Shakespeare, Shopping, London Icebar, & Abbey Road

On Thursday I went to the New Red Lion Theatre to see a The Works of Shakespeare Abridged. This was a comedy that incorporated all 37 of Shakespeare's plays with three actors. We had a lot of difficulty finding the theatre, because it is a very small unknown theatre that holds less than 50 people. I was not the biggest fan of the performance, but a lot of people from my program thought it was really funny.
On Friday after class I headed to Trafalgar Square to meet Curtis for lunch. I took him to Pizza Express, which was really good. Then we went shopping! We went to Covent Garden where we bought some art work to put in our apartments next year. We bought a piece that had 9 photos of all the major places in London framed! We then went to Oxford Circus to do some more shopping. I bought a sweater there and Curtis bought 3! From there we headed back to his flat and met up with his friend Tony. They were having friends from school who were studying in Dublin and at Oxford visit for the weekend. We decided to make them dinner for when they arrived so we went to buy groceries at Sainsbury's and Iceland. We made chicken fettuccine Alfredo. It took a while for Luke and Ryan to get to us. None of the boys had exchanged their international phone numbers and they weren't sure where Luke and Ryan were being dropped off at, but we finally found them! We then headed to the London Ice Bar!! The London Ice Bar is a bar where the whole place is made of ice. The seats, the bar, the tables, and even the cups are all made of ice. They give you a big blue hooded jacket and gloves to wear while you are in there. It was a ton of fun! We were only able to stay in there for about 45 minutes, because it is such a popular place to go. From there we went to try and find a pub to go to, but we ended up getting into a club for free so we went there instead. Ryan had quite the dances moves and provided much of the entertainment for the night. Then it was an adventure to get on the night buses! We finally made it home after a very fun day though!





To the left is a picture of my ice cup!










Today we went to Abbey Road where the Beatles had their studios. It is about 10 minutes away from my flat. We found out that we were taking pictures for awhile on the wrong cross walk, but we got some pictures on the right one too! I was also able to see the studios where the Beatles produced their albums. My teacher Rob used to work there, which is pretty cool! Rob also told us that a lot of people write their names on the gate outside the studios so I came prepared with a pen and was able to write my name and Curtis' name on the gate.