London Video Footage

Here is the last of my footage from London...

I am safe in Florence having a wonderful time!

Ciao!

Hello from the airport- Goodbye to London!

Hello again,
 Writing to you from yet another airport. I know you will be shocked and amazed to hear that I got here VERY early. Like, 5:45am.... they didn't let me check in until 7:25 so I had some yummy hot porridge and watched Meet the Robinsons on my iPad.  I am now through security (which was a breeze even though I was reasonably scattered) and sitting watching planes take off on the runway. My plane doesn't start boarding for another 45 minutes but then I will be well on my way to beautiful Florence.


Things you should be looking forward to-
-Catch up posts still to come for my last weeks in London.
- I'm also making another video using the last bits of my footage.
- POSTS FROM FLORENCE!


Well, Cheers London- it's been grand!

Getting Caught Up- Post 2- Week 4

St. Pauls Cathedral

Dome of St. Pauls

Monday 2/18- Had class with Mark and Andrew, gave a presentation on the British Museum. Then we went to St. Paul's Cathedral. It was amazing, we even went up into the Whispering Gallery in the dome itself. The choir was rehearsing, it was beautiful.







Tuesday 2/19- We went to Greenwich ( said like Gren- itch) and it was seriously THE most beautiful day. Sunny, warm, just wonderful.

Greenwich

We saw the Queens house (Queen Anne) several paintings by Joshua Reynolds, the painted gallery, and lots of other paintings. We also went into the chapel there which was beautiful.

When we got back we saw a play called Old Times starring Rufus Sewell (The Knights Tale, The Illusionist, Jasper from The Holiday). It was really confusing and short but interesting overall.

Old Times

The Stepmother

 Wednesday 2/20- We went on a day trip to Richmond, which is just West of London. It was a nice day and a cute town, LOTS of shops to buy things. I ended up treating myself to a bottle of perfume but eventually went home to have dinner because I didn't feel like shopping anymore. Then I came back to Richmond, forgot my wallet at home..., to see The Stepmother at The Orange Tree Theatre. It was a fantastic play written in 1924 about a woman who has to support her family with her husbands failed business ventures and try to arrange the wedding of her stepdaughter. It was very powerful and the theatre was in a round (the audience was on all sides) which was really fun. Probably the second favorite of the plays we saw as a class ( My first favorite being Di and Viv and Rose back in Week 1).

The Thames in Richmond

Thursday 2/21- We had class during the day and discussed several plays with Mark- then that night we went and saw Quartermaine's Terms starring Rowan Atkinson who you might know as:
The play was good, sad at the end but I loved his performance. It's amazing the opportunities I've had since being here. I grew up watching Mr. Bean and to see him on stage, be in the same room as him (granted it was a huge room) was pretty incredible!





Friday 2/22- Uh I don't remember what I did, other than watch the Downton Abbey Season Finale... but that's british so it's ok right?

Saturday 2/23- Kristyn and I went to the Camden Lock market and it was SO COLD! I had some delicious Chinese food as we huddled to stay warm. As far as markets go this was busy but more spaced out. I think I liked the Portobello better. We had a lovely dinner at Mark (my professor) and his wife Carol's flat, then Addie Grace Katie and I went and saw a musical at a pub theatre called The Route to Happiness. It was entertaining but the music was all the same chords and the characters were kind of shallow. Interesting venue though, the Landor Pub.


Sunday 2/24- While people back home were watching the Oscars I probably took the day to do homework, laundry and relax.

And so ends the recap of week four!
Cheers!

Getting Caught Up- Post 1- Week 3

Hello there,
 I really am sorry it has been so long. Obviously I have been busy and haven't been able to update this nearly as much as I would like to/planned to.I tried to make a video a week ago talking about all of the things I've done but YouTube said it was too long to post (if that tells you anything about how busy I've been.
So, without further or do, let's catch up!

When last we saw Megayn....
 The last post I made was right after I met Ian McDiarmad in Stratford-upon-Avon way back on Feb. 13th (a month ago today!) After we saw Bertolt Brecht's Galileo we wandered around Stratford, I ate dinner at a Chinese Buffet (strange but delicious) and we took the long train ride back to Earls Court. Stratford was a wonderful getaway, despite the weather being cold and rainy the majority of the time.

Feb. 14th <3
   Valentines Day in London was a beautiful day, the sun was shinning and the streets were lined with flower stands selling roses. Our class went to the National Portrait Gallery with Andrew (my Architecture professor). We then rushed back to Russell Square and had a long discussion about plays with Mark (my theatre professor).





Feb. 15th- A day of rest, the start of our first free weekend. I'm pretty sure I just relaxed all day.

Feb. 16th- Kristyn and I went to the British Museum. It was so wonderful. I got to see first hand so many things that I studied in my survey of Art History course last semester. All of my images from that visit can be found if you click here- http://imgur.com/a/JMTou#0
My favorite part of the museum was seeing the "Elgin Marbles" or the marble sculptures from the pediment of the Parthenon in Athens Greece. Since then I have already been back, there is so much to see! I wish I would still be here when they open their new exhibit.

Feb 17th- Productive day of homework and grocery shopping.
END OF WEEK THREE!

Cheers!

Weekend 5- Windsor, Stonehenge, Bath Trip Video!

Here is video from my trip to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Bath today!

See the video on Youtube by clicking here


(I pinky swear I will update you more about these past two weeks soon!)

Cheers,
 Megayn