Entry 3: July 19

Woooooo, today was tiring. We had class this morning as usual. We then did a field trip to Regent's Park for the Open Air Theatre. We saw Macbeth. It was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed it; it was such a different take than where I thought they'd go. It was modern with a little bit of old school thrown in. I personally excited to see the fight scenes even though some of them were quite obviously not well choreographed. I wonder if it was because it was for ages 6+.

After that Kitty and I left and wandered off past Regent College London which happens to have the same motto as North Carolina, esse quam videri (to be rather than to seem). While we were walking we stopped to ask this lady where the nearest Tube stop was and she pointed us to Baker Street which isn't far at all. We found out that she used to be a costume maker for The Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford upon Avon. That really caught us off guard because we're going to Stratford on Thursday the 22nd. Kitty and I headed back to grab some things then ran over to Westminster Abbey for Evensong. It was gorgeous. The normal choir was on holiday and they brought in a choir from somewhere else. I wish I knew where it was but the guy beside me refused to turn his cell off so that I could actually hear anything. We had some dinner then went to Caffe Nero for some cheesecake and milkshakes. Yummy. Now it's the end of the day and time for homework!

Entry 2: July 4, 2010

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! This morning we went to a service at St. Paul's Cathedral. It was interesting because I had never been to a service like that and it was amazing that some of these people were the actual members of a church that was that huge. I wonder if it ever loses its appeal.

After the service some of us headed over to the Tate Modern Museum using the Millennium Bridge. It had an amazing view that was well worth the long walk. My absolute favorite piece of artwork that I saw was from Andre' Cadere. The piece of work that was displayed was called "Round Bar of Wood". The reason I was enthralled by the piece of wood was because the plaque that was beside it said that it was a mathematical sequence with a deliberate anomaly so that you could decipher what the actual sequence meant. For some reason I just fell in love with it. My other favorite piece of artwork was a mirror that had been placed in the museum. It had been placed in the museum by the artists Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden to "force people to look at the world around them rather than look at an image of the artists making". The mirror was actually called "Untitled Painting" and, of course, all of this information was provided by the amazing little plaque by the artwork. Tonight we go see some fire works! I'm curious as to whether or not it was for the fact that they want to celebrate that we're not part of the British Empire or to celebrate that we've broken away and still stayed close.

Entry 1: July 2, 2010

Today was the best day of my life. I went to Wimbledon and I am amazed. The first Wimbledon Championships were held in 1877. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) is responsible the world’s first leading tennis tournament. The only event that was held in 1877 was Gentlemen's Singles which was won by Spencer Gore being watched by 200 people who paid just a shilling. The Ladies Singles began in 1844. Today Wimbledon has a variety of matches: Men's Singles, Ladies' Singles, Men's Doubles, Ladies' Doubles, Boys’ Singles, Girls’ Singles, Boys’ Doubles, Girls’ Doubles, Gentlemen's Invitational Doubles, Senior Gentlemen's Invitational Doubles, Ladies' Invitational Doubles, and Gentlemen’s Wheelchair Doubles.

I paid 15 pounds to get the Lawn Ticket and sit on Henman Hill. Henman Hill was named for former British No. 1 Tim Henman and has recently been called Murray Mound for current British No. 1 Andy Murray. It was an amazing day to sit among my new British friends. I noticed many things while I was watching them: when they get angry they get politely angry (it's rather funny), when they cheer they do so as a group, they are very well manner; even through Murray didn't win, they only had polite things to say about Rafa's moves.