Teatime with Sarah and Mr. Tumnus

Pictures

Finally I have uploaded some pictures for all of you to look at. All you have to do is go to http://whereintheworldissarah.shutterfly.com/ and there they will be. It has been a busy few days. My life in Tallahassee seems so boring compared to here. I barely ever get a chance to sit still for long periods of time, and when I do I don't really feel like writing. Anyways I will try to catch you up on what I have been up to. On Friday night I went to this awesome bar called The Ice bar. It was below 5 degrees in there! Insane!! There are only 4 of them in the world. You are only allowed to stay in for 45 minutes. They gave me a parka and gloves, and one drink is included in the cover charge. I had my first drink with vodka in it, and I have to say that I.....didn't really care for it. The first sip made me feel like I just tasted something that usually comes along with a flu. All my flatmates told me that a person usually tastes just vodka in the first sip, and all I have to say is vodka tastes like crap. Every other sip tasted okay, and I was not going to throw it out because I paid for it. So 9 days in London and still holding my record of never being drunk. I preferred the wine at the wine bar, but the atmosphere of the Ice Bar was pretty awesome.

Then on Saturday I woke up early and went to Greenwich on a planned excursion with FSU people. I got to go on a ferry. It looked more like a train or a plane on the inside. Once in Greenwich everyone made their way toward the maritime museum. The group I was with didn't stay there very long because none of us were really interested in the history of the navy (no offense to the British navy). We then walked up to go to the Royal observatory, where we could straddle the prime meridan line (the line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres). I know I have some pictures of that, and I plan on posting them...eventually. I know I really need to get better about posting things.

On Sunday I went to Hillsong United Church, and I have to say it was one of the most amazing church experiences I have ever had. It was so awesome to see so many Londoners giving it up for God and just letting all their cares go and realize that He can handle all the problems of our lives. The music. The music. No words. Just completely unreal. The pastor really made me think further about some stuff that God has already laid on my hearts. The main part of the service that I really zeroed in on was that we all need to find something that requires all our passion and motivates us to get up each day. God is definitely that for me, but I know He wants me to find a passion within the zeal I have for Him. It is something I really struggle with, but besides all that I went to the bookstore here called Blackwells and picked up a book. Actually I picked up the wrong book and when I went back to get the one I needed for class they didn't have it so then I had to order it. Go me! lol

Yesterday I had photography class and I think that it will be very interesting. I definitely need a lot of work lol. It will be fun to see how it all turns out. Yesterday night I went to the Globe to see Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and it was AMAZING!!!! The actor playing Puck, who is a crucial character, was sick so they had this guy reading out of a book during the play, but he was so good that I forgot about the book. He moved about and interacted with the other characters so well that it made it so easy to just imagine the book away. It was so funny. The only part that wasn't so funny was the standing for 3 hours, but I am glad we did it. It just seems so much more of an experience to be a groundling then to sit throughout the whole play. Tomorrow I go back to see Merry Wives of Windsor, and get a tour of the theatre. I am so excited!!

Today has been pretty regular. I have 3 classes on Tuesday and Thursday. In my Readings in Dramtic Literature I had to give a presentation, but I think it went pretty well. Bloomsbury was fun. My professor has us write down our philosophies. I know what I believe, but it can be so hard to write down exactly how to describe it. I liked that he had us do that because it made me really think about what I believe.

We had two fire drills today, and they both were in the rain. Annoying! It happened right in the middle of me trying to ask for an absentee ballot. However, it turned out to be a good thing cause I saw my roommate Rel, who told me that the office had opened up the trip for Ireland. I am going on a trip to Ireland in November with FSU people. I am going to see the blarney stone and other things located in the southern region. I am glad I will get to see all that, however I still might plan a trip to Dublin and then head over for a day to Leitrim. Still deciding what I should do. That is all for now, if I think of anything brilliant or really exciting I will post it. Otherwise, cheers!

posted by Sarah @ 6:29 PM