Catching Up

A Quick Summary of Rachel's Week in London
             (With the Help of Visual Aids)

Monday: A trip to Stonehenge and Bath leaves this girl happy and exhausted. It began with an early, chilly bus ride to the ancient monuments themselves. Tucked away in the folds of Britain's countryside, these massive stones for some reason catch the fancy of tourists from thousands of miles away. How they got there, why they were there...I guess we will never know. However I did enjoy walking around them, taking pictures with them, looking at the cute little sheep surrounding them, and drinking a hot chocolate next to them.

Next was Bath, where we took a small amount of time to get lunch before our walking tour of the town. I just happened to go to Sally Lunn's, the oldest building in Bath still in use. I had some delicious vegetable soup, a Sally Lunn bun, and some tea. Delightful. Then we made our way back to the walking tour, getting a full history of the town and its former occupants from the Roman times to the 18th century. After the tour, we took a look at the Roman baths, which didn't look quite that appealing to bathe in, but held an incredible history. Before heading back after the baths we definitely took the time to acquire some homemade, gourmet fudge, and then took a lovely nap on the drive back. That night was low key and meant for laundry and a night in.

Tuesday: The day began with a lovely trip to the Orangery for tea with Karlie. We talked about our upcoming media tours, what we have left that we want to do, and dined on juice and scones. After that, we walked through the amazing Kensington gardens, looking particularly at the sunken gardens. Afterward it was off to Hyde park and a lovely bike ride around the park until it decided to rain a touch. Spirits un-dampened, we went onward to Leicester Square to buy tickets to Pygmalion that night. Dinner was at Wahaca for the best Mexican tapas I have ever had (or maybe this Texan just has been missing her Mexican fix). After dinner it was off to the show, and then back to Seething Wells.

 
Wednesday: Morning off with a trip to Greenwich that afternoon. I took a nice run for my morning, then hit the pavement to meet for our Greenwich tour. We walked the city a bit, talked some history and olympics, then went up the hill to the Meridian line itself. We took a look inside the museum to see how technology has progressed since the sundials, then admired the view of London from the heights of the observatory. We then traveled to the Globe theater and hit up some rockin' Turkish food before going to see Much Ado About Nothing. It was raining...a lot, and I did happen to be a groundling with only a cotton hoody to keep dry with, but although I was soaked by the end of the night, I will admit, that was the best Shakespeare show I have ever seen.

Thurs: The day before a trip to Paris...what do you do? Absolutely nothing but run, work on a paper, eat a PB&J, cook spaghetti, and watch My Fair Lady.

***teaser alert: soon to come...AN AMERICAN IN PARIS