first off, i'm sorry i haven't updated this for a while. we've been busy and i just run out of time too much! ok well two weeks ago we went to WICKED and i promised to post pictures from it so enjoy!
Did i mention i sat on the FIFTH ROW?!
this dashing man is otherwise known as FIYERO!
alright so we were able to go to cambridge college about 2 weeks ago. SO PRETTY! but it was extremely cold. we had the day to walk around the campus and explore the town. they had the cutest market that we walked through.
the grass every where we go is ALWAYS bright green. its amazing!
ok so three weeks ago we started thinking about things and realized that on valentines day we were going to be at a greek play and wouldn't be able to do anything fun. so we decided to have a valentines "date" with all of the girls, the weekend before valentines. a group of 5 of us took it into our hands and planned it. only half of the girls knew this was happening while the other half was to be surprised. us 5 decided who we wanted to ask and we did a scavenger hunt for them. at the end of the scavenger hunt they were informed of the date but their dates were kept a secret. well saturday came around and we all went to pick up our "dates". we started off by having pizza at home with all the girls then from there we all split up and did our own thing. a group of us decided we would go get dessert then go on the LONDON EYE! basically, my valentines was incredible and it'll be extremely hard to top in the future!
our group with our "dates"
me and my date
scoop... best dessert i've had here!
we may or may not have had a dessert overload that night...
our group
view from above! INCREDIBLE!
abby and i on the london eye
my date is hotter than yours!
best valentines ever! thanks abby! xx
later that week we were lucky enough to get to tour through westminster abbey! it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! as we walked through it we were able to see where many famous people were buried and see how incredibly detailed everything is. it was incredible!
we had to get a picture with big ben because we obviously just don't have enough!;)
last tuesday was PANCAKE DAY! we were lucky enough to have our amazing cook as well as our faculty cook pancakes for us. made me feel so at home with some delicious buttermilk syrup added in the mix.
the next day, so wednesday, we went to frederic leightons home. everything in his house was a bit over the top but it was ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! i'm in love with his house. the theme that was about the home was a peacock. most of the rooms were colors within a peacock feather, he had turquoise tiles on his walls, even within the fireplace he had tiles to match a feather and he has feathers infront of the fireplace. such a beautiful home. wouldn't mind having it for myself!
just a little preview of this killer fireplace!
thursday was valentines! when we woke up, the three boys in our group bought all the girls flowers and a chocolate bar so it started off a great day! that afternoon a few of us decided to treat ourselves to some nice gelato from herrods and macaroons from laduree! it was divine!
i also had a secret admirer who left me these beautiful flowers!
happy valentines to me!
we get boy deprived and had a little "kiss attack" after our greek play.
no need to worry, we are still interested in men.
hayley and i
christina, hayley, and me
i love my friends!
probably one of the prettiest days here!
me and dani
bright colors filled the skies and all the surroundings that day
but the real beauty was on sunday. yesterday our group of students here had the incredible opportunity to put on a fireside for a group of people in brighton. originally i wasn't planning on going with the group but at the last minute i decided that that is where i needed to be and i am so glad that i went! we had to meet at the train station at 4:30 so we could catch our train at 4:45. when we got there we found out our train was delayed a good hour and a half. we were stressed out because if we didn't make it then the fireside wouldn't happen because we were the fireside. george, our director, was able to figure out another way to get there but we would've had to switch trains with a very short connection to catch. when we found out what train to catch i felt like i was in gotham city trying to flee and get out. EVERYONE in the train station started running to catch the train. things were flying in the air, people were being pushed and falling down. it was pure madness. we finally made it on the train and were on our way to catch the second train. we made it to the second train and headed on our way to brighton. by the time we got to brighton it was 7:30. we were 30 minutes late BUT all in all the fireside went perfectly. we had a few musical numbers and some of the students spoke about their conversion story. the spirit there was SO STRONG! basically i was a mess from bawling like a baby.
coming home was another story. we knew when we needed to get to the train station so we got there in plenty of time but with our lucky, the train was delayed. we waited in the train station for an hour before we finally changed destinations and got on a different train. the train ride took a good hour at least, maybe longer. but we got back into london around 12:15 pm and of course, no tubes were running anymore! we wandered around trying to find a bus to take. about 30 minutes later we finally found a bus to take but it wasn't going to get us all the way home so we had to get off and find a different bus. after another 30 minutes our bus came. we hopped on, all with great attitudes and happy (but really we did have great attitudes). we got home around 1:30 and were all so tired. all in all it was well worth all the troubles we had from travelling because of the spirit we had with us from the devotional! because we got back so late, our professors were kind enough to push classes back an hour! but class in starting so i guess its time for me to pay attention now!
xxx
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