This week in London

This week has been leading to our sad realization that we will have to return to the real world soon.  Our time in the study abroad bubble is about to end...and it's quite too soon.  Time doesn't make sense in the bubble.  It seems like yesterday I just got here....but at the same time it feels like I've been here for 5 years.

Anyway...highlights of the week:

Wednesday-
 This Wednesday was one of those when I have 3 classes.  It might seem like a lot...but these classes are 2.5 hours long and just so tedious.  British Woman Novelists, Architecture, and then internship.  A paper was due in internship and, let me tell, I kind of hate that class.  I love my internship, but this seminar is just the bane of my semester.  It's all about how the economy sucks, nobody has jobs, and everything is being cut.  Happy times right?

Luckily, I had this little game of England vs. France to look forward to.  It was just a friendly match, but I definitely was excited for it.

Unluckily, this game started at 8 and the seminar ends at 7:30.  Boo.  Plus, we had a quiz so Kori and I couldn't just make up an excuse to leave early unlike some people.  So after making up some nice sounding answers to the quiz, Kori and I booked it for the tube station and were making great time unttilll...the Jubilee line decided to be crappy and took us twice as long as it should have.  So...we got to the game at 8:30.

It was a good game despite the fact that England forgot how to play good football.  Seriously, so many good chances let go.  So the French fans around us were excited while we were meh.

So then in the 2nd half, England substituted in Peter Crouch.  Then within 15 seconds of him being on the field, he scored.  So thus, England had finally scored so it was 1-2.

So then it goes into the extra minutes.  And France is most likely going to win, but its whatever at that point.  So then, the French kept trying to delay the game by falling over.  Seriously, this guy was just standing there....and fell over.

In the end, France won.  Booooooo.  But, the English didn't play well.  So then started our trek out of the stadium.  Worst. Experience.  Ever.  85,000 people trying to leave.  Only 2 tube stations.  Bleh.

Kori, me and Micah

Kori and I really wanted a cute game day scarf.  Fail on that mission.  But then we enjoyed standing around in a crowd.  By enjoy...I mean hated waiting in the huge ass crowd.  So then, we finally got to the tube station.  

So, we finally got on a tube and these boys rushed ahead and stole all the seats.  So since they did not offer us their seats, Kori and I made up our own and had a fashion shot on the tube.  It was long, boring ride so we had to amuse ourself.

Fun times on the tube.  We finally got back and I was insanely tired the next day, but it was worth it.

Thursday

I just would like to mention that I got to go see the Legends of the Guardians in IMAX.  It was paid for by IES so I didn't care that I was seeing some movie about owls.  It was oddly still kind of good.  Randomly.

Quotes from the movie:
I'm singing you to sleeeppppp.  *pause*  I'm still singing you to sleeepppp

Also, Owl City was used on the soundtrack.  Awesomely ironic.

Friday

Daytrip to Hampstead.  Honestly, it was a waste of a field trip since I didn't learn anything really.  Other than the Hertiage society can mess up at times and give a Grade II* listing to a FAKE bridge.  Wtf.

But the teacher bought us all a drink at a pub during lunch so that was awesome.  Score.

Then I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 in theaters.  Finally.  Warner Brothers decided not to do midnight premieres at all in the UK so I had to wait(!!!) to see Harry Potter until after the field trip.  Luckily, we got to the cinema just in time to get our large sweet popcorn and coke.  Delicious.

Best parts of the movie was seeing them in London...and knowing exactly where they were before it zoomed out.  Plus, the bus that almost ran them over in piccadilly circus is the 19 bus.  That's the usual bus I take so it made me feel special.  

Plus, seeing the steam train for the Hogwarts Express reminded me of Scotland and how awesome that trip was.  

So that was my week.  Look how good I am updating right now!!  I just mainly don't want to write some papers and I'm currently skyping with some people at IU.  Cheers!