Week 5

Yo peeps! How's all?

So, I got back from Bath/Stonehenge/Salisbury last night and it was a wonderful trip! First things first though...

I started new classes this past week as Module I is done and I am now onto a new class, "Minds and Markets," in my Module II class. We had a formal hall on Wednesday which was quite nice and we all got to dress up. Since I didn't have anything else to wear (I'm such a girl...isn't this horrible??), I went shopping at the center marketplace for a nice top (which turned out to be waaay too expensive...of course, I bought it anyway). After formal, we went clubbin' at the Cambar, a local bar/club right next to my hostel. We danced to bad music, complained about the bad music, attempted to change the bad music and got yelled at, and just chilled with friends. Then on Thursday, I went to see Mary Poppins, the musical, in London. We got a great gorup rate to take the train into London and went shopping at Covent Garden (I was looking for a Cambridge sweatshirt, but apparently it's trade-marked) and then had a dinner at a Greek restaurant that my friend recommended from her "Book of Knowledge," also known as her London tour guide book (but, "Book of Knowledge," definitely sounds better). Then I saw Mary Poppins while my other friends saw Spamalot. Mary Poppins was amazing and i absolutely loved it! They said Spamalot was pretty good too...can't wait til I see that!

Then on Friday, I just hung around, tried to get some work done, and then watched Blood Diamond on my laptop with a friend. The next morning, we left early for Stonehenge/Bath on a coach with about 50 other students. Stonehenge was very cool....I mean, how many pictures can you take of rocks from different angles? Apparently, 45. :) Then after Stonehenge, we left for Bath and arrived there around 2ish. We dropped our stuff off at the hostel, went to find food, and go see the Roman Baths. They were pretty amazing and I took a lot of pictures. Then we checked out Bath Abbey, and had dinner at a pub. We went on a tour of Bath which really didn't hold a lot of historical information because it turned out to be a comedy tour. It was hilarious though, completely random, and a lot of fun. Being tired after walking around, we went back to the hostel and slept.

The next morning, we had breakfast at the hostel and then walked around, trying to find nice parks and checking out Paltney Bridge. We got sandwiches and ate outside since it was a beautiful day (no rain...amazing!!) and then left for Salisbury. We arrived there and I got to go to evensong. We were also scheduled to have a tour of the Cathedral, however, due to a miscommunication (not really though, it was totally their fault), we ended up tour guide-less. However, our wonderful TA came to the rescue and gave us a tour. It was quite comical, especially when he pointed out the tombs of Jack Nicholson and Britney Spears, and described the roof as "marshmellows and meringue." I love our TAs.

We left Salisbury around 5:30ish and then drove back to Cambridge, stopping only for 15 minutes for people to get food and stuff it down their throats (I did a 10" pizza in 11 minutes...). After getting in, I went back, did some homework, and went to bed....very exhausted. Nice trip overall though, and I got to meet some new people which is always nice.

So, that was my fifth week here in paradise...I'm calling this paradise now. hehe. This week I will be off to Ireland..so, I will definitely let you in on my adventures when I return.

Peace out!
Sherilyn