Adventures of an Anglophile: Buckingham Palace!

On Wednesday we discussed Frankenstein in my theatre class. Turns out, I am one of many who hated it. My Professor wasn't even partial to it. He said there was "an excess of flopping in the first scene", perfectly summing up the extremely drawn out opening nude scene. I was glad to learn that I wasn't the only one who thought the play was too heavy handed.

Later that night Liz, John, Dan and I decided to explore some more pubs. I messed up my directions to the Ship Tavern, and we ended up stopping in at a little place called the Cittie of York. It was an underground pub. I really enjoyed it. They had some amazing local beers and delicious fish and chips. I would definitely go back. After eating dinner we headed back to flats to drop Liz off and pick Kevin up. Then we headed over to the Lamb, another pub we were interested in trying that is very close to our flats. The Lamb was very cozy and full of middle aged locals. Fun, but not what I was expecting.

Tuesday we had our novel class followed by another walking tour of the British Museum. This time it was led by a curator of the museum who discussed the intentions of certain exhibit layouts. It was very interesting. We rounded out the evening by getting a bunch of the group together for a low key hanging out night, which ended up with us playing charades. I must say, charades will always be one of the best games. Seeing people trying to act out "Gnomeo and Juliet" is Priceless.

Yesterday Liz, Elizabeth and I had a late lunch at a local place called, creatively, Spaghetti House. We were seated next to a table of Americans as well. Turns out it was a family visiting a student who was studying here. The student was a girl from Bucknell who lives in the flat next door to us. Her family lives about 15 minutes from Liz back in Virginia. It is sometimes amazing what a small world we live in.

After lunch, we headed over to Buckingham Palace. Unfortunately, a lot of the statues and monuments around the Palace were covered in scaffolding because they are being cleaned and repaired before the royal wedding. It was still amazing to see the Palace. I look forward to when we can go back again after the wedding.

In front of the Palace

Elizabeth and I at the Palace Gate

Future Home?

Royal Seal

Statue of Victoria

Last night we went to a club called Zoo Bar with Liz's friend Alyssa who is here studying with BU. I had heard a lot about this club from a lot of people and was really looking forward to it. It was a lot of fun but not somewhere that I think I will be going back to any time soon. Though there was a sizable younger crowd, there was also a large crowd of middle aged men who were, for lack of a better term, skeevy. We had a good group and didn't have any issues, but it wasn't, as they say, 'my scene'. The night wasn't aided by the fact that our cabbie driver claimed to have no change for a 20 pound note, forcing us to surrender the whole bill to him as we had no smaller ones available. Tonight we will probably return to the Court, a student pub in our area that will definitely not require a cab ride.

Liz, Alyssa, Me and Elizabeth

Today Liz and I woke up late and made our way to Covent Gardens for a late lunch. We ate at a place that was right next to where they are setting up for the BAFTA awards tomorrow. The BAFTA award ceremony is the British equivalent to the Academy Awards. We even saw some reporters from E! doing a sound check on the red carpet entrance, which was being constructed right next to where we were eating.