Monday-Thursday

This is just a short post as my week was pretty uneventful save for a few things. Since finals are coming up I've been trying to get a head start on work. But Tuesday I finished up the Imperial War Museum, which continued to be great.

Replica shell of Little Boy, one of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan.

Wednesday was a program excursion to the Globe Theatre. Some of you might recognize it's name, as it is the famous theatre that Shakespheare worked at. Back in it's heyday, there would be a play everyday at two, and it was never the same play two days in a row. As it was illegal to have theatres in London as it was thought to be unclean, it was located just across the River Thamses, but it didn't stop citizens from stopping their work and leaving to go see a show. Although today's theatre, is a modern creation, it is built to be as close to the original as possible, and after a short tour, we watched one of Shakespheare's plays Alls Well that Ends Well.

Unfortuanately, during these times, it was common for the cheapest spots in the house to be standing in the pit below the stage. And one can only imagine which tickets the school bought for us students.

Even though we were standing, it was still a really good play. It was a story about a doctor's daughter who is madly in love with the son of a lord, but due to class differences, her love can never come true. That is, until she cures the king, who grants her the ability to marry whomever she wishes. It was a comedy as opposed to most of the tragedies you hear about, and had lots of humorous bits, if you could follow the iambic pentameter and Shakesphearan speech closely enough. Nevertheless, I was glad when it ended for the opportunity to sit.

Thursday our class went to the Foundling Museum. It was a museum dedicated to the story of children who had been abandoned and were taken in by the nearby hospital. It was pretty sad, but also quite small, and we finished quickly, allowing me time to gather my things for Normandy.

Short blog, I know and I'm sorry updates have been slow, but I've been swamped. Here are some miscellaneous pictures I took at the British Museum, of Assyrian artifacts and other random things.

Thats THE Rosetta Stone.

Some creepy burial pit thingy.