Okay so I have really nothing exciting to share, but my mom says I should keep blogging... so I like Amy's idea of just bullet pointing little updates...
- I am planning on tearing up my Instyle and Vogue magazines tonight and wallpapering my room... I'll take pictures.
- I am going to Oxford tomorrow for the day. I got in touch with a friend of a friend who is from St Louis but studying in Oxford... we have talked through facebook, but we are meeting and hanging out tomorrow.
- A week from this friday I'll be on my way to Scotland for the weekend. It's another one of those tours, but this one is over night and we'll be visiting edinburgh, the highlands, and loch Ness among other historical Scottish sights... I'll probably be thinking of the Williams family as I go. Mark would be jealous.
- I bought amazingly delicious strawberries and grapes at an on campus market yesterday and had them for breakfast AND lunch today with sushi for dinner (I feel healthy)
- I have been having 2 reoccurring dreams since I've been here... very odd. One if where I get home to Phoenix and realize I came home too early... that I either left before my program was even done, or before I got to do all the things I wanted... I can pretty much interpret that one's meaning easily. But the other one is where I am in public and less than fully dressed... apparently that is supposed to mean I am afraid of being exposed or that I feel incredibly vulnerable in a new situation. This one is giving me trouble, because those feelings must be VERY subconscious because I wouldn't say I felt that way. I have had each dream at least 3 or 4 times.
- I finished my 2 essays and turned them in... the second one I wrote I have been dreading but amazingly when I started working on it, the subject suddenly became fascinating to me!! I researched and wrote 8 pages in one day - amazing.
- I just talked to my friend Matt from Jr. High and he and I are hanging out in London March 7th and 8th. We're also surprising our Jr. High choir teacher with ME... she doesn't know I'm here and she's coming in to visit Matt, who lives in Manchester. It's gonna be SO MUCH FUN!!
- I also talked to my cousin Sylvia yesterday and I'm gonna visit her and Matt in London on the 5th or 6th of March... just for the day to hang out. Then in April, after my parents leave from their visit, I'm going to visit Matt and Sylvia for a week in Germany!!!
- My mom made me very scared of my pictures being lost or something, so I backed them up to my ipod and my external harddrive and uploaded them on Costco.com... anal much?
- okay here is some REALLY FUN NEWS!! I was on my way to my seminar yesterday afternoon and on my way I ran into some men outside the college shop. They were from Pynk Salon in London and were giving away this offer that was a £600 value for only £60! But wait! There's more!! They gave me a buy one get one free deal. So I got sucked in and bought the package, hoping I could talk my friend Phoebe in to doing it with me. She was an easy push-over... so here is the package. We get 50% off a hair cut and style making it only £35. Then for free we get an intense conditioning and shampoo and color (highlights or semi permanent color). But wait! There's more!! At another time we also get a FREE make-over and photoshoot with 4 costume changes and everything!! The photoshoot also is SUPER artistic... not just a portrait session! It'll be akin to a magazine shoot a la vogue. Check out their portfolio here and here. For the makeover we get champagne, a mini facial, hand massage, mini manicure, hair styling, and cool artsy make up. And with the buy one get one free AND the price of our hair cut, the whole package will have cost me £65. Needless to say the more I think about it, the more I am SO EXCITED!! We're gonna get our hair cut probably the middle of march, and then the make over after that. Phoebe and I will have be going to Camden Market again to find a couple cute edgy London looks for our shoot. I'm thinking something 40's style! Oh so much fun. I am also excited to get my hair cut! I'm in the process of growing it out... maybe just a few more inches, but I got an AWFUL hair cut before I left to come here... and even though my mom made it look much better with some trimming... it is still just awkward.
- I am so excited for Amy to come and visit and show her around London and other parts of England
- SO excited for my parents to come. Tonight I'll be working on our itinerary for their week here
- I'm in the mood to watch Oklahoma! but they only have it on VHS in the library.
- I'm gonna get started on my evening activities now.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Aliens, Mystics, King Arthur, Romans and Jane Austen...
What a strange combination of History today... but today was a trip I had been excited about for some weeks now. Today we traveled to Stonehenge, Glastonbury, and Bath!! Basically we covered the better part of Western England!
I was still completely exhausted from my trip yesterday, but very excited about what the day would hold. Our first stop, after an hour long drive was Stonehenge!!
It is seriously so cool! Some of the people as they gazed upon this phenomenon were left rather disappointed that it was just a pile of rocks, but I marveled. Stonehenge was believed to be built by the neolithic people of England before the Celts took over. We don't exactly know WHY stonehenge was built, but we do know it must have been an almost impossible feat. Some believe it was a calendar, some think its a monument to a pagan religion, others believe is was a hospital of sorts, and some believe it was something akin to a crop circle and created by aliens... which is my personal favorite, although I more prone to believe the hospital one. Regardless it took almost 1,000 years to complete. The large stone weigh upwards of 10 tons and it is also remarkable to note that each stone has 1/3 of its length below the earth in order to keep it standing. Those stones were rolled from over 20 miles away and it is said that it would have taken 60 men 20 years to move EACH STONE!!!! That level of commitment leads me to believe it had to be healing or religious in nature. So why place the stones here?? Well because this is one of the spots in England where you have this converge of energy... kind of like the vortex of Sedona. Whatever... regardless it's impressive and amazing to see.
Like I said, some people believe that this place was built by aliens... very intriguing. What would they have used it for? Phoebe and I believe it was some sort of Alien Disco-tech... the disco ball would have been on the center stone. And in the spirit of alien dance crazes, we got our groove on.
This is the healing stone which is set off from the other stones... I thought it looked like Crush from finding Nemo from this angle
This picture is from another angle of Stonehenge... as you can see nowhere in sight are there any buildings or even any traffic... in fact the gift shop, bathrooms, and whatnot are all off in the distance hidden almost underground... I liked this idea because it doesn't obstruct any view of the sight.
Now there are two types of stones used in stonehenge... one is the sarsen stone, which is the larger stone. The other is the bluestone. The bluestones are warmer than the sarsen stones... this picture has both stones and you can feel the difference in temp. It's slight, but there. Also up until maybe 20 years ago, people were allowed to walk among the stones, unlike us today who maintain a perimeter, and people were known to lick the stones in order to be cured of ailments... strange.
Next stop on our tour was Glastonbury! Now most would know Glastonbury as the sight of one of the biggest rock festivals in the world come July... others know it for being heavily associated with King Arthur and the holy grail... but I have come to call it the Sedona of England. It is known to be the most mystical place in England and from far and wide wiccans, hippies, crystal worshipers, and anyone looking for the return of chivalry come to Glastonbury. All around the town are mystic shops, fortune tellers, and dreadlocks. Now Glastonbury actually use to be an island. This may sound very strange to you as it did me, because Glastonbury is near the middle of England... but it has been known as it's other incarnate in literature as Avalon, the occult portal to the Celtic underworld. It is also believed to have been visited by Joseph of Arimathea with the Holy Grail. It is also here that "King Arthur" is supposedly buried, although after an entire semester this past fall studying the world and history of Arthur and his knights, I highly doubt the existence of an actual King Arthur... so I wonder who they have buried there. But our journey brought us to Glastonbury Abbey ruins, which are someone the OLDEST ruins of a church in England. Very cool place!!
This is a thorn that Joseph of Arimathea planted in Glastonbury
Me with Arthur's tomb
I decided to have a "Sound of Music" moment in the middle of the Abbey
time of prayer in the ruins
This is the sight where they found the remains of Arthur and Guinevere... Phoebe and I couldn't help ourselves.
This was set up in the Glastonbury Abbey kitchens
After a tour of the Abbey we were set free to find lunch... I had a cornish pasty (pronounced Pah-stee), which is kind of like a hot pocket. But the cafe also randomly had an unclaimed hot chocolate that they gave me for free. Seriously the richest most delicious hot chocolate EVER!!
Our next adventure after Glastonbury was to Bath, England. Along the way I made a fort with my HUGE scarf... I am reading "The Shack"
So Bath is known for its Roman Baths... hence the name. After the Celts inhabiting England, came the Romans. They discovered these natural springs and built these elaborate Roman Baths known for their incredible healing power. This stuff was AWESOME!! For one the city is absolutely gorgeous... it is now one of my favorite places in England. ALL of the buildings are built with this golden color limestone, so the whole city looks so uniform... very pretty.
Inside the Roman Baths we were given audio guides
which I quickly lost interest in and just wandered around reading signs.
this is where some of the water springs from... you can see the orange as an affect from the sulfur and that is actual natural steam... the temp of the water is probably around 80 degrees NATURALLY!!
Me and the main bath
Another dance craze in England...
This is me SHOCKED by the water temp... jacuzzi water... So bummed I didn't bring my suit
And while I toured the Roman Baths I slowly began to enter into the world of Jane Austen! It was in Bath and two of her novels found at least a partial setting. First and most famously is Northanger Abbey... one of my Austen favorites. The other novel Persuasion, which is my FAVORITE Austen novel, only has the ending take place in Bath. Mentioned several times in the novels is "The Pump Room" which is part of the roman baths. People would go to the Pump Room in order to hear gossip, be seen, and maintain health by just walking in a circle or eating in the tea room. This is the pump room...
They also let us taste the healing waters... this picture was taken before I actually tasted it. I was so naive then... it tasted like blood and eggs... MOST disgusting thing ever... and people drank like 8 cups of this a day in order to be healed!
After the Roman Bath tour, we had a walking tour of Bath. This is Milson Street, which is THE place to shop in Bath... this is where Jane Austen would have shopped
The Assembly Room where everyone attended dances
The Grand Crescent - all of these are houses
I was also lucky to get to see JANE AUSTEN'S HOUSE!!! This is where she lived in Bath... now, I will tell you that Ms. Austen did NOT much care for Bath and although she lived here for a time, it is in Hampshire that ALL the Jane Austen stuff is... which is another trip in my future, I promise.
And so thus concluded our trip to Bath. We boarded the coach yet again and set off along the English countryside toward home
...which took us 2.5 hours to get to. It was a LOVELY WEEKEND!!!
I was still completely exhausted from my trip yesterday, but very excited about what the day would hold. Our first stop, after an hour long drive was Stonehenge!!
It is seriously so cool! Some of the people as they gazed upon this phenomenon were left rather disappointed that it was just a pile of rocks, but I marveled. Stonehenge was believed to be built by the neolithic people of England before the Celts took over. We don't exactly know WHY stonehenge was built, but we do know it must have been an almost impossible feat. Some believe it was a calendar, some think its a monument to a pagan religion, others believe is was a hospital of sorts, and some believe it was something akin to a crop circle and created by aliens... which is my personal favorite, although I more prone to believe the hospital one. Regardless it took almost 1,000 years to complete. The large stone weigh upwards of 10 tons and it is also remarkable to note that each stone has 1/3 of its length below the earth in order to keep it standing. Those stones were rolled from over 20 miles away and it is said that it would have taken 60 men 20 years to move EACH STONE!!!! That level of commitment leads me to believe it had to be healing or religious in nature. So why place the stones here?? Well because this is one of the spots in England where you have this converge of energy... kind of like the vortex of Sedona. Whatever... regardless it's impressive and amazing to see.
Like I said, some people believe that this place was built by aliens... very intriguing. What would they have used it for? Phoebe and I believe it was some sort of Alien Disco-tech... the disco ball would have been on the center stone. And in the spirit of alien dance crazes, we got our groove on.
This is the healing stone which is set off from the other stones... I thought it looked like Crush from finding Nemo from this angle
This picture is from another angle of Stonehenge... as you can see nowhere in sight are there any buildings or even any traffic... in fact the gift shop, bathrooms, and whatnot are all off in the distance hidden almost underground... I liked this idea because it doesn't obstruct any view of the sight.
Now there are two types of stones used in stonehenge... one is the sarsen stone, which is the larger stone. The other is the bluestone. The bluestones are warmer than the sarsen stones... this picture has both stones and you can feel the difference in temp. It's slight, but there. Also up until maybe 20 years ago, people were allowed to walk among the stones, unlike us today who maintain a perimeter, and people were known to lick the stones in order to be cured of ailments... strange.
Next stop on our tour was Glastonbury! Now most would know Glastonbury as the sight of one of the biggest rock festivals in the world come July... others know it for being heavily associated with King Arthur and the holy grail... but I have come to call it the Sedona of England. It is known to be the most mystical place in England and from far and wide wiccans, hippies, crystal worshipers, and anyone looking for the return of chivalry come to Glastonbury. All around the town are mystic shops, fortune tellers, and dreadlocks. Now Glastonbury actually use to be an island. This may sound very strange to you as it did me, because Glastonbury is near the middle of England... but it has been known as it's other incarnate in literature as Avalon, the occult portal to the Celtic underworld. It is also believed to have been visited by Joseph of Arimathea with the Holy Grail. It is also here that "King Arthur" is supposedly buried, although after an entire semester this past fall studying the world and history of Arthur and his knights, I highly doubt the existence of an actual King Arthur... so I wonder who they have buried there. But our journey brought us to Glastonbury Abbey ruins, which are someone the OLDEST ruins of a church in England. Very cool place!!
This is a thorn that Joseph of Arimathea planted in Glastonbury
Me with Arthur's tomb
I decided to have a "Sound of Music" moment in the middle of the Abbey
time of prayer in the ruins
This is the sight where they found the remains of Arthur and Guinevere... Phoebe and I couldn't help ourselves.
This was set up in the Glastonbury Abbey kitchens
After a tour of the Abbey we were set free to find lunch... I had a cornish pasty (pronounced Pah-stee), which is kind of like a hot pocket. But the cafe also randomly had an unclaimed hot chocolate that they gave me for free. Seriously the richest most delicious hot chocolate EVER!!
Our next adventure after Glastonbury was to Bath, England. Along the way I made a fort with my HUGE scarf... I am reading "The Shack"
So Bath is known for its Roman Baths... hence the name. After the Celts inhabiting England, came the Romans. They discovered these natural springs and built these elaborate Roman Baths known for their incredible healing power. This stuff was AWESOME!! For one the city is absolutely gorgeous... it is now one of my favorite places in England. ALL of the buildings are built with this golden color limestone, so the whole city looks so uniform... very pretty.
Inside the Roman Baths we were given audio guides
which I quickly lost interest in and just wandered around reading signs.
this is where some of the water springs from... you can see the orange as an affect from the sulfur and that is actual natural steam... the temp of the water is probably around 80 degrees NATURALLY!!
Me and the main bath
Another dance craze in England...
This is me SHOCKED by the water temp... jacuzzi water... So bummed I didn't bring my suit
And while I toured the Roman Baths I slowly began to enter into the world of Jane Austen! It was in Bath and two of her novels found at least a partial setting. First and most famously is Northanger Abbey... one of my Austen favorites. The other novel Persuasion, which is my FAVORITE Austen novel, only has the ending take place in Bath. Mentioned several times in the novels is "The Pump Room" which is part of the roman baths. People would go to the Pump Room in order to hear gossip, be seen, and maintain health by just walking in a circle or eating in the tea room. This is the pump room...
They also let us taste the healing waters... this picture was taken before I actually tasted it. I was so naive then... it tasted like blood and eggs... MOST disgusting thing ever... and people drank like 8 cups of this a day in order to be healed!
After the Roman Bath tour, we had a walking tour of Bath. This is Milson Street, which is THE place to shop in Bath... this is where Jane Austen would have shopped
The Assembly Room where everyone attended dances
The Grand Crescent - all of these are houses
I was also lucky to get to see JANE AUSTEN'S HOUSE!!! This is where she lived in Bath... now, I will tell you that Ms. Austen did NOT much care for Bath and although she lived here for a time, it is in Hampshire that ALL the Jane Austen stuff is... which is another trip in my future, I promise.
And so thus concluded our trip to Bath. We boarded the coach yet again and set off along the English countryside toward home
...which took us 2.5 hours to get to. It was a LOVELY WEEKEND!!!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Canterbury and Leeds Castle are aMAZEing...
Today I spent my Valentine's Day traveling around the eastern part of England. We took a tour of the county of Kent. Kent is considered "the garden of England" and it holds Canterbury Catherdral and Leeds Castle, which were the two destinations of our journey.
First I would like to offer this picture to begin our journey. Phoebe and I had mints on the bus. I joked that I needed a mint because it being Valentine's Day, I never knew who may want to kiss me. Then I had the mint and it was seriously the strongest mint ever. The kind of mint that makes you scrunch up your face in disgust because you can hardly stand the strength. We then began laughing that although my breath was minty fresh, no one would want to kiss me because I was making this disgusting face... It kept us entertained as we traveled the hour and a half east to Canterbury.
And so we arrived in Canterbury. To give you some history (and remind me of it mostly) Canterbury is a very important place in Christendom. It is the first church established in England and is the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is also the seat of the Anglican Church. Most of you may know it as being associated with Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales. Our tour guide Susana, with whom we have become WELL acquainted with on our travels around England, boasted that this Cathedral was the most beautiful in England... very strong words to someone in love with St Paul's. (the gate to enter Canterbury Cathedral)
(The actual Cathedral)
I must say that it is stunning and very old... I did in fact gasp upon entering because it's so vast. But I still love my St P.
(the interior)
Canterbury is also known in association with Thomas Beckett. Now Thomas Becket was kind of the go to man for Henry II and did ANYTHING for the King. As the king tried to expand his power he decided to make Thomas Becket the archbishop of Canterbury to ensure his hold over the church as well, since Becket was so very accommodating. But Becket proved very devout in his new role and went against the King choosing God instead. So Henry II had him killed. Upon his death miracles began to occur at the sight of his burial and therefore he was canonized a Saint. Since then Henry VIII in pursuit of absolute power in his new Anglican religion and separation from the Catholic Church desecrated anything having to do with Thomas Becket, and so his memorial (to which people would come far and wide to visit) was lost. They rebuilt this monument to him instead (less miracles occur here now).
I liked this sign... it's good to know where my martyrdom could in fact take place... and that there is wheelchair access.
This was a very little door...
This is where baptisms take place - the font. It was really pretty.
After touring the church, Phoebe and I made our way to grab lunch... along the way we also indulged in crepes from a street vendor... mine had Nutella (chocolate spread) and bananas!! A very fun Vday treat!
Then we set off for Leeds Castle... not to be confused with Leeds the city, which is in Northern England. But Leeds Castle is known as the Queen's castle and has been a gift from Kings to their Queens since the time of Edward I, who was very much in love with his wife Eleanor. Most of you will know Edward I as Edward "Longshanks" from Braveheart.
Anyway, Leeds Castle was purchased by a very affluent American heiress named Lady Bailie and she redecorated the entire castle into what it is today. It's very lovely inside, but unfortunately very 1960's in decor. There are also peacocks roaming around the grounds... This one was very accommodating in that when I asked him to turn for a picture, he did... seriously I was talking to the bird like a person and people were staring.
The exterior around the castle was really cool... very old and tons of ruins.
Us girls in front of Leeds Castle
It was rather cold in Kent and because of that the "moat" of sorts was frozen. They had these signs around the grounds warning of ice... instead what the sign appeared to us to be was a sign for a new dance craze "danger ice." Not ones to deny anything popular and british, Phoebe and I were quick to hop on the bandwagon.
this was inside the castle... charming courtyard
After we briskly walked through the castle (not very interesting aside from the eye-spy game that is offered to little kids to play on the tour while their parents enjoy history. My friends and I too found this more interesting than the castle), we made out way to the maze. We were ready for something lame and childish... oh how mistaken we were. Instead we were met with a maze akin to that of the 4th Harry Potter movie!! We of course had to stage pictures of that nature (Phoebe and Victoria even have wand suckers with them at the ready)
scary puddle
We were actually quite daunted by the maze and with little time before we had to be back at the coach (bus) we were afraid of getting horribly horribly lost
Luckily, Victoria had purchased a post card with an aerial view of the maze and since I ROCK at mazes, I found our way to the center with the "map."
So how do we get out?? glad you asked, well we followed the signs that said "way out" and found ourselves descending below the maze to a tunnel that would lead us out! We therefore left the 4th Harry Potter book and descended to the 2nd Harry Potter Book and into the "Chamber of Secrets." This was by far the COOLEST part of our trip!!!
strange face in the rocks
tunnel to freedom
my flash was unkind to my skin pigmentation
We made it to freedom.
As we walked to the coach (bus) we passed by this strange building on the property. There was no explanation offered at to what it was, so we named it the "Shrieking Shack" - which is from the 3rd Harry Potter book.... 3 Harry Potter Books in one day!!!
To finish off my Valentine's Day right, Phoebe and I ordered a large pizza from Perfect Pizza in Egham and watched Enchanted!! I ate half of the large pizza... it was delicious! I also finished out the evening with a skype date with best friend Kendra!! It was a great day!!
First I would like to offer this picture to begin our journey. Phoebe and I had mints on the bus. I joked that I needed a mint because it being Valentine's Day, I never knew who may want to kiss me. Then I had the mint and it was seriously the strongest mint ever. The kind of mint that makes you scrunch up your face in disgust because you can hardly stand the strength. We then began laughing that although my breath was minty fresh, no one would want to kiss me because I was making this disgusting face... It kept us entertained as we traveled the hour and a half east to Canterbury.
And so we arrived in Canterbury. To give you some history (and remind me of it mostly) Canterbury is a very important place in Christendom. It is the first church established in England and is the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is also the seat of the Anglican Church. Most of you may know it as being associated with Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales. Our tour guide Susana, with whom we have become WELL acquainted with on our travels around England, boasted that this Cathedral was the most beautiful in England... very strong words to someone in love with St Paul's. (the gate to enter Canterbury Cathedral)
(The actual Cathedral)
I must say that it is stunning and very old... I did in fact gasp upon entering because it's so vast. But I still love my St P.
(the interior)
Canterbury is also known in association with Thomas Beckett. Now Thomas Becket was kind of the go to man for Henry II and did ANYTHING for the King. As the king tried to expand his power he decided to make Thomas Becket the archbishop of Canterbury to ensure his hold over the church as well, since Becket was so very accommodating. But Becket proved very devout in his new role and went against the King choosing God instead. So Henry II had him killed. Upon his death miracles began to occur at the sight of his burial and therefore he was canonized a Saint. Since then Henry VIII in pursuit of absolute power in his new Anglican religion and separation from the Catholic Church desecrated anything having to do with Thomas Becket, and so his memorial (to which people would come far and wide to visit) was lost. They rebuilt this monument to him instead (less miracles occur here now).
I liked this sign... it's good to know where my martyrdom could in fact take place... and that there is wheelchair access.
This was a very little door...
This is where baptisms take place - the font. It was really pretty.
After touring the church, Phoebe and I made our way to grab lunch... along the way we also indulged in crepes from a street vendor... mine had Nutella (chocolate spread) and bananas!! A very fun Vday treat!
Then we set off for Leeds Castle... not to be confused with Leeds the city, which is in Northern England. But Leeds Castle is known as the Queen's castle and has been a gift from Kings to their Queens since the time of Edward I, who was very much in love with his wife Eleanor. Most of you will know Edward I as Edward "Longshanks" from Braveheart.
Anyway, Leeds Castle was purchased by a very affluent American heiress named Lady Bailie and she redecorated the entire castle into what it is today. It's very lovely inside, but unfortunately very 1960's in decor. There are also peacocks roaming around the grounds... This one was very accommodating in that when I asked him to turn for a picture, he did... seriously I was talking to the bird like a person and people were staring.
The exterior around the castle was really cool... very old and tons of ruins.
Us girls in front of Leeds Castle
It was rather cold in Kent and because of that the "moat" of sorts was frozen. They had these signs around the grounds warning of ice... instead what the sign appeared to us to be was a sign for a new dance craze "danger ice." Not ones to deny anything popular and british, Phoebe and I were quick to hop on the bandwagon.
this was inside the castle... charming courtyard
After we briskly walked through the castle (not very interesting aside from the eye-spy game that is offered to little kids to play on the tour while their parents enjoy history. My friends and I too found this more interesting than the castle), we made out way to the maze. We were ready for something lame and childish... oh how mistaken we were. Instead we were met with a maze akin to that of the 4th Harry Potter movie!! We of course had to stage pictures of that nature (Phoebe and Victoria even have wand suckers with them at the ready)
scary puddle
We were actually quite daunted by the maze and with little time before we had to be back at the coach (bus) we were afraid of getting horribly horribly lost
Luckily, Victoria had purchased a post card with an aerial view of the maze and since I ROCK at mazes, I found our way to the center with the "map."
So how do we get out?? glad you asked, well we followed the signs that said "way out" and found ourselves descending below the maze to a tunnel that would lead us out! We therefore left the 4th Harry Potter book and descended to the 2nd Harry Potter Book and into the "Chamber of Secrets." This was by far the COOLEST part of our trip!!!
strange face in the rocks
tunnel to freedom
my flash was unkind to my skin pigmentation
We made it to freedom.As we walked to the coach (bus) we passed by this strange building on the property. There was no explanation offered at to what it was, so we named it the "Shrieking Shack" - which is from the 3rd Harry Potter book.... 3 Harry Potter Books in one day!!!
To finish off my Valentine's Day right, Phoebe and I ordered a large pizza from Perfect Pizza in Egham and watched Enchanted!! I ate half of the large pizza... it was delicious! I also finished out the evening with a skype date with best friend Kendra!! It was a great day!!
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