London calling...
Jul. 1st, 2005 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
readingredheadWell, folks, it's certainly been a week!
I flew into London with my family, and we got here on Sunday. We're staying in a small flat in the Kensington area, for anyone who cares. We didn't do much Sunday, just walked around.
Monday we went to the British Museum -- I got to see the Rosetta Stone! It was really cool, but you couldn't really take pictures since it was behind glass and any picture you took would include your reflection in the glass. But still, I saw it. Then we went to the National Gallery, another museum but for art this time. I saw at least three paintings that Koger had taught us in AP Euro: Madonna of the Rocks, by Da Vinci; The Arnolfini Wedding, by Van Eyck; and The Tribute Money, by Titian. It was pretty neat.
Tuesday we went back to the National Gallery a bit, and we went and shopped at Harrod's. It wasn't really as neat as everyone made it out to be -- I was kinda bored with it all. Way too expensive for me to buy anything. One pound is worth two dollars, so the prices here are almost twice the size of those back home, if you do the calculations.
Wednesday was possibly one of the greatest days of my life. It was our show day, so to speak -- we saw Guys & Dolls and Phantom of the Opera, on the same day! Both shows were amazing beyond belief -- you really had to be there. I know some of my friends will be there someday. Ewan McGregor made a surprisingly good Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls. We went back after the show, and actually got his autograph! Even I was excited, and I'm not the fangirl type. Phantom was amazing, too -- the principal characters were all really great, and the effects were phenomenal! I know that's a day I won't soon forget.
Didn't do much Thursday, shopped for used books on Charing Cross Road and went back to the British Museum for a bit.
Today we went up to King's Cross, where I learned that there is no real, tangible barrier between platforms nine and ten which one might hope to disappear through. Then we walked a long way and had tea in a tea house near Kensington Palace. All in all, we've done a lot of stuff. I've left out a bunch, probably, because I'm writing so quick. I would send out e-mails to everyone but I don't have time. We fly to Italy tomorrow, so when I have time and my own computer there I'll try to send out individual e-mails to you all.
I've already decided that I will be coming back to London, it is just too amazing and there are so many things I still haven't seen. But I have to go now, because dad and I have to go buy some food for dinner. Write more later.
I flew into London with my family, and we got here on Sunday. We're staying in a small flat in the Kensington area, for anyone who cares. We didn't do much Sunday, just walked around.
Monday we went to the British Museum -- I got to see the Rosetta Stone! It was really cool, but you couldn't really take pictures since it was behind glass and any picture you took would include your reflection in the glass. But still, I saw it. Then we went to the National Gallery, another museum but for art this time. I saw at least three paintings that Koger had taught us in AP Euro: Madonna of the Rocks, by Da Vinci; The Arnolfini Wedding, by Van Eyck; and The Tribute Money, by Titian. It was pretty neat.
Tuesday we went back to the National Gallery a bit, and we went and shopped at Harrod's. It wasn't really as neat as everyone made it out to be -- I was kinda bored with it all. Way too expensive for me to buy anything. One pound is worth two dollars, so the prices here are almost twice the size of those back home, if you do the calculations.
Wednesday was possibly one of the greatest days of my life. It was our show day, so to speak -- we saw Guys & Dolls and Phantom of the Opera, on the same day! Both shows were amazing beyond belief -- you really had to be there. I know some of my friends will be there someday. Ewan McGregor made a surprisingly good Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls. We went back after the show, and actually got his autograph! Even I was excited, and I'm not the fangirl type. Phantom was amazing, too -- the principal characters were all really great, and the effects were phenomenal! I know that's a day I won't soon forget.
Didn't do much Thursday, shopped for used books on Charing Cross Road and went back to the British Museum for a bit.
Today we went up to King's Cross, where I learned that there is no real, tangible barrier between platforms nine and ten which one might hope to disappear through. Then we walked a long way and had tea in a tea house near Kensington Palace. All in all, we've done a lot of stuff. I've left out a bunch, probably, because I'm writing so quick. I would send out e-mails to everyone but I don't have time. We fly to Italy tomorrow, so when I have time and my own computer there I'll try to send out individual e-mails to you all.
I've already decided that I will be coming back to London, it is just too amazing and there are so many things I still haven't seen. But I have to go now, because dad and I have to go buy some food for dinner. Write more later.
