Sarah in London: Busy, busy, busy!

Hey guys!

Sorry it's been awhile since my last post. "Mid-terms" were last week, so things were a little hectic. So I'll try and sum up the past 2 weeks as best I can:

Last Thursday we went to the Globe Theatre and saw Shakespeare's Love Labour's Lost. It was pretty neat to watch a Shakespearian play inside his famous theater! They have rebuilt it, so it's not actually the original, but it was cool nonetheless.

Friday we took a day trip out to Brighton. It was basically a really cute town with a pier on the beach, a ton of little shops and cafes, and some pretty amazing views! We walked around on the pier and through the town for most of the day. We also went inot the Royal Pavillion, which is where one of the princes lived. He built this palace for the purpose of displaying his wealth to the people, so you can imagine how extravagant it is!

As I said, we had exams in all of our classes this week. They went okay overall I suppose. Luckily, I get to wait at least another week before finding out how I really did.

This Thursday we saw Phantom of the Opera!! It was a great show. The only negative thing I have to say about it is that I was a little disappointed by the chandelier. If you've ever seen this musical performed, you know what I'm talking about. Afterwards, we stayed near the stage door to meet the cast. We took pictures with Meg, Christine, and of course, the Phantom.

Friday, we went to Oxford for the day. It is such a wonderful town! It's a college town, so there are a ton of cool clothing and coffee shops. AND the colleges themselves are amazing to see. We walked around one of the colleges along a little river for awhile, and ate lunch outside. It was a very relaxing day, which is just what I think everyone needed after mid-terms week.

Saturday we had to go to Charles Darwin's house for our science class. Inside the house, there were exhibits on the top floor dedicated to different parts of his life. On the ground floor they had rooms set up exactly as he had them back then. There was also a tea room, where we had lunch. Outside, we walked down the "sand path", which is where Darwin used to walk when he needed to gather his thoughts. Supposedly, it is where he came up with the theory of evolution. We also saw his greenhouse/laboratory. I actually enjoyed this trip a lot more than I thought I would. Even though I don't believe some of his "theories", it's still really interesting to see how and why he developed them.

After Darwin's house, we went to Abbey Road. This is the famous area where the Beatles had their recording studio AND where their last album cover picture was taken.

Today, a few of us went to Hillsong London. Hillsong church is based in Australia, and they put together a lot of Christian worship cd's. The churches are huge, consisting of thousands of people. This one is so big they have 3 services, each of which are held in theatres! Like, HUGE theatres. It was an amazing experience, probably a little too large for me. However, the speaker was wonderful.

Well, that's a shortened version of the past couple weeks. I've been having some trouble posting pictures, but I am aware that those are the main reasons many of you probably read this blog, so I'll try my best to get some more up!! I probably will not be updating again for about another week at least, since we are going to Egypt tomorrow, and won't be back until next Sunday. Until then, have a great week guys!

The famous Abbey Road (and it's crosswalk)!