Henry V at the Globe

I am the luckiest girl. I'm still in shock. Today was too good to be true.

Let me explain!

Today was a completely free day (for the most part). Which means we had nothing until 4 pm. We all woke up and ate breakfast bright and early! I was still chilling in my pj's because they are leopard pants with a rockin' giraffe shirt so who wouldn't want to stay in that as long as possible?? Little did I know me procrastinating getting ready would mean that I would have to get ready in 10 minutes. Shower and everything. But by golly I did it!!! I showered, got dressed, did my make up in seriously 10 minutes. I just had to brag about that because I was so proud of myself.

Kissing the Lion on Trafalgar Square!

We planned on going to the London Eye to see the fabulous skyline. We took the bus to Piccadilly Circus and drove down some of the iconic shopping streets. Everything was picture perfect with the Union Jack flags/garlands hanging over the streets. We arrived at Piccadilly, or otherwise known as the "Time Square" of London. Walked around there, did the tourist thing. We ventured probably two blocks away and ran into Trafalgar Square. It was a complete accident. And it was awesome. There was the National Gallery to our left, and an amazing fountain. We were in awe and completely forgot where we were meaning to go! We saw the tip of the London Eye a couple blocks away and ventured over there. When..... BAM! There was Big Ben and Parliament!!!!

Oh hello Big Ben!!!

I didn't even realize it until I looked up and it was a block away from me. It didn't even look real. It looked almost like a cardboard cutout, propped up for a movie or something. I kinda started to tear up. And then of course the clock struck and it was the perfect moment. Then I teared up even more. I whipped out my camera and got a couple of great shots.

The group on the London Eye!

We walked over the bridge after awhile, bought our tickets to the London Eye, watched this 4 D movie about some seagull's adventures in London... kind of confused by that one, won't lie. And got on the giant Ferris Wheel... type thing... They don't really like to call it a Ferris Wheel but that's what it is!

Janie and I at Westminster Abbey

The views were spectacular!!! You could see all the way down the Thames River, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Parliament, just....everything!!! I think I want to go back during sunset or at night and see all the cities lights. I hear it's even better! We stopped for lunch, and headed to Westminster Abbey and St. Margret's church to take a look before heading home for another lecture by the theatre specialist Tim Slover! On the way home though we found...

PRIMARK! Have you heard of it?? It's this huge clothing store. How would I describe it... pure chaos, and super cheap. Everyone is so fashionable that shops there, and it's even cheaper than clothing in the US so you know it's super cheap for England! Of course we all got split up, had to have them page some people over the intercom because there was NO WAY we were going to find everyone. We plan on going back :)

We found our way home on the Tube, had our Henry V lecture, and walked over to the Globe Theatre which is right by the Millennium Bridge that I told you all about earlier, you know the one in Harry Potter?

We were in the bottom section, right by the actors, you could touch them we were that close! Except we had to stand. Won't lie, my feet felt like they were severely bruised after the long day that I had, but it was TOTALLY worth it.

Henry V was amazing!!! They had perfect comedic timing, it was so well done. I'm glad we get to go back and see future productions there! We all traveled home to Palace Court, barely crawled in bed, and PASSED OUT again! These days are long and hard... but I wouldn't trade it for the world!