Sunshine Returns

I spent yesterday afternoon at the British Museum, which featured the Rosetta Stone and all kinds of objects that should make this museum way more famous than it is. Maybe it really is and I'd just never heard of it, but it was amazing nontheless. The oldest thing I saw was some Chinese Jade from 5000 BC (!!!!), and all the ancient exhibits--from Rome to Greece to Assyria to the Americas and everything in between--were utterly enthralling, especially to a history buff like myself.



Later that night I saw Chicago (the musical) at the Cambridge Theater near Leicester Square. A friend and I bought third row tickets an hour before the show for only 20 quid (pounds)!! It's a lot at home, but here that's a really good price--musical tickets can go for up to 60. Hint: always tell the box office you want student tickets. That's how we got such a good deal; some of my friends paid in the 40s for tickets to different shows the same night. I can't believe how good our seats were...the actors were, like, sweating on me we were so close, but the theatre wasn't that huge so we weren't really craning our necks for a good view. It was a really nice evening--add in the pastry I had beforehand, and we've got near perfection. :) I'd been missing those guys (European pastries, that is) since France in 2004!

After class and a great lunch of leftover pasta and salad, a group went to the Victoria and Albert Museum near where we live in South Kensington. It was an absolutely beautiful day out until it started raining, but we were in class then so it didn't really matter.





Work starts for me next Thursday because my supervisors are out of town for awhile--for everybody else its on Monday so I feel privileged. Now I've had all my classes so I can evaluate....the International Business class is interesting enough but hard to sit through at 9 a.m.--OK though because it changes to 2 p.m. starting tomorrow. It includes lots of good info though, and I don't think it should be too hard. The British Workplace course is going to be great--some people think its boring but I love it so far, its with a different lecturer so it should keep my attention well. It looks like it'll really shed some light on all the cultural differences between Britain and the US--what they are and what they mean in the bigger picture. I'm excited, except for the fact that it meets every Tuesday from 6-9....right after work, leaving me no time to do anything. We'll see how that works out. :)

I had planned on trying to go hear Tony Blair at his last PMQ tomorrow morning, but a friend just told me we can watch the feed live online....meaning we don't have to get up at 5 a.m. to catch the 5:15 first train to Westminster to sit outside Parliament for 4 hours (probably in the rain) until they open the doors and wait 3 more hours inside to see him speak. Yeah, you're right....that was a crazy idea anyway :)

That means tonight is made for a good night's sleep....finally, and maybe a nice run in the morning followed by another museum? We'll see. :)