What a fun day today! I woke up and got to spend a few hours in the flat with my flatmates. After lunch, I went to do a few errands with Kinsey. Then, at 2, we had our first Art History class. Our teacher is Lisa and she is so excited about the class. I am now really excited, too! We go to museums just about every week, get to make our own art journals, and end up making some kind of hypothetical exhibition and stuff. It seems like such fun! I can't wait to go buy supplies and start my journal =)
Oh! Lisa also gave us a 25 minute break today (our class is scheduled from 2-4 pm) and we went to Pret and got delicious hot chocolate. Pret is this chain restaurant that is all over London. It's healthier type fast food (coffee, sandwiches, etc.) and there are locations everywhere. Just thought I should document that.
After art, a few of us headed over to the theatre for the play tonight. We got to the area super early and ended up hanging around this adorable little mall. We ate dinner at a pub in the mall and then just meandered until show time. When it was finally 7:30, we went to the Lyric Theater to see Spring Awakening. The theater was adorable, first of all. There was a little cafe with real food attached and lots of paraphenalia from the show for sale. Second of all, our seats were amazing!! I sat in the second row from the stage. Literally, I could see sweat and spit from the actors. It was awesome. Third of all, the show was amazing! Everyone was super talented and the music was fantastic. The show, which definitely pushes the boundaries of typical musicals in some regards, was so fun and the sets, too, were fantastic. I loved it! Finally, I think it was amusing that the leads looked like Emma Watson, aka Hermione from Harry Potter movies, and Elijah Wood, or Frodo. It was so, so funny! Afterwards, we stayed for a question-and-answer with some of the actors and actresses. They were so funny! I'm so glad we stayed. They talked about how American audiences for this show are more prude and have a harder time with this kind of stuff. They laughed so hard when they found out that like 30 of us in the audience were from the US.
After the show, clearly we had to come home on the tube. Well, as we were all getting off, the doors closed in front of me and I couldn't get off with the group!! Just my luck, right? So, until I got to another correct station, I talked with some very nice Londoners who had also gone to see the show. They asked me a lot of questions and were quite friendly. That was nice! Eventually, I made it back to Warwick Station (near the flats) safe and sound. And the best part? All my friends were waiting at the top of the escalator for me! It was a nice little welcome party!
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