Day 76 3/27/12
Happy Birthday to me! Yes, that is correct today is the day I celebrate my 21st Birthday!! It is funny when you think about it my sister who is two minutes older than me celebrated her 21st 6 hours after me. I started the day off by going to class (Pop music) and I was excited because he was suppose to play some spice girls today (something he dreaded). Sadly it turned out he didn't. I was kind of bummed out about it. After that class I went back to the flatt and I was bored just sitting waiting for tonight to happen so I decided to do some shopping. I went to Primark and bought some cute tights (They actually fit!!!) and then I bought some nice red high heels. Yes, that was a Kellie Pickler reference. I was pretty excited for tonight because I thought it would be fun! Got back to the flatt and just hung out for a while and facebooked and all that fun stuff. After that I showered and started to get ready for tonight. We were going to Planet Hollywood. Around 6:30ish pm Jordan, Krista, Shelby and myself headed to Planet Hollywood. Michelle, Amanda, Brittany and Vikki were meeting us down there. I learned heels were a BAD idea! I could barely walk I was in that much pain. Then we got to Planet Hollywood and we ordered this HUGE drink for 20 pounds. We got the titanic cocktail. it was actually quite good. Then I almost spilled it because I put my heels on the chair as I do with most of the time and my heels got caught and I almost fell flat on the table. Scared me and the girls.... Good Brooke clutsy moment right there. It was classy. It was amusing. Then we soon got seated and got some drinks and dinner. It was a fun time and I even got my name to come up on the screen "Happy Birthday Brook. Have a lovely day." Too bad my name is spelled Brooke. Oh well it was still nice. Still a fun night. Then Brittany, Amanda, Jordan, Michelle, Krista and I all headed to a pub/bar named Adventure in covent garden. It was quite fun. Allie and Kara came a little while after. We were having fun and we ended up taking about 6 shots each of skittles since there was a deal. By the end of the night I had at least 8 shots and was barely tipsy. I also had some guys come over and wish me a happy birthday. I got kissed on the cheek by about five different men. My favorite (didnt kiss me on the cheek) was this guy Will. He looked like Draco Malfoy but was way cuter! He was sober and still having a light conversation with me! I was quite excited but when he stopped after a bit I was like dam! Oh well everything happens for a reason. It was a great night nonetheless. One of my favorite moments was when we all (Krista, Jordan, Michelle, Amanda, Kara, Brittany, Allie) were on the tube. Allie and Kara were just HILARIOUS! I can also now say that I had people sing Happy birthday to me on the tube! Good thing it was the last tube of the night since a lot of people minus the one guy cracking up was not enjoying the song. I loved it and thought it was so amusing! It was a great end to an amazing night! Everyone told me that 21 was not a great birthday to have in London but a lot of the Londoners came up to me and were like "that's awesome your 21" ::high five::. It was great. Plus how many people do you know got sung to on a tube? I doubt many.
Forgot to mention that on the way back my shoes were so painful and we had to make sure we caught the last tube I walked barefoot. Now how many people do you know can say they walked around London barefoot? I used a lot of dis-infective wipes on my feet that night.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Day 75 3/26/12
Day 75 3/26/12
Monday. Class. Fun stuff.... Not really. That was my morning. Then my afternoon I had come back to the flatt and basically stayed there for most of the day. Then I took a shower got dressed for the show we were going to see. We were going to see Alice in Wonderland at the opera house as a ballet. At 5pm Krista came over and we had dinner and then we left with Jordan and Shelby to head to covent garden to the opera house. When we got there Dr. Peirece told us that they had two seats that were better than the rest. She told us she would have us all pick a number and who ever was closest could have the seats. Michelle and Krista were the closest. Michelle ended up giving her seat to Phillipa (one of the teachers/tutors) because she wanted to sit with her mother and grandma that came to visit her. Next thing I know was Phillipa offered me the ticket. The view really was amazing! It was a great performance and I really enjoyed it. It was odd not sitting with the rest of the group because I felt as if we (Krista and I) had come without them. Oh well, it was still great and then after that we went home and caught up with most of the group. We got home and basically chilled out then went to bed.
Monday. Class. Fun stuff.... Not really. That was my morning. Then my afternoon I had come back to the flatt and basically stayed there for most of the day. Then I took a shower got dressed for the show we were going to see. We were going to see Alice in Wonderland at the opera house as a ballet. At 5pm Krista came over and we had dinner and then we left with Jordan and Shelby to head to covent garden to the opera house. When we got there Dr. Peirece told us that they had two seats that were better than the rest. She told us she would have us all pick a number and who ever was closest could have the seats. Michelle and Krista were the closest. Michelle ended up giving her seat to Phillipa (one of the teachers/tutors) because she wanted to sit with her mother and grandma that came to visit her. Next thing I know was Phillipa offered me the ticket. The view really was amazing! It was a great performance and I really enjoyed it. It was odd not sitting with the rest of the group because I felt as if we (Krista and I) had come without them. Oh well, it was still great and then after that we went home and caught up with most of the group. We got home and basically chilled out then went to bed.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Day 74 3/25/12
Day 74 3/25/12
Well today I did not have a great start. Woke up hungover and yes I did get sick... I dont even want to think of it anymore it was not a fun morning. The basics happend we got dressed/packed up/ate breakfast then headed out. We did a hop on hop off tour before we had to get to the ferry. It was a nice tour and I ended up falling asleep through some of it which was fine because I felt a lot better after that. Then we headed back to the bus station to catch the bus for the ferry. The rest of the day was basically more traveling. The only problem was of course with the trains. Our first train was suppose to take us to Crew but decided to take us to Chester instead. It was a one stop difference so no one understood why the couldnt go to the next stop. They then told us to go to platform 7 then they told us to go back on the train and this happened for a good 5-10 minutes where people got on and off the train. The workers had no idea what was happening. It was that bad. Then finally someone got on the train asked where everyone was going and unanamously Crew was said. The guy then told us to get off the train and next thing we knew we had to jet on over to platform 3 not 7! It was really obnoxious. That was the main story of the night and we didnt get back until 11:30pm which we went to bed not long after.
Well today I did not have a great start. Woke up hungover and yes I did get sick... I dont even want to think of it anymore it was not a fun morning. The basics happend we got dressed/packed up/ate breakfast then headed out. We did a hop on hop off tour before we had to get to the ferry. It was a nice tour and I ended up falling asleep through some of it which was fine because I felt a lot better after that. Then we headed back to the bus station to catch the bus for the ferry. The rest of the day was basically more traveling. The only problem was of course with the trains. Our first train was suppose to take us to Crew but decided to take us to Chester instead. It was a one stop difference so no one understood why the couldnt go to the next stop. They then told us to go to platform 7 then they told us to go back on the train and this happened for a good 5-10 minutes where people got on and off the train. The workers had no idea what was happening. It was that bad. Then finally someone got on the train asked where everyone was going and unanamously Crew was said. The guy then told us to get off the train and next thing we knew we had to jet on over to platform 3 not 7! It was really obnoxious. That was the main story of the night and we didnt get back until 11:30pm which we went to bed not long after.
Day 73 3/24/12
Day 73 3/24/12
Woke up nice and early got ready ate some breakfest at the hostel and then headed off to the train station. Why? Because today Jordan, Vikki and I were going to head out to the Island of Bray. It was about an hour long train ride. We first looked for a place to buy lunch to take with us since we were going to go hike up on the cliff at Bray. We found a place then headed up the cliff (there was a trail). It was really beautiful and it was an amazing day which made it even better! The ocean was so crystal blue and breath taking. We did not climb the whole thing but we did climb up to a grass section on the side of the cliff and ate our lunch. Of course I was the only one who had the ant issue and the whole trying not to fall off the cliff and getting hit by some of the thorn bushes while getting to the little area we ate at. It was all worth it and it was so beautiful! After a while we headed back to the train station to head back to Dublin. We were going on a pub crawl! We got back to the hostel and got ready and then headed out for the pub crawl and on the way picked up some McDonalds to get some dinner. Krista met us at the first pub for the pub crawl. In all the pub crawl was not that bad and I know for sure that I was drunk that night. But I enjoyed myself even though I think the best pub crawl I was on was in Scotland.
Woke up nice and early got ready ate some breakfest at the hostel and then headed off to the train station. Why? Because today Jordan, Vikki and I were going to head out to the Island of Bray. It was about an hour long train ride. We first looked for a place to buy lunch to take with us since we were going to go hike up on the cliff at Bray. We found a place then headed up the cliff (there was a trail). It was really beautiful and it was an amazing day which made it even better! The ocean was so crystal blue and breath taking. We did not climb the whole thing but we did climb up to a grass section on the side of the cliff and ate our lunch. Of course I was the only one who had the ant issue and the whole trying not to fall off the cliff and getting hit by some of the thorn bushes while getting to the little area we ate at. It was all worth it and it was so beautiful! After a while we headed back to the train station to head back to Dublin. We were going on a pub crawl! We got back to the hostel and got ready and then headed out for the pub crawl and on the way picked up some McDonalds to get some dinner. Krista met us at the first pub for the pub crawl. In all the pub crawl was not that bad and I know for sure that I was drunk that night. But I enjoyed myself even though I think the best pub crawl I was on was in Scotland.
Day 72 3/23/12
Day 72 3/23/12
Today is Friday! I had class in the morning but who cares about that. After class I was heading to Ireland with Jordan and Vikki and Krista was going to meet us tomorrow. It was mostly a traveling day and in total it was about 7 hours. We did have some problems with our trains. The first train we almost missed but it turns out that someone got sick and they had to find a replacement and that took 15 minutes. Not a big deal unless you had another train to catch and you only had a 10 minute period to catch it. Yea, the three of us were freaking out a bit. They told us that we would be able to make the next train. The second train almost left us. If we didnt run as fast as we did we would have missed it. Then after that train we took a ferry and it was a pretty big ferry and that was about an hours ride. Soon enough we were in DUBLIN, IRELAND! It was night time of course maybe around 8ish pm since we had left around noon and it was a 7 hour traveling day. We attempted to find out hostel after taking the bus from the ferry to the bus station. We asked some older gentlemen who noticed we were lost and asked if they could help. They suggested we took a cab because it would be hard to find unless you know the area. We took a cab and it was only 9 Euros between the 3 of us which was not bad at all. We settled into the hostel and then went to find out a pub to eat dinner at and figure out what we would do for tomorrow. Found a pub named Temple bar and ate there. I tried my first and last Guinness there.... Yuck..... But I did finish it! Then we went back to the hostel to look up more details for what we wanted to do and then we went to bed because we were exhausted!
Today is Friday! I had class in the morning but who cares about that. After class I was heading to Ireland with Jordan and Vikki and Krista was going to meet us tomorrow. It was mostly a traveling day and in total it was about 7 hours. We did have some problems with our trains. The first train we almost missed but it turns out that someone got sick and they had to find a replacement and that took 15 minutes. Not a big deal unless you had another train to catch and you only had a 10 minute period to catch it. Yea, the three of us were freaking out a bit. They told us that we would be able to make the next train. The second train almost left us. If we didnt run as fast as we did we would have missed it. Then after that train we took a ferry and it was a pretty big ferry and that was about an hours ride. Soon enough we were in DUBLIN, IRELAND! It was night time of course maybe around 8ish pm since we had left around noon and it was a 7 hour traveling day. We attempted to find out hostel after taking the bus from the ferry to the bus station. We asked some older gentlemen who noticed we were lost and asked if they could help. They suggested we took a cab because it would be hard to find unless you know the area. We took a cab and it was only 9 Euros between the 3 of us which was not bad at all. We settled into the hostel and then went to find out a pub to eat dinner at and figure out what we would do for tomorrow. Found a pub named Temple bar and ate there. I tried my first and last Guinness there.... Yuck..... But I did finish it! Then we went back to the hostel to look up more details for what we wanted to do and then we went to bed because we were exhausted!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Day 71 3/22/12
Day 71 3/22/12
Thursday! Honestly nothing fun happened. I went to school at 10:30am and arrived at 11am for math class at 11:30am. That went on until 2:15 and I just stayed at the school and browsed online. I get to use youtube without being timed/eating my mega bites up. Then I had class at 2:45 pm British life and culture. It was mostly presentations. I am a bit nervous for mine and I go tomorrow. Hopefully I can get it to 4 minutes. Then at 4:30pm I met with Gareth my theater teacher to go over the dualouge with my partner Amy for next week. Then I stayed at the college with Jordan finishing up all the crazy amount of work I have left to do. Yes, I watched more youtube videos but I got my work done which is all that matters. Then I went to testco to pick something up quickly. If you really need to know it was pads. I'm a girl deal with it. Now I'm just finishing up some more work and writing this blog. I did get to shower so I was happy bout that and I am finishing up some packing for IRELAND TOMORROW!!!!
Thursday! Honestly nothing fun happened. I went to school at 10:30am and arrived at 11am for math class at 11:30am. That went on until 2:15 and I just stayed at the school and browsed online. I get to use youtube without being timed/eating my mega bites up. Then I had class at 2:45 pm British life and culture. It was mostly presentations. I am a bit nervous for mine and I go tomorrow. Hopefully I can get it to 4 minutes. Then at 4:30pm I met with Gareth my theater teacher to go over the dualouge with my partner Amy for next week. Then I stayed at the college with Jordan finishing up all the crazy amount of work I have left to do. Yes, I watched more youtube videos but I got my work done which is all that matters. Then I went to testco to pick something up quickly. If you really need to know it was pads. I'm a girl deal with it. Now I'm just finishing up some more work and writing this blog. I did get to shower so I was happy bout that and I am finishing up some packing for IRELAND TOMORROW!!!!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Day 70 3/21/12
3/21/12 Day 70
Today was the day where I felt a bit out of the group. Today we had the bike ride. Guess what? I cannot ride a bike. I use to be ashamed but now a day I really do not care. I never really needed a bike anyway. I can just walk and now I have my license so I can drive. I took a train with Amanda’s (my GA) mom who was unable to go on the bike ride and was visiting for the week. It was about a an hours journey which was not bad. We then met up with the rest of the group around noon for a picnic. It was a nice day out so it was nice. Then we went to visit the palace at Hampton court. That is where we were also having our picnic out. We went to check out the palace which is quite beautiful. It is where Henry the 8th lived. It was huge and the paintings and designs of the buildings were gorgeous. My favorite part of the trip was getting to see the gardens. They were breath taking and I decided those are the types of garden I would like to have my wedding at one day. It was a great experience and it helped that the weather was very nice out! Around 4:30pm a group of us headed back home and we got home around 5pm but Jordan and I had to do a little grocery shopping. Then got back to the flat went to the bathroom, checked my email, cooked dinner and now I am writing this lovely blog about my day.
Random side note:
I only have about 2 more weeks left and to be honest I am more than ready to go home. I just want to go to Ireland this weekend and then I am just ready to hop back on a flight and go home! I love London but I miss my home. I miss my friends, family, dog (sparky). I just miss it all so much.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Day 69 3/20/12
Day 69 3/20/12
Tuesday! Oh today seriously was not entertaining at all. All I did was go to class at 9am then stayed until 6pm working on homework. The only great part of my day was skyping with Amanda. That is honestly all I did today and I still have a lot to do! I cannot wait for Friday!!!!!!!
Day 68 3/19/12
Day 68 3/19/12
I know I have not updated in a bit but I have fallen behind. I figured before I fall too far behind that this could be one week I skip over and possibly come back to. But, lets talk about today, Monday. I had class as usual in the morning. Then afterwards I came to the flat. I planned on getting some work done so I ate lunch and then headed off to Starbucks. I figured it would help me save some internet. Yea right! I stayed for an hour and a half just to have the internet not work! I wanted to seriously cry because I really was hoping to get work done since I have so much due this week. But no Starbucks thought I should sit and drink the dam coffee. After that I was so mad I came back to the flat and took a nap because I was so frustrated and did not want to waste more internet especially since I knew I would want to watch youtube videos (it would eat up all my mega bites and take away my internet) and I didn’t want to waste just the minutes. I took a nap for about an hour and a half and then woke up to go eat some dinner and finish getting ready. Tonight we were seeing Sweeney Todd! I saw the movie so I knew it would be good! The show was amazing! We got tickets for the upper circle so we were on the second floor. It was better than the tickets for the Phantom of the Opera. We had tickets on the floor but all the way in the back which meant we couldn’t see half of the stage. I think some people were surprised at how dark the show is but I personally thought it was awesome! Maybe that means I’m disturbed but I don’t care its too good not to like! Then after that I came back to the flat and I got to skype with my aunt. That was nice. Then I did some work/facebook time and headed off to bed. That was my night.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Day 59 3/11/12
Day 59 3/11/12
Today I was going to Church with Vikki, Sara and Jordan. After I got dressed in my new funky outfit I headed over with Jordan to Vikki’s flat. We stayed there for a bit then went to the off license to get some alcohol to prep for Church. I personally did not want to drink after last night. I just got some pear cider. It was blue so I thought maybe it would taste like blueberries. It was not bad but it was not blueberries. After we drank all our drinks we headed to the tube and then took a train to get where the Church is. For anyone confused Church is a day club open only on Sundays from 12pm-4pm. You have to dress in costume and it’s a unique place to check out. When we got there it was crowded and pretty much smelled of sweat. For alocohol you had to buy a ticket and it was for three drinks and they gave you the three drinks at one time. There was not a huge selection and I did not understand why it had to be given at the same time. It’s like where am I suppose to put them? Unlike other people I don’t have four arms. Oh well. I ended up getting Smirnoff and I could barely drink the first one. It was making me nauseous for some reason. I don’t think my liver was happy with me after having those drinks from Friday and Saturday night. I just let the other girls have them. We then got on the dance floor and started to dance a bit. That’s what we mostly did. Then they have some random shows. Such as they have a stripper (she looked like she could be Dracula’s wife). Her performance was not that great. I have never seen a stripper before and I knew she was doing it badly. They had her come out twice. Once was way more enough and her show was just awkward. She brought guys up from the crowd and basically had them take off their clothes. I think she forgot that as a stripper SHE is the only one whose suppose to take off her clothes and not have flour and cream thrown at them. How she graduated from stripper school no one will ever know. Then they did some beer drinking contests which was amusing to watch. Then they had this one guy doing a show where he swallows thing and basically throws them back up. Its interesting but nauseating at the same time to watch. He was also and older man so no one really wanted to see him in pants and a jacket with no shirt. Sorry but its true. That’s basically what happened in the 3-4 hours we were there. After that we headed back to the flatts. I ended up doing some work, showering, buying some food and that was my Sunday. I did not want to party too much after this whole weekend. I was still overwhelmed from Saturday night so I just wanted to stay in for a while.
Day 58 3/10/12
Day 58 3/10/12
Today Jordan and I decided we would take it easier today. We went to Camden to look for an outfit for Church, tomorrow. No, not church the religious place. Church the club. We found some cute little things that we would be able to put together with outfits we had back in the flatts. I like going to Camden. Its unique and very punk/alternative. It can be quite intimidating if you are not use to that type of scene. After the shopping we decided to head to the Old bell for some dinner and a drink. We wanted to watch the people do some karaoke. Turns out we had gotten there a bit early for it. Jordan and I were hoping to have a chill night since last night was a lot more than we thought it was going to be. We were trying to eat our meal in piece but this 40 year old man would not stop talking to us! He told us his life story and basically explained to us that he is an alcoholic bum in which everyone is making him drink. Jordan and I both kept looking bored and not interested but this guy would not get the hint and we were trying to be nice by paying attention. Finally Jordan excused herself to the bathroom and I just sat there hoping he would go away. Yea right. So, this woman with bright red hair who was sitting by us the whole time just went up to the guy and told him off. She was like “ excuse me sir could you please leave these girls alone. Can you not see they do not want to talk to you.” The guy was basically saying how he was being nice and just talking but the lady told him how our body language was showing we did NOT want to listen to him at all. When Jordan came back we moved to another table and I went to the woman and thanked her. I think the woman might have been the owner and or manager of the Old Bell. I thought that was cool. So, we deiced to still wait around for a bit since the karaoke was going to start soon. Jordan and I decided to get a glass of wine. A small wine is 99p! Cheapest wine I have ever had. Soon after this older black man started buying us drinks. We knew he didn’t spike it because we saw him get it from the counter and then bring it straight to our table. At one point in the night this guy asked if I was pregnant while handing me the wine. Oh how beautiful I felt at that moment. I’m not pregnant. As the night went on things got more interesting. I really do not want to discuss what happened due to the whole world does not need to know. No. No one was hurt just things happened. I will say that I did do karaoke and sung the song “Yesterday” by the Beatles. I liked that. But that is all I will say about this night.
Day 57 3/9/12
Day 57 3/9/12
Friday! Due to coming back so late last night Lyndon had decided to cancel class! I was happy and sad at the same time. I was happy cause we had no class and had time to catch up on work but sad knowing I could have gone somewhere but couldn’t due to the last minute notice. Oh well. Today I did not do that much. I slept in and basically got ready to head to Temple that was in Marble Arch. Yes, that’s right I was going to temple tonight! Something I have not done since I have been here. After visiting so many chapels and churches I was excited to remember what a Temple looked like. Tonight Krista said she would come with me so I was happy about that. It was nice to have a friend to bring to a temple to show them my religion. We got to the temple and I was amazed how beautiful on the outside and inside. I almost wanted to kiss the ground because it felt so nice to be in a temple again. Don’t get me wrong I am not against churches but after a while of going into so many its nice when you can go to a place where you are familiar with. The service was quite nice. After they were done, we called up Jordan to go get some dinner. We decided to go to KFC because the pub/bar we were going to head off to looked as if the food service would be slow and probably be expensive. We ate at KFC then headed to the pub. When we looked at the drink list we decided to leave it was very expensive! We then decided we would go to Tiger Tiger. Oh what a night. I was not drunk at all. I had two drinks and barely felt them. We were all having fun. There was this French guy who constantly kept trying to dance with me. Personally, I do not find receding hairlines attractive at all and did not want to dance with him. I would always walk away from him but he would keep finding me. Creeper much? He would NOT get the hint at all! Usually when a girl walks away from you everytime you are near and never looks at you its not because she is playing hard to get shes playing the leave me the F*ck alone! He would not. I eventually danced with him and consistently made annoyed faces the whole time. At this point Krista, Jordan and myself all had guys we were dancing with. I made the mistake of thinking if I made out with this French guy he would leave me alone…… WRONG. He kept following me the whole night…. Major creeper. I can get easily annoyed and I was getting very annoyed with this guy. Then sometime at the night Krista left because she had to be up early in the morning to go get her friend. Jordan had a guy she was dancing with so, I decided to find some guys to dance with. I found some Italains….. That was not too bad just interesting. They were probably the best looking guys I danced with all night. Yes, I made out with an Italian. They are quite touchy. I also decided I may not wear my green push up bra with a low neckline for a while. It was, yea I have no words and I know my parents are reading this. Then I went to the “bathroom” to escape dancing with another guy I really did not feel like dancing with. I then met this Londoner. I thought he was nice and he asked if I wanted to just sit down and talk. I was stupid enough to believe that’s all he wanted to do. Yes I made out with him and whatever. Then he started getting really handsy and tried putting his hand on my crotch. I pushed it away and then he took my hand to try and touch his downstairs area. Um hell no! I told him sorry I need to go find my friend and left as he was trying to offer me drinks. This night was ok but I didn’t feel great afterwards. Yea, I can say I made out with a French, Italian and English men all in one night but that is not me. It would be nice to meet a sober man who wants to make out with me because he likes me and not because alcohol is running his hormones. That’s basically all that happened that night and eventually Jordan and I headed off home.
Friday! Due to coming back so late last night Lyndon had decided to cancel class! I was happy and sad at the same time. I was happy cause we had no class and had time to catch up on work but sad knowing I could have gone somewhere but couldn’t due to the last minute notice. Oh well. Today I did not do that much. I slept in and basically got ready to head to Temple that was in Marble Arch. Yes, that’s right I was going to temple tonight! Something I have not done since I have been here. After visiting so many chapels and churches I was excited to remember what a Temple looked like. Tonight Krista said she would come with me so I was happy about that. It was nice to have a friend to bring to a temple to show them my religion. We got to the temple and I was amazed how beautiful on the outside and inside. I almost wanted to kiss the ground because it felt so nice to be in a temple again. Don’t get me wrong I am not against churches but after a while of going into so many its nice when you can go to a place where you are familiar with. The service was quite nice. After they were done, we called up Jordan to go get some dinner. We decided to go to KFC because the pub/bar we were going to head off to looked as if the food service would be slow and probably be expensive. We ate at KFC then headed to the pub. When we looked at the drink list we decided to leave it was very expensive! We then decided we would go to Tiger Tiger. Oh what a night. I was not drunk at all. I had two drinks and barely felt them. We were all having fun. There was this French guy who constantly kept trying to dance with me. Personally, I do not find receding hairlines attractive at all and did not want to dance with him. I would always walk away from him but he would keep finding me. Creeper much? He would NOT get the hint at all! Usually when a girl walks away from you everytime you are near and never looks at you its not because she is playing hard to get shes playing the leave me the F*ck alone! He would not. I eventually danced with him and consistently made annoyed faces the whole time. At this point Krista, Jordan and myself all had guys we were dancing with. I made the mistake of thinking if I made out with this French guy he would leave me alone…… WRONG. He kept following me the whole night…. Major creeper. I can get easily annoyed and I was getting very annoyed with this guy. Then sometime at the night Krista left because she had to be up early in the morning to go get her friend. Jordan had a guy she was dancing with so, I decided to find some guys to dance with. I found some Italains….. That was not too bad just interesting. They were probably the best looking guys I danced with all night. Yes, I made out with an Italian. They are quite touchy. I also decided I may not wear my green push up bra with a low neckline for a while. It was, yea I have no words and I know my parents are reading this. Then I went to the “bathroom” to escape dancing with another guy I really did not feel like dancing with. I then met this Londoner. I thought he was nice and he asked if I wanted to just sit down and talk. I was stupid enough to believe that’s all he wanted to do. Yes I made out with him and whatever. Then he started getting really handsy and tried putting his hand on my crotch. I pushed it away and then he took my hand to try and touch his downstairs area. Um hell no! I told him sorry I need to go find my friend and left as he was trying to offer me drinks. This night was ok but I didn’t feel great afterwards. Yea, I can say I made out with a French, Italian and English men all in one night but that is not me. It would be nice to meet a sober man who wants to make out with me because he likes me and not because alcohol is running his hormones. That’s basically all that happened that night and eventually Jordan and I headed off home.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Day 56 3/8/12
Today I got to explore more of Liverpool with my group. We first got on the coach bus for a mini tour (which of course I fell asleep through). I got to see Penny lane, the memorial for the Trafford and then we were dropped off in the city area. We broke up into our groups mine being Amy and Krista. When we got dropped off we decided that we would first go see where the tunnels were that a man named (William Harrison I think is his name) created for whatever unknown reasons. While we were on the way a problem had occurred one of the girls had become hungry. It ended up that me and the other girl who just wanted to go straight to the tunnels had to go find a cheap place to eat or we were going to be snapped at all day. Personally I dont take being snapped at well especially when I am pmsing+ tired. So, for the fact that I was being calm about it even though I was getting furious is a huge accomplishment for me. We found this little bakery type of place. I would have preferred to go to a pub after the tunnels just to get more of a feel for Liverpool but problems would have erupted if we waited. After we ate we went to go eat we headed off to the tunnels. It was a great tour even though we could not go through many of the tunnels due to it not being safe or still being worked on and stuff like that. After the tunnels it took about 30 minutes for us to walk back to the Albert Dock. When we got there we went to Costa to get some coffee and a snack. We did some of our surveying homework which was good. Then we went into the Beatles museum! It was amazing and I learned so much about them. I'm not the number one Beatles fan but they are pretty huge in the music world. It was a great museum and then we went to the museum gift shop and I got some nice little gifts. Then we went to this art museum but it was about to close. We did get to take home a piece of art that they offer for free. Its basically to circles connected. It was interesting. The meaning was sweet with spreading the love but it looked like the two circle graphs which I cannot think of the name right now. Then we (Amy, Krista and myself) went to Pizza Express and got some food for takeaway. We ate it on a bench by the water then headed back to the hostel to head back on the bus. It was about 6 hours to get back I think.... It was nice to be able to sleep in my own bed again.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Day 55 3/7/12
Today my day started out at 5am. I had to get up and make sure I had everything packed for my night in Liverpool. First we were heading to Manchester and then going over to Liverpool. It took about 4 hours of a bus ride to get to Manchester. I just fell asleep like everyone else and listened to my music. All was well and soon enough we got to Manchester. The first thing we did was go on a tour of Old Trafford (Manchester United Football stadium). It was a pretty cool tour and the stadium is pretty large. After that the bus took us to the city area of Manchester. A bunch of us went to the Hard Rock Cafe to celebrate Shelby's birthday (she LOVES the hardrock). It was pretty fun and it took a lot longer than we expected. We did not have much time in Manchester but there was not much to do any way and the weather was crazy! It was hailing. It was odd. After lunch Jordan, Krista and Amy and myself went to the mall area to find people to ask questions. We had some assignments to do some surveying of different people about different questions we had. We did that for about an hour and then decided to head back to the bus since we had to be there in order to leave for Liverpool. The bus ride was maybe 2-3 hours long. Got to Liverpool and got settled in the hostel. I was rooming with Shay, Amy and Krista. We got dinner since it was free there and when we were done I decided to take a shower since Krista and I wanted to go out. We went to the Philharmonic club because Lyndon (british life and culture teacher) mentioned he would be there and its suppose to be a good pub. Turns out just about everyone went there to meet up with him. It was quite fun. Beautiful pub. There was quite a few laughs and some amazing memories from that but it is not over yet. After that we all went to the Cavern (that is where the Beatles were discovered). Nothing was really happening so Krista and I went to the second cavern. We stayed there for a little bit and then we met up with Jordan. We decided to go check out this pub we saw called the 90's pub or something like that. Turns out they barely played any music from the 90's which was a shame. The drinks were pretty cheap (2 pounds) but not that strong. I just had a screaming orgasm. It was good but not that amazing. Soon Amanda , Vikki and Sara met up with us but stayed for a short period of time since they wanted to head back. After they did Jordan wanted to check out the 60's club next to the cavern. Best decision ever! We saw Taylor and her friends dancing and then we saw Dr. Pierce and Lyndon dancing.... Totally worth it! Lyndon was hilarious! He was doing a mix of the Bernie and the twist. Jordan and I now call it "the teacher". It was funny. Then a bunch of others from the group started to join and we probably danced for 2 hours. It was fun. It was weird how many older people go to clubs (some dressing as if they were in their 20's and they surely were not that young). Around 2am we all decided to head back. It was one crazy night! I know we had an early start the next day but it was so worth it staying out til 2am to watch Lyndon dance.
Day 54 3/6/12
Day 54 3/6/12
Today was a bit of relaxing. I woke up at 7am to get ready for the 9am class....... Yea if you read my post for Monday you would know I was partying and got back at around 4am...... Although by that time I was sobering up I was not quite sober yet....... Which means I felt pretty gross and thought I was going to vomit. I went back to bed to get ready for the later class.... Thankfully sleeping it off helped A LOT! I was exhausted but not hungover. I guess I truly do have the Jacoby stomach and don't easily throw up. I went to class at 11:30am with most of the other people who were out the night before. Our teacher, Rob was aware this would happen since one of the 6 students who went to the morning class mentioned that most of us went out since some people had some guests visiting for their spring break. It's a very good thing Rob is one of the most laid back teachers a person could ever get! He was ok with it and it was a good class. By the way this is for British Pop Music. So, it was a good class. After that I pretty much just chilled for the rest of the day since that night was pretty brutal with all the partying and then the next day I was going to go to Manchester and Liverpool at 6am.
Today was a bit of relaxing. I woke up at 7am to get ready for the 9am class....... Yea if you read my post for Monday you would know I was partying and got back at around 4am...... Although by that time I was sobering up I was not quite sober yet....... Which means I felt pretty gross and thought I was going to vomit. I went back to bed to get ready for the later class.... Thankfully sleeping it off helped A LOT! I was exhausted but not hungover. I guess I truly do have the Jacoby stomach and don't easily throw up. I went to class at 11:30am with most of the other people who were out the night before. Our teacher, Rob was aware this would happen since one of the 6 students who went to the morning class mentioned that most of us went out since some people had some guests visiting for their spring break. It's a very good thing Rob is one of the most laid back teachers a person could ever get! He was ok with it and it was a good class. By the way this is for British Pop Music. So, it was a good class. After that I pretty much just chilled for the rest of the day since that night was pretty brutal with all the partying and then the next day I was going to go to Manchester and Liverpool at 6am.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Day 53 3/5/12
Monday. I really did not think much would happen but a lot defiantly did. The morning I just had class and that was not entertaining as usual. After class I did not have much to do and Jordan and I wanted to see the movie 3 musketeers since we went to part of the set the film takes place at. Jordan and I went to blockbuster just in time since they were closing later that week and picked up the movie. Then we did a bit of food shopping and headed back to the flatt to watch the movie with Krista. It was a great movie and it was easy to tell which part was filemed in Bamberg and when it wasn't. I thought that was quite cool. Later that night was when everything went down. That night we went to go see a show called One man and two guvners. I really had no idea what to expect but I was hoping it would be good. It turned out to be hilarious! Its a show that if you are in London you need to see! The main character was very funny and interacted with the audience a lot! I thought it was also quite good because they had little musical acts/songs during some of the scene changes. It was not a musical but it was still quite good. It was totally worth going to it. One of my favorite shows we have seen so far. Then later I had just planned on finishing watching a movie I rented, Horrible bosses. As I was watching it (I was aware everyone was going out) Bethany and Katherine come to my room asking me if I wanted to come to their flatt and drink. I ended up going to their flatt and drinking a bit and then we headed out a bit later than expected to go to the clubs. Specifically Tiger tiger but it turns out they werent letting anyone in when we got there and so we looked for another one. Michelle, Jordan and I just ended up going to a club named Rumba while the rest of the group kept looking for another club. Rumba was decent and I got to talk to this French guy who seemed pretty chill. After a while the club was shutting down and we headed home. It was about 4am when we got back..... I had a class at 9am that day....... Good thing there was a later time we could go to......
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Day 52 3/4/12
Day 52 3/4/12
Today was the last day in Germany for Jordan and I. We both got up early in order to take some showers, pack up and get ready for the fun filled packed day. We also made sure to charge both our cameras since hers was dead all day yesterday and mine had died half way through it. We went to go eat breakfast and Jordan made french toast for the family since they had no idea how to make it nor did they think they heard of it. They liked it and it was pretty good. After breakfest the boys were taking the train to meet us in Bamberg and us girls were using the car (the car was small so not everyone of us could fit into it). After the boys left we had some time so Jordan and I helped clean up and then went back to our room to try and figure out what to get Ivanna and her family for letting us stay in her home. Sadly, we found nothing and had no idea how we would get her anything since we had no time alone. Soon enough we packed up the car and were on our way to Bamberg. Of course I fell asleep. I tried not to as usual but my eyelids were just too heavy. An hour worth of driving and we had finally made it. Ivanna found a parking garage and we were on our to the brewery where Jordan would meet more family (Ivanna's brother and his wife and two children and their girlfriends and Ivannas cousin). It was a tight squeeze but we managed to all fit in. There was not much room in the brewery but it was a nice place to eat. There was no menu in English so Ivanna had to explain to us everything on it. I got pork with a potato dumpling and wheat beer. It was good but the dumpling reminded me of a matzah ball. It made me really want some matzah ball soup! After eating we ended up going on a little walking tour of Bamberg. In no specific order we saw the cathedral of Bamberg, the place where the 3 musketeers was filmed, little venice, This bridge that had a building that had a huge picture painted on it, a bridge where people put locks on it for good luck and all these amazing sites. I have many pictures of them on Facebook. After a while we ended up going to a brewery for some drinks. Jordan and I had to use the restroom and when we came back we found some dark beers waiting for us. It was quite good. It smelled/tasted like smokey bbq. It was good. German beer is amazing either dark or light. We hung out there for a while then some of the family members had to leave. It just left me, hubbert (ivannas cousin), Jordan and Ivanna. We went on a little walking tour as we headed back to the parking garage. Before we got the car we went to get some coffee at the old western hotel right across from it. Had a lovely cappuccino. And we just chatted for about 20 minutes until heading to the car to head back to Nuremberg where Jordan and I had to go to the airport to catch our flight. When we got to the airport we were an hour early. We said our goodbyes to Ivanna and thanked her for letting us stay with her and then headed off to security check. We were hoping to find some place to eat but barely had any time. We just found a Pret where we got some sandwhiches and ate on the plane. It was close to a 2 hour flight which was not bad and then we took the gatwick express which took us to the tube station where we got back home 30minutes to an hour later. It was a long day but we had a long week coming our way but it was totally worth it. I hope one day I can return to Germany. I already miss their beer!
Day 51 3/3/12
Day 51 3/3/12
Today I woke up around 9 am. Got dressed , made the bed and did all I needed to do before I went to breakfest. When we were finished Jordan and I walked into the dining area where the family was eating. It was a tad awkward since this was the first time we were meeting Ivannas children (Marco and Ben). The youngest one Ben spoke no English but her 12-year-old son Marco spoke English quite well. We mostly ate in silence but one thing that was funny was when Ivanna asked if we were hung-over her son Marco asked if it was like the song hung-over and I thought it was funny. Hangover is the song by Taio Cruz which by the way if you were hung-over you would NOT turn on that song because it would make the hangover worse. Then after breakfast Marco, Ben and Rhiner (her husband) took the train to go to a football match that Marco had. Ivanna , Jordan and I were going into the city area of Nuremberg as well as the documentation place and where the Nuremberg trials were held. The first place we went to was the Documentation place. This museum told the story about what was going on with the Nazis and what they were doing. I loved the museum because I loved learning about the Holocaust due to family history. It was interesting and had a lot of information. After that we went to the Nuremberg Trials. I watched a movie in my Holocaust class about it and I felt like I was almost in the movie/ in the time of the trials. It was insane. There was just so much information and it was all amazing. Of course halfway through the museum my camera decided to die which was unfortunate because I was going to miss so many more picture opportunities afterwards. If you are in Nuremberg I recommend you go to see those two museums because you will learn so much! Then Ivanna took us into the city area of Nuremberg. It was quite interesting. She took us to see the Chris Kringle Market. I thought that was pretty cute and they had a lot of fresh vegetables and all these awesome stuff. Of course my camera was dead so I had no pictures. There is even a church there which I cannot remember the name of which has these figurines on top. At noon the figures go all around the clock just like a coo-coo clock. It was neat but I have yet to see them move. Then there is also a statue that has two rings on one side of the gate and another on the other side. If you spin the rings 3 times you are meant to have good luck. Sadly I could only reach one of the rings. Shortness is not always a gift. After that we went into some of the stores to try and find a shirt for Jordan since she is making a quilt out of all the shirts she gets from each country she has gone to. We had no idea how hard it would be to find a shirt. After struggling with that for a while we went on this trolly tour. It was great but sadly I was so tired and moving things put me to sleep it was hard to stay awake. I tried but I somewhat failed. Then we went to go see the 30 pillars that each pillar had something written on from something like the bill of rights. Each pillar was written in a different language so that was pretty awesome to see. Not long after we ended up meeting with Rhiner, Marco and Ben. On our way to find a place to eat we found this area that Ivanna mentioned to us that happens to be very popular at night for students who like to party. It was a cute little street with beautiful buildings. On the way we even found the house of a famous German Artist (Albert) I cannot remember his full name. Of course the house was on top of the hill but it was fine and it was cool to see the house and the type of paintings he made since just about every store made a copy of it to be sold. After that we ended up finding a place to eat at a Bratwerst type factory. It was a nice place and I got bratwest with potato salad and a wheat beer. It was a good meal but I was not too much of a fan of the potato salad. Then for desert Jordan and I shared an apple crisp type of desert. It was very good. After that we headed back to their home. When we got there was talked for a while and we even saw a clip of a movie that apparently is watched a lot in Germany on New Years eve. Its one of the only English movies they have and its in black and white. We watched a ten minute video and it was quite amusing. Soon enough Marco and Ben headed off to bed. Then it was just the four of us (Jordan, Rhiner, Ivanna and myself). We had some good conversation and some drinks. We found out what was planned for tomorrow and then we went to bed. It was a long but great day.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Day 50 3/2/12
Day 50 3/2/12
Today I had British life and culture and basically all we did was watch the movie Bend it like Beckham to see how it relates to things in Europe such as religion, football (soccer) and etc. I was excited to watch the movie since I had yet to see it and the girl who played Neila on ER starred in it. It was fun watching the movie because there were places that was shown that I could say I knew where she was because I had been there. I enjoyed the movie just not the fact I had to take notes while watching it. After class was over Jordan and I headed to the library to do some homework before our weekend in Germany. We had a presentation to do about the slave trade in Manchester and Liverpool. It took us about 2 hours to finish. We then went back to the flatts and showered and packed for Germany (Nuremberg). At around 5 pm we left to get to Victoria station and from there we took the Gatwick express to the airport. Then we waited a bit until we had to board our plane. We got to Germany around 11pm. We met up with Jordan's grandparents cousin who was letting us stay with her family while we were here for the weekend. They were really sweet people. When she took us to the house we met her husband and we had a couple beers in their dining area and talked for a while. By the time we went to bed it was around 2:30am. It was an adventurous day and we had an early start in the morning as well as getting to meet the rest of Ivanna (Jordan's cousin) sons in the morning.
Today I had British life and culture and basically all we did was watch the movie Bend it like Beckham to see how it relates to things in Europe such as religion, football (soccer) and etc. I was excited to watch the movie since I had yet to see it and the girl who played Neila on ER starred in it. It was fun watching the movie because there were places that was shown that I could say I knew where she was because I had been there. I enjoyed the movie just not the fact I had to take notes while watching it. After class was over Jordan and I headed to the library to do some homework before our weekend in Germany. We had a presentation to do about the slave trade in Manchester and Liverpool. It took us about 2 hours to finish. We then went back to the flatts and showered and packed for Germany (Nuremberg). At around 5 pm we left to get to Victoria station and from there we took the Gatwick express to the airport. Then we waited a bit until we had to board our plane. We got to Germany around 11pm. We met up with Jordan's grandparents cousin who was letting us stay with her family while we were here for the weekend. They were really sweet people. When she took us to the house we met her husband and we had a couple beers in their dining area and talked for a while. By the time we went to bed it was around 2:30am. It was an adventurous day and we had an early start in the morning as well as getting to meet the rest of Ivanna (Jordan's cousin) sons in the morning.
Day 49 3/1/12
Day 49 3/1/12
Today was the day where I have most of my classes. I had my theater class in which today we got to pick our partners for our dialogues and the scripts we would use. I partnered up with Amy and we chose a pretty short script about a 30 year old woman working in a grocery store talking to her invisible friend about making a movie. I actually liked the idea and thought it would be a fun thing to do. Then I had math class. All we had were two people doing their presentations and then I had British Life and Culture. That was pretty much my day. Nothing too exciting or big happened.
Today was the day where I have most of my classes. I had my theater class in which today we got to pick our partners for our dialogues and the scripts we would use. I partnered up with Amy and we chose a pretty short script about a 30 year old woman working in a grocery store talking to her invisible friend about making a movie. I actually liked the idea and thought it would be a fun thing to do. Then I had math class. All we had were two people doing their presentations and then I had British Life and Culture. That was pretty much my day. Nothing too exciting or big happened.
Day 48 2/29/12
2/29/12 Day 48
Wednesday! Today was optional and I bet you would take the day off right? Well, I decided not to. I knew even though I had work I would just be on the computer all day. I found no point in doing that and since they made the class trip start later, I figured it would be fun to go to Hampstead park. It turned out to be a really fun time. Got to walk around the park a lot, feed the ducks and swans (the black ducks are the most vicious), watch some of the girls go swimming in the pond , eat lunch on parliament hill and on the way to the park we passed where George Michaels lived. Not all in that order but that’s basically what we did. It was a lot of fun and I thought it was a lot better spent in the park then in the flat where I know I would have just been online procrastinating on my work and loosing a full day to nothingness. Later, we came back maybe around 4ish pm. I took a shower and ended up going to dinner with Krista to a place called the Heritage Inn. It is a Caribbean food place. We went because she has been dying for some Jerk chicken and finally a place that has it. It was a new place for us to explore and it was a cute place. She ordered her jerk chicken and I got oxtail. It was the only non-spicy food they had and I don't like spicy food. The food was great the drinks were another story. I had a pineapple punch. I figured it was like fruit punch but just more pineapple. It was actually really disgusting and very thick and was icky. Thankfully I was able to get some tap water. In the end it was still a nice place. We had actually planned that night to go to a pub quiz (a trivia games that pubs will hold). Before we headed to the Westbury (club/pub on our street) to check it out we saw a bakery shop on the way to the bus stop and decided to get desert before the pub quiz. I got this chocolate type cake thing. It was pretty good and Krista got the strawberry kind. We stuffed our faces while on the bus so we would not bring it into the bar. When we got to the Westbury we just got a table and watched the pub quiz go on since we missed registration and ordered some drinks. Soon enough Amy had joined us and after a while Vikki and Amanda came as well. By the end of the night I had a screw driver, sex on the beach, pina colada, 2 crack baby shots under 2 hours. If people wonder why less alcoholic beverages get me a little more than they should its because I drink them quite fast. After that I ended up heading back to the flatts around 10pm since I had to get some work done and Thursdays are my busy days. When I got back I just went to my room did some stuff I needed to get done. I guess people think its funny to make fun of me when I drink. I don't think people realize I don't get drunk enough to black out and not remember what is going on. Some of my roommates thought it would be funny to tell me how wasted I was and how I was using up my minutes calling my parents (in which I had lengthy conversations with about things we needed to talk about such as birth right and etc.) and all that type of stuff. I'm not going to lie I was getting a bit annoyed because I don't make fun of anyone else when they are drunk so it was a bit obnoxious at times but I bit my tongue and let them have their fun at my some-what expense. That was basically my fun filled day. Now Thursday. Oh the fun day of just classes. Yayness.
Day 47 2/28/12
2/28/12 Day 47
Another Tuesday morning listening to music. Of course today was different since we listened to Pink Floyd ( I think I am correct) and one of their songs mentioned how they did not prefer the sun shine vacation instead they would prefer to be gassed in a concentration camp. It would have been the perfect moment if all eyes had turned to me. It didn’t happen. I’m the only Jew in that class. Having family members survive the Holocaust I was in utter shock. I’m surprised I barely gasped but I can tell your for a fact my eyes were wide open. I know some people can be bold in their music but that was just a little too bold. Let us just say in the end I was glad I never paid much attention to their music. Therefore, that was my big story for British Pop Music. Later on that night we were heading over to Phillipa’s (one of the teachers) home for a home cooked meal. We were suppose to do charades for that night but none of us were prepared nor knew exactly how to do that. I was in the David Copperfield group. Mind you it was charades and we all knew what each of us were doing. I ended up heading over there with Bethany, Brittany, Justin, and Ally. It took about an hour to get there. We and a few others happened to be early so we helped Phillipa finish cooking the meal. It was fun and the fact we all were able to bring our own alcohol defiantly made it a nice touch. Soon enough the rest of the group finally showed up. The meal was delicious! We had Lasagna, bread, biscuits, granola, crisps, brownies, ice cream and that is all I can remember. It was a very good meal. We all just hung out and thankfully; we did not have to do the charades! There was even a time when Stuart had to read a paragraph of a Dickenson book since that was the theme for the charades. The reason why he did it is that Stuart has the perfect radio voice/story telling voice. If you heard him, you would understand. It was just a chill night. Then at around 9pm a group of us had to go see the ceremony of the keys (the other group went Monday night). It was an interesting evening. The ceremony was quite cool. Not as boring as the changing of the guards. At one point when one of the guards was yelling orders it did make me jump. He’s defiantly not a guard I would like to piss off. It was a good way to end the night. It was even better since at Phillpa’s house they said that Wednesday class was optional. After that we went back to the flatts. I had a cup of tea and some dunking biscuits. I love my tea and biscuits! Then I went up to do a little homework and got to bed since I planned on going to Wednesday class.
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