Back in the USA, and missing Europe with all my heart.
2 August:
Class in the morning, back at ol' Regents. It was so nice to get back into our London routine. Back in the flats, back in Kilburn, back to the Queens Arms... Back home. :)
Tuesday afternoon we had a tour of the Globe Theatre, which was pretty awesome, since I'm a big Shakespeare nut. We saw As You Like It later that night, which was also neat. We were all dressed up in our Sunday best and had a lovely evening!
3 August:
Last class in the morning. I won't lie, it was rough to imagine that we would never be back in Regents again. We talked about all the ups and downs of the trip, everything we learned and thought and liked and disliked. I tried my best not to think about leaving, lol.
Tiffany and I went to the Tower of London after lunch. I definitely enjoyed that! Seeing the Bloody Tower and Wakefield Tower and the crown jewels, all of that had been on my list since the first day. It was a nice way to end the trip, with something I'd been dying to see since the beginning!
We went to the Old Bell for one last pub dinner and starting packing and repacking (and repacking). We stayed up the whole night, attempting to force ourselves to sleep on the plane (it didn't work, lol).
And that was our last night. Sitting up talking, laughing, joking around with SNL videos... Our last night together as family.
Kalen, Kristine, and Tiffany became some of my best friends in such a short amount of time. We don't understand it, but it works. I'm gonna miss you guys so, so much. Just like I'll miss London and Edinburgh and Dublin. And the tube. And our flat. And our pub and our school and our Tesco and everything else that made Kilburn feel like home.
I cried as the plane soared over England and headed home, just as I cried when it left Detroit on July 1. Culture shock is starting to set in here, just as it did when I got to London. Eventually it will settle itself out, just as it did there...
This experience changed me. This experience was the very best of my life, and I will never forget everything we did and saw and went through. I loved every single second!
But now it's time to be American again, to go back to my daily life just as it was before. Well, a little different, I suppose...but still back to real life. Back to reality!
Welcome home, love :)
05 August 2011
01 August 2011
I've had the time of my life, and I owe it all to you
Oh, Dublin.
Saturday was the craziest Irish day of my life. We got up in the morning and headed to Bewley's, a famous coffee house on Grafton Street (the shopping district). I had the very best coffee EVER and a delicious bagel sandwich, Irish style (I've really missed bagels!).
We headed to St. Patrick's Cathedral next and took plenty of pictures inside. I lit a candle there to send some Irish blessings back home, too. :) The Guinness Storehouse tour came next, where I learned that I LOVE GUINNESS--which is going to be a big problem lol--and that MSU students really do have an amazing drink IQ (dear Lord). We learned the bus system today too, after our little mishap on Friday with taking taking the 128 until it...ended in the suburbs. Hooray for directions from the locals!
We took a small siesta in the hotel after the tour, sipped on some Bailey's in drinking chocolate (again) and munched on a Cadbury mixed pack. I'm telling you, this is the life I was meant to live!
And Saturday night...is a story I don't think I should post on a public blog, lol. In short, we went out to explore the nightlife and had some drinks bought for us by some VERY cute Scottish boys (Scottish boys in Ireland, who would've thought). We danced and sang and had tons of fun. It was a great night! :)
Sunday was a much slower day for us. We strolled through St. Stephen's Green and then down Grafton Street again, popping in and out of stores and trying not to spend too much money. Dublin is such a fun place. I love it just as much as I love Edinburgh, but for very different reasons.
And today, we are resting just before heading back to London. I go home in 3 days...Wow. I don't understand what happened to my life. Where did July go?
Saturday was the craziest Irish day of my life. We got up in the morning and headed to Bewley's, a famous coffee house on Grafton Street (the shopping district). I had the very best coffee EVER and a delicious bagel sandwich, Irish style (I've really missed bagels!).
We headed to St. Patrick's Cathedral next and took plenty of pictures inside. I lit a candle there to send some Irish blessings back home, too. :) The Guinness Storehouse tour came next, where I learned that I LOVE GUINNESS--which is going to be a big problem lol--and that MSU students really do have an amazing drink IQ (dear Lord). We learned the bus system today too, after our little mishap on Friday with taking taking the 128 until it...ended in the suburbs. Hooray for directions from the locals!
We took a small siesta in the hotel after the tour, sipped on some Bailey's in drinking chocolate (again) and munched on a Cadbury mixed pack. I'm telling you, this is the life I was meant to live!
And Saturday night...is a story I don't think I should post on a public blog, lol. In short, we went out to explore the nightlife and had some drinks bought for us by some VERY cute Scottish boys (Scottish boys in Ireland, who would've thought). We danced and sang and had tons of fun. It was a great night! :)
Sunday was a much slower day for us. We strolled through St. Stephen's Green and then down Grafton Street again, popping in and out of stores and trying not to spend too much money. Dublin is such a fun place. I love it just as much as I love Edinburgh, but for very different reasons.
And today, we are resting just before heading back to London. I go home in 3 days...Wow. I don't understand what happened to my life. Where did July go?
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