The Dark Knight Rises

Today...was...AWESOME. Our class went to the British Museum around 2 in the afternoon! It was a short trip but interesting nonetheless.

This is Cleopatra

Mummified kitties...aw :(

The first mosaic of Christ

2012 gold medals for the Paralympics

I didn’t make it to Harrods, but ya know how I mentioned the European premiere of the Dark Knight Rises? Well, I found out what time it started and a few friends and I got onto the red carpet! No, I’m kidding...but we did push and shove through a wet and smelly crowd to see some stars! We were in the second row.

Tom Hardy who plays Bane 

Marion Cotillard who plays Miranda Tate...she was also in a movie we just watched during class!

Joseph Gordon-Levitt...UH HUH! He plays John Blake

Batman himself...Christian Bale

Anne Hathaway plays Catwoman! In this picture she was signing a tiny little boy’s t-shirt and was so sweet! I could have reached out and grabbed her.

She touched Julia’s hand and left a pen mark

It was a really cool experience to be at a premiere...too bad we couldn’t see the movie yet! We also saw Morgan Freeman in the flesh!!!! We couldn’t snap a photo because he’s just too famous and walked too quickly.

After the premiere some of us went to a pub to grab dinner and now it’s time to play some Euchre! Tomorrow we have class and have the afternoon off. We will be going out to a club that’s open all night to celebrate having Friday off of class as well! Our last night in London is Friday and we’ll be heading to Cambridge Saturday morning.

Updates to come, with love!

Tower of London

The Tower of London was built around 1,000 years ago! The castle actually has a moat and served as a home for the royal family, a prison, home of the Crown Jewels and more. It was amazing to be able to touch the castle walls and walk the corridors as they were back in the 16th and 17th centuries. A lot of the activities we do include reenactments or replicas of certain events or items, but this time it was all authentic!

This is my professor, Malcolm Magee. Zach took this fantastic picture.

Tower of London

Tower Bridge

For prisoners

Pictures of different kings with the actual swords they used

Tallest armor in the world...it is for a man who is 6’8"

Changing of the guard

I couldn’t take any pictures but this was wonderful! All of the crowns were beautiful and complete with outrageously huge diamonds...as expected.

Tower Bridge with the Olympic Rings!

After we were finished at the Tower of London, we had a lazy afternoon in our flats and I took a nap! Later some friends and I went out to a pub and visited Piccadilly, which is basically the Times Square of London. 

Piccadilly

This isn’t a good picture, but that is Batman! This is where the European premiere for the Dark Knight Rises is going to be held...it’s tomorrow night.

Tomorrow we are visiting the British Museum and I am hoping to go to Harrods, a huge and expensive department store. Professor Magee wants to show us his side of town (he lives near Chris Martin of Coldplay and Gwyneth Paltrow) and told us about some places he’d like to take us during the evening—a great mexican restaurant and his favorite pub.

Updates to come, with love!

Overlooking Chanel

Mondays are normally pretty hard...this Monday, however, was a diamond in the rough!

During class we watched a movie and following lunch we went to Shakespeare’s Globe Theater. It was incredible!

The distressed wood on the stage isn’t normally there but the theater is currently showing Henry V and it is needed for the play

I thought this was awesome

For the actress who played Queen Elizabeth. It took two people to help her and 90 minutes to put it on

After the Globe Theater Zach and I went to Starbucks (which is right next to our flat) and did some homework. Julia surprised us with a gift card to a very expensive, classy restaurant so we got a little dressed up and treated ourselves!

This was on the same block

This is where we ate. It used to be the Michelin headquarters! We were looking right out the large window in the middle and saw a Chanel store staring back at us. Our server told us that Mick Taylor from the Rolling Stones ate there last week...wow!

Escargot 

The best fish & chips

We are now back at the flats and winding down for another fun day tomorrow.

Updates to come, with love!