Week 9: 12/07/10 - 18/07/10

12/07/10 - Today's my birthday! I'm no longer a teenager anymore! Whoohoo! I had to go to work today and then we had class, both were weird to do because I usually, if anything, work on my birthday. I've never had class because it's July. Study abroad is just full of knew experiences. After work, class was meeting at another Public Relations firm, Ketchum. It definitely wasn't as interesting as the last PR firm we went to, but it was good to see the differences. After, I went to meet my family for dinner. They were at the Churchill War Rooms, so I met them there and we went to the West End because my class was going to see Mousetrap. It is the longest running play and the play can't be published in London or adapted into film until six months after its last show. Dinner was good, it was nice to see my brother and dad before they left the next day. The play was... interesting. I was sitting with my flatmates and at intermission we guessed how it was going to end. I can't say how, because they said to keep it a secret, and even though it was predictable, I'll respect their request.

13-14/07/10 - Nothing too exciting happened. I worked both days, unfortunately I found out that George Steinbrenner died. As an avid Yankee fan I was sad to not be with other Yankee fans during this time. But on Tuesday, a few of us decided to go to this club that celebrities went to and the Princes used to go to. Aka it was really posh. To top it off, our DJ was Macy Gray. Pretty cool! On Wednesday, Meredith, Mom, and I went to Wicked! I had heard the music, but never saw the musical. I was really excited because I didn't really know what to expect! Needless to say, I wasn't disappointed. It was great. Definitely in my top three musicals!

15/07/10 - Happy Birthday Brendon! Sorry I couldn't be there! Work and class, once again, not terribly exciting! I got to eat dinner with my sister and mom for the last time before they went home. It was at a pretty nice Italian place, not quite the same as the French restaurant we went to early in the week which was amazing, but still quite good. I was sad to see them leave, but I would be coming home soon and would see them again soon too.

16/07/10 - Today was exciting. I did a little shopping, but then I went to the Globe with Becky for the performance of King Henry IV Part 1. We originally wanted to see King Henry VIII, but that wasn't showing. We weren't disappointed. It was a really good show. If you were to read the play itself, you wouldn't be impressed, but the acting was superb and made it absolutely hilarious. I wanted to see Part 2, but I don't think that's going to happen. Maybe I'll read it and imagine the actors I saw in Part 1.

17/07/10 - Today, I met up with Becky, Michelle, and Chelsey and we went to lunch at a place called Sketch. It had great food and was pretty posh, but it felt like you were in a Woody Allen movie and on acid. The bathroom had bedazzled toilet seat covers. There were turning doors and mysteriously covered entryways. After lunch, Michelle, Chelsey and I went to Portobello Market. It was cool to walk around Notting Hill. It felt like we were in a different place. There was no sense that you were in a city. It was cool to see the different stalls. I actually found a Les Mis book that was published in 1955. I was really excited to find it, as I had been thinking about getting a copy, but it's cool that it's an older copy... very vintage. We went to the Hummingbird Bakery to get some cupcakes. They were famous, and they were very good.

18/07/10 - Today was a lazy day. Lazy days are so much better in London if I do say so myself!

Until next week