are both very nice. Then we took a long walk from London Bridge to Waterloo Bridge (2 miles) in the rain and cold but it was pretty beautiful! from London Bridge to Waterloo Bridge (2 miles) in the rain and cold but it was pretty beautiful! 

On London Bridge, behind me is Tower Bridge

 I had subway for dinner that night, (I know I know, how American can I be) but it was delicious so.... yeah!

Tuesday-

Tower of London

On tuesday morning I'm pretty sure I just relaxed, which was nice. I took the tube BY MYSELF!!! to where we were meeting Andrew (my Architecture professor) at Tower Hill. Because I had gotten there so early I explored the area, Trinity Square and the view of the Tower of London. 

Trinity Square

My ACM Group looking at the ancient wall built by the Romans.

After that we walked to the Museum of London where we learned more about the Roman occupation (and founding) of "Londonium". We also learned about London during the Middle Ages, the Great Fire (which had a pretty funny exhibit) and the Black Death. It was interesting.
That night I ate at this restaurant in Earls Court called Byron- Proper Burgers. I loved my Proper Burger.






Wednesday-
On Wednesday I went to Piccadilly Circus and walked around and explored before seeing Shakespeare's Twelfth Night with the group. 

The play was fantastic, even though our seats were not very great. We were in the highest row, almost looking straight down on the actors. Stephan Fry played the part of Malvolio- he is a very famous british actor but I know him best as the narrator of the Harry Potter Audio Books, that I listened to over and over again as a kid (who am I kidding, I still listen to them all the time) It was great! Also, it was a true shakespearian performance because all of the female parts were played by men.

That night Kristyn and I went to Wagamama and had some weird Asian food, mine was actually pretty good. Chicken Rice bowl thingy ------->

  Thursday- (Are you still with me?)
Thursday we spent most of the day in class with Mark talking about Twelfth Night and Theater in general. Then we walked over to his apartment, and to the British Library where we glanced at Jane Austen's writing desk, Da Vinci's journal pages, the first ever manuscript of Beowulf... stuff like that ;) , and had wine and cheese with his wife Carol. It was pretty delightful. On our way back some of us girls stopped at Kings Cross Station to live out a childhood dream or two.

Friday-

 Friday I spent the day in Hampstead (north of Earls Court by about 4 miles). You may know the Hampstead Heath from movies like Notting Hill (when Julia is filming that victorian movie in the field).  Anyway that day I spent on my own, wondering in and out of shops, drinking tea and eating delicious French food.... 

That night we saw an amazing new show called Di and Viv and Rose at the Hampstead Theatre- 

it was the story of three girls the met at University, all of them being very different and finding themselves and growing together. It was powerful.

Saturday-

Went to Portobello Market which was crazy and fun! Here are some pictures:

Sunday-

Well so far today I woke up, had a piece of Nutella toast and wrote this very long blog post. I hope I won't let them pile up on me like this again but I hope you've enjoyed a taste of my week. Tonight I am going to see my FAVORITE author in the whole world, John Green, at Cadogan Hall. He is promoting his latest book, The Fault In Our Stars. I can't wait!

Cheers,

 Meg