Letters from London: An Endless Adventure in Public Transportation

My goal was to write weekly and here I am a week later, writing again, so I am doing pretty good. At the same time I feel like I have had millions of adventures since I last wrote. Lets see, last Saturday I went on a bus tour and saw all the typical tourist stuff, like Big Ben and Buckingham Palace but we saw it all from the window of a bus so I still have more exploring to do in central London. All of my pictures from that are on facebook and mostly out of a bus window so I will resist posting them. Then on Saturday we went out, to my first pub :) which was rather exciting, more because I could legally order a drink than anything else. This blog apparently doesn't like me putting pictures in the middle so I will just put a bunch of everything at the end. On Sunday we went to Windsor Castle which was so beautiful it rendered me speechless (which you all know is no easy task). Then Sunday night we went to the Thames festival, where they have fireworks and other fun things.
Monday Rachel and I had touristy adventure day, where we basically got of on every stop of the Piccadilly Line (on the tube) and saw everything. We went to Platform 9 3/4 from Harry Potter (kinda a tourist trap but still cute), explored Piccadilly Circus and Covenant Garden and ended our day with window shopping. I went in Harrods and fell in love, bought a cupcake from the food hall. For those of you who have never experienced this great wonder the food hall is like a supermarket, a farmers market and a super upscale food court had a baby. Basically, all I could afford on my college student wanting to travel alot in Europe budget was a cupcake, it was so delicious though! Then Monday night I had my first real "clubbing" experience, IES people took us to "Tiger Tiger" a super trendy club, where you would usually have to wait for hours but we got to be "VIPs" probably because it was Monday but I'm not complaining.
Tuesday classes began, it's amazing I actually have to do work while here, crazy right. But Tues is my super busy day, 3 two hour classes in a row. Then my acting/theatre teacher took us to RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) to see a staged reading. It was such a long day but so worth it.
Wednesday was errand and reading day, nothing to report but internship class which is pointless at the moment given my interview isn't until next Thurs.
Thursday was another theatre-full day, had theatre class and saw a play called "Pieces of Vincent." You guys all know I have seen alot of theatre, but this was one of the most incredible shows I have ever seen. We sat on cushions on the floor with the "stage" on 4 sides around us. The show used lots of film however, the designer designs music videos/tours for people like Lady Gaga and because of the transition use of film, the action took place behind transparent movie screens, that were on all sides of us. Besides the amazing staging and technical elements the show was also poignant and extremely well acted. The theatre was in a weird, kind of funky neighborhood, which was also cool to see.
And this brings us to today, which I spent shopping, I love Primark (super cheap, super cute megastore) and I got a adorable little red fall coat at H&M, pictures soon to come. We also explored Hyde Park and then hungout at the dorms and planned our travel adventures. We are hoping to go to Paris and Rome before the semester is over, as well as on IES sponsored trips to Dublin, Belguim and Scotland. Basically, I am the luckiest girl in the world..

But before I sign off here's some photographic highlights of my adventures.