Hello Blog readers,
Just a quick update about my life mostly for my later memories but I have to share that I went on possibly the worst trip I’ve been on since being here (this includes passing out in Ireland remember!). It started out innocently enough…go to the Cadbury Factory…harmless right? WRONG. So terribly wrong. We had to get on the bus at 8:30am with Stormin’ Norman our 80 year old tour guide from SU. A two and half hour bus ride to Cadbury while trying to sleep despite a VERY loud Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (The J.D.) version and we arrived at the factory sleepy and cold. We were told to leave our jackets on the bus…then we had to wait outside..thanks. Then we went inside. I should have taken my chances with the hypothermia. So. Many. Children. Everywhere. Evil. Anyway, basically its like a crappier version of the Hershey Tour…also more boring. Terrible. Definitely skip it unless you like expensive and boring crowd events. We had about 5 min to grab sandwiches before being herded back onto the bus for a canal boat ride. The canal boat ride almost saved the day because basically we ignored the tour guide and got to chat with our friends for the hour which is always fun. Then we were dragged back ont the bus to stop at yet another cathedral with ruins. This would have been fine but it closed at 5pm and we got there at 4:45pm. Problem? Not for us apparently. I got off the bus..used the bathroom and got back on. I’m done with churches. It was then about a 3 hour bus ride back to the drop off point. So displeased. It has been the first trip that I was completely disgruntled about.
Then Monday night my friend Nina invited Hannah and myself to go with her to the Advent Processional at St.Pauls my favorite cathedral. It was a beautiful ceremony although they were a bit more fire and brimstone than the catholics tend to be (I know. its crazy) and the choir music was simply incredible. All in Latin but beautiful. They had the children’s choir and the adult choir and all the church people in their finery.
Then last night I was able to snag a ticket to see Avenue Q which was hilarious and amazing. Heres a little clip from a show they did. This isn’t the theatre I saw it in but this is the opening song..
I can’t believe I’m only here for two more weeks. It really has flown by it seems but at the same time when I look back over the past couple months it seems like a lifetime since I said goodbye to my friends and family and flew off towards adventure. I was talking about this with a friend the other day over a good pub lunch. How we both had sort of forced ourselves to come here completely unsure about what we would be encountering this semester. It has been an incredible experience and one that I wouldn’t have given up for anything. More thoughts towards this probably in my final post.
Cheers,
Kc
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