There were two places in Scotland that we visited and the main city that we stayed in was Glasgow. The bus ride down there was a little long to say the least. We took a ton of breaks, visited a city on the way for lunch and we finally made a 6 hr trip into 11 hours with the traffic and breaks. Thank goodness I can sleep almost anywhere! When we arrived at the Premier Inn hotel we had some down time to get situated before having our arrival dinner. This hotel was like a breath of fresh air and a good break from the tiny dorms and showers that we're used to. For dinner I had my first Fish & Chips while in the UK! It was pretty good and something I will definitely have ... read more

A place of death, torture, captivity, jewels, and beasts is what you will find at the Tower of London. This is where people who were elite or royalty were beheaded or held prisoner. There are actually 21 different towers on the site called the Tower of London. It's mostly known for the beheading's that take place there. William Hastings, Anne Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, and Lady Jane Grey are some of the more famous beheading's that took place there. When someone was being beheaded it didn't always go according to plan. Sometimes it would take several swings to completely take the head off and in between hacks the executed would still be alive. This is why Queen Anne Boleyn wanted to be beheaded with a sword and it was said that all it took was once and ... read more

Thursday the 15th I took another trip back to the British Museum! This is by far my favorite museum because there are so many interesting exhibits and collections of things that interest me. Me and a few friends traveled in more depth the Egyptian exhibit and the Roman collection. There were so many mummies and hieroglyphics it was so interesting. I've never been to a place where there were so many sarcophagus' in one area! An exhibit was dedicated to money and it was so interesting the differences of coins and paper money. Many countries have so many colors in their paper money compared to American dollar bills. It's actually quite pretty to see. Then they had other funny money like bank of hell or bank of love written on the bills. On Friday we had ... read more

Sunday was a very eventful day with a audio tour through Buckingham Palace and then the Thames River Festival right afterwards. The palace was everything I expected and more. We were allowed to go through the State Rooms and some other rooms as well. We listened to an audio recording as we were guided through at our own pace. They did the audio recordings because they were in 7 different languages! There are very grand and elaborate entrances, receiving rooms, staircases, and even the hallways are extravagant. The grand staircase is something you would only expect to see in the movies and I was lucky enough to actually get to walk through it. They were describing that when they built the palace they had a budget and they exceeded that budget by three times because of ... read more

Monday was the first day of class! Well I only have class in the afternoon so it isn't bad at all. The theatre class is going to be great fun. It seems as if all we do is watch plays and write reviews and maybe read a review here or there. We don't have an actual class for another 3 weeks because we are going on tours and just watching plays for the weeks in between. This is such a wonderful relaxed place. The actual place that we have our classes in is actually quite nice. There's a nice garden that you walk through in order to get to the classroom which is surprising once again especially because you go from a street which is building after building and then just go through this building a ... read more