The Tempest

Hello all! Sorry I didn't get to post an update last night....it honestly wasnt the best day. We left the house around 10am and didn't get back until 1am...it was a veryyyy long day! After taking a bus into London, the group headed to the underground to take the tube to the Tower of London. This time, Katie and I finally got to go inside! We had a bit of bad luck beforehand, however. We never ever get much time to eat, especially yesterday so Cathy, Katie, Matt and I went into Wetherspoons, the pub, in the hopes of having a quick meal....however we ended up only having 5 minutes to eat and our group made fun of us for eating on the go. Next, Cathy and I got separated from the group because we were trying to eat so we walked around the crown jewel room and the gift shop where I bought a book of royal wedding dresses and a DVD of the royal wedding! Cathy and I waited for the rest of the group for 30 minutes because they told us to meet at 3:15 but they ended up being late and we didn't know where they were so that was stressful. Next, all of us went to the British Museum which I'd been to on RTH so it was as terribly exciting as before. In transit, my TOMS ripped so I spent most of my time sitting next to the mummy room. Hooray for eternal damnation! Really and truly, all I could think about was the episode of Psych about mummies...Gus and I agree that people's bodies shouldn't be exhumed for others entertainment! Afterwards, Katie, Matt, Cathy and I grabbed some food at the cafe in the museum---this is a good part of the day! All of us were just feeling sick, angry, and tired from traveling as a huge group so we got some food and just laughed about nothing to release the tension in the room!! Per usual, we didn't have a lot of time to eat real food so we spent an hour walking up and down the road looking for dinner near regents park...with only something to be found 10 min before we had to meet the group before A Midsummer Nights Dream. Again, we had to inhale our food and all of us were really angry at this point so we all chugged a mini bottle of wine each. The play was alright...I was a little disappointed because it is my favorite Shakespeare play so I had high expectations. It was a modern adaptation so instead of the play being set in Athens, it was set in a trailer park in new York....British people must think horribly of us because all of the actors were dressed as sleaze balls. I did enjoy the play within the play of Pyramus and Thisby, however! All of the actors were absolutely hilarious and ended up singing their parts :) I also appreciated how wonderfully creepy Oberon was! All in all, it was a good performance but as it is my favorite, I would've liked to have seen it true to its original form....minus the donkey/human porn scene...no I'm not joking... Afterwards, the group waited on the sidewalk for a bus that arrived back in Oxford at 1am. Matt, Cathy, Katie, and I were feeling pretty carsick and the whole group was sort of at odds with each other out of sleep deprivation so we decided to take a taxi back. I apologize for this post being a rant....I'm hoping today will be better! Also, Trevor told me that he's visiting the weekend of the 6th so that made me very, very happy!!!  I just had my last Shakespeare class with Dr. Dutton where we studied cue direction in Shakespeare and I'm on the bus in transit to London to see The Taming of the Shrew! Wish us luck!  Love, E.