"I have bought your soul for God"

If you know me at all, you know I like musicals. If you like musicals enough to have bothered even a passing conversation with me about them (or if I have subjected you to it whether you like them or not), you know that "Les Miserables" is my favorite. This afternoon, I attended a matinee performance of said show at the Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. It was the third time I had seen the show live but the first professional performance.

The Ball and the Cross and the Light of the World

Today was very busy and very draining for a variety of reasons. I will start with this afternoon, and then I'll get around to the morning because that's what I want to talk about the most. This morning was our tour of St. Pauls, and we were there for about an hour and a half before grabbing lunch in a square near the cathedral and hopping the Tube to explore a couple of museums.

"An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered"

This morning, everyone in the program arose bright and early to meet our coach on time. The coach was supposed to arrive at 9 and transport us first to Penshurst Place and thence to Hampton Court. At about 9:30, our program directors were informed that the driver had encountered traffic and would be fifteen minutes late. So we waited. For about four hours. At 1:00, we finally gave up, and the coach company canceled the ride, ending our hopes of reaching either site at all. Our poor directors were considerably out of sorts.

"For peace comes dropping slow"

Wow, I am behind on blogging. To put it simply so much has happened that it's hard to keep track of it all, so I'll try to go over some highlights of the past few days. First off, Wednesday night, Rissa, Lauren, Emily, and I had the privilege of watching "Much Ado About Nothing," which featured Catherine Tate and David Tennant of Doctor Who fame as Beatrice and Benedick. Tennant was simply incredible in his role, definitely the best interpretation of Benedick I have ever seen. It was a delight.

Pygmalion and Other Wonders

Hello all,
The past two days have been somewhat overwhelming but such a tremendous blessing! Yesterday morning, we set off for Greenwich led by one of my professors (whom I leave persistently unnamed for privacy's sake) leading the way. It was my first trip on the London Underground, affectionately known as The Tube, also my first trip on light rail in the country. I have to say, the Tube is efficient, but the light rail made me feel rather ill, and that detracted from the fact that I got to walk across the Prime Meridian several times through the course of the day. Learning the seafaring origins of Greenwich Mean Time was fascinating, though. If you get a chance, look up the story.