Billy Elliot and The Globe Theatre

Last night everyone in my program went to see Billy Elliot at West End, which is like London's Broadway. I had never heard of the musical before, but I was really impressed with the actors. The kid playing Billy could really dance!

Me with my friends Alexa, Alicia, Tess, Ellen, and Megg



 Today, instead of having class as usual, my professor had us all come out to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to see Henry V on stage. It was pretty cool to see Shakespeare's play on (a replica of) his original theater, but the trip wasn't without its drama. We were supposed to also go to the museum and have a tour before the play, but there was a mixup with the staff and policies, and my professor ended up having an argument with the manager. The entire staff that we dealt with were really rude, so if you plan to go to the Globe museum for the tour with more than 10 people, make sure to make a reservation. Otherwise, though, the whole fieldtrip was a pretty successful one.



Between seeing the museum and the play, a few girls and I went to the Tate Modern art museum. We kind of stumbled onto it, actually, and were really just looking to kill some time, but it ended up being pretty cool. Some of the art was a bit too, well, modern for my tastes, but there were some pretty good pieces too. For an easy way to spend the time, the museum turned out to be pretty interesting.