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I can’t believe it’s been almost a week since I wrote! And it hasn’t even been a particularly busy week that I remember. Sorry about that!

Yay Chivalry!

On Friday we meant to go to Spitalfields Market but didn’t feel like braving the weather to shop outside. Instead, we waited it out and caught the last Yeomen tour of the Tower of London. It was actually really amazing to be inside the Tower walls and walk the ancient cobble stone streets that so many historical figures walked. We saw the site where Elizabeth I was held captive and where Anne Boleyn (and countless others) was executed. We got to go inside the chapel where I found proof that Chivalry does in fact exist (other than in the SU chapter of Kappa Chi’s that is) and see all the crown jewels. Yes, that’s right. Crown Jewels. As in, the largest cut diamond in the world that is part of the Queen’s scepter. I want a freaking scepter!

The Globe (I actually took this on the HP tour)

Saturday and Sunday were slightly boring work and shopping days but Monday was great. Not only was it Hermione Granger’s birthday, but I got to go on a tour of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater AND a Harry Potter Walking tour. The Globe was amazing because we got to see the tail end of a rehearsal for Much Ado About Nothing. To our surprise, the guy that played Jeffery in the Fresh Prince of Bel-air, is in the cast! And we get to see the performance next week! I LOVE JEFFERY!! It was really cool. I can’t wait to see the show next week.

I wish it would have gone through...

After the Globe, we rushed to King’s Cross Station to begin our Harry Potter walking tour. We went to a lot of places where they filmed the movies, most of which we’d already been to just wandering around London but it was still pretty neat. Unfortunately, it was a night tour so all of my pictures are really dark. It’s kind of disappointing. But we definitely got great pictures at Platform 9 ¾!

Yesterday was busy and kind of dreary but there were two particularly great highlights: I got to stand up for my God in two different situations! Once was in class when we were discussing the language of scripts which naturally led to a discussion about bad words. She asked us to list the worst words we could and she would write them on the board and I passed and got to talk about why which was really cool! The second time was after we saw our Tuesday night performance of Faith Machine. Go google it because there’s really no good way that I can think of to summarize it for you. But you can tell by the title that it sparked some interesting conversations. It was definitely a great experience and I can only hope and pray that it leads to more conversations, particularly in class next week with my professor.

Tomorrow we head out to Scotland which should be really, really great! We’ve got completely packed schedules and it looks like there’ll be lots of bus time for some relaxed reading which I’m almost equally excited about! I finished reading BossyPants (Tina Fey’s book) and that was absolutely hilarious (thanks, Jessy!) and now I’m on to Water for Elephants. I think the next thing I read will be the Other Boleyn Girl since it’s based on things I’ve actually seen. And thanks to Jenn and Shawn, I can take them all with me on tubes, trains and busses on my Kindle!

I won’t be taking my computer with me this weekend so it’ll be a while before I post again. I guess that just means I’ll catch you on the flip side!