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BUUUUUSY!!!!!

Right right, first off- if I misspell words that I normally don't, or you see strange spaces, it is because I am either typing this in a hurry because of the unsecure wireless networks, or that I'm in a ghetto internet cafe and the keyboards here are weird.

THAT said, it's been QUITE busy these past few days.

THURSDSAY:

My music business class took a field trip to the city of Liverpool, which will apparently be the culture centre of the world in 2008. Groovy, although why will that happen in 2008? Why not 2007??

The train ride was fun- Virgin makes records, planes, phones, and now trains.

So for the first two hours, we were free to roam around the city. I liked this place alot! Elizabeth and I went shopping- or rather, she bought some pretty cool stuff on sale, but I didn't find anything I fancied. They had an FCUK, and I know Bonnie wants a shirt from them, but I couldn't find a decent one...sorry sis!

We then met up with my class aaaaand embarked on our freaking awesome Beatles tour! Mr Nichols (my Ringo-obsessed teacher at FBA) would be jealous.

First we went to Casbah Coffee Club, which is where the Beatles first played together (as the Quarrymen, and then as the beatles with Pete Best on drums). This little club was in the basement of Best's house, and it was still decorated the same way! And who gave us the tour? None other than Pete Best's brother Rory. It was so surreal going inside and see where Paul and Lennon had painted the ceiling, or where Lennon had etched his name ( I did a paper shading thing of that). There was SO MUCH history behind it- I took alot of notes to write down in my paper journal, so if anyone ever wants to find out more, I can type it out.

Since we're mostly crazy Belmont kids, everyone wanted their picture with Rory. After that was finished, we then drove to Penny Lane where our tour guide let us out and explained how the verses of the song relate to the actual street. It was really awesome- for example, the precense of "It's very strange" is becasue of a firm called "Strange and Strange" that is on the Lane.

After that (and more photos!), we saw the childhood houses of the lads (except George's) and drove by the former Strawberry Field(s). I think that's all we saw, but it was quite a long bus ride but REALLY fun, since I sat in the back with Liz, Tam, and Paul the entire time.

Once back in London the previously mentioned people wanted to go to the Flask (pub that we tried to go to before but got lost. It had a pretty sweet interior, I enjoyed just sitting there listening to everyone's conversations.

FRIDAY:

This was our "strongly encouraged to attend" trip to Stonehenge and Salisbury. We had the same tour guide on my bus as I had had during the London tour, which was great because he was really funny!

Stonehenge was really neat (not cold, like everyone said it would be), but kind of crowded and I wish we could've gone closer to the stones. It was beautiful out there, but we really didn't have alot of time to wander around. There were quite alot of sheep farms and I took a photo because I know Bonnie still maintains that dream of a sheep farm (dude, we should totally still do it).

Next was Salibury, and with that was the Cathedral there. THAT was BEAUTIFUL. I took several photos (to be uploaded tomorrow maybe) and saw the Magna Carta and stuff like that. Then a group of us got lunch and explored a little bit before the bus ride home.

AAAAND what did I do last night? Go to Waterstones to buy the new Harry Potter book at midnight! (Don't think I'm a nerd, but how many times is one IN England when the new HP book comes out???). There was quite a line, but we got there about 30 minutes early and had a decent spot. We met some nice people there, including this lady frmo the Czech Republic who was working in London now, plus a couple (who had had a bit too much wine) who were standard business-class London but fantastic to talk to.

The book is pretty good so far!

SATURDAY (today):

Got up this morning, and a big group of us headed to the British Museum. We were there about 1.5 hours, and I spent practically all of it in the Egyptian section. What can I say, I really do like the "Mummy Returns" more than just Brendan Fraiser. ;-)

Seriously though. I'm gonna go back there maybe 2 more times before goign back home. It was so awesome.


So the rest of the weekend will probably be homework and studying. Monday evening I'm goign to meet my friend Liam for dinner and stuff (Finchley Road Tube, 6.30 PM, right?). I think Elizabeth is going to come with me because she wants to meet "british blokes". hahaha.

I'll try and get the photos up tomorrow. good day!

posted by Marion M. @ 4:12 PM Comments: 6