Thursday was much fun because Nekol and I had our London Theatre in Performance class from 10-1 pm. We found out we're the only two who are actually majoring in theatre while everyone else only participated in theatre for fun in high school or junior high. It makes for a very interesting class, indeed. We received our list of plays we have to go see and the first one was a choice between Shawshank Redemption and Inherit the Wind...Neither Nekol nor I like Inherit the Wind (don't care if Kevin Spacey is playing in it) but it's the cheaper of the two so might as well, y'know?
Anyways, after that class finished, Nekol and I hopped onto the tube to go to Camden Town which is ridiculously a lot larger than anticipated. When you look on the website it definitely seems like a small town with a few shops. This is a total lie. Camden Town may be a small town but almost every inch of it is covered with cool little shops. There are vintage, gothic, metal, new age, mainstream, and many other items to shop for in this town. There are a lot of different sections too, not just one. If you think you've seen all of Camden, you haven't. You turn another corner and there's more to behold. I bought two dresses, made of wool, from Camden and I absolutely love them both. The sales guy was nice enough however he wanted a kiss on the lips for making the price so cheap for me....gross, I wasn't having any of it but I still played cute ditz and got a low price nonetheless. That was close to the end of the day whenever Nekol and I decided to go get food.
Walking up the streets of Camden, Nekol and I couldn't exactly decide on where to eat. She really doesn't like sandwiches and I didn't want American fast-food. We're walking around and finally we come up to this tiny caffe and this pizza/Greek place. We had never had Greek food and we were in Camden, why be boring? So we had a Falafel wrap along with a coke and I had a hot chocolate that was to die for. Overall, it was a rather charming experience. But soon we were hitting the tube because we had a show to go see!
We Will Rock You is a musical that has been playing in the Dominion Theatre for eight years now. It is based off of the songs sung by Queen and is rather...interesting. Nekol and I saw it more as a rock concert with a bit of theatre thrown into it; if you've seen Mamma Mia there's even less dialogue in WWRY, honestly. However, we thoroughly enjoyed the show because it was phenomenal. The dialogue was funny, very British in many ways, and the set was very high tech/digital. The costumes were wonderful too, Nekol and I were envious of the outfits of the Bohemians that they just happened to "find." Our final verdict is: if you like Queen, rock concerts, theatre, and musicals...go see We Will Rock You...for reals.
Friday was a slow starter and a slow finisher. Basically, Nekol and I headed out, way later than planned, to The British Library where we read Blue/Orange. Nekol loved the play and I was kind of bored but either way we weren't able to finish it because we were rushed out of the library around 4:45 when the reading room closed at 5. You see, at The British Library you aren't allowed to check books out because for whatever reason...Nekol nor I are fond of The British Library because they have intensely strict rules and regulations, not only that but the staff of TBL are not friendly at all. However, we just need to finish this play and one more and then we're through!
Saturday was started bright and early with Nekol, Laura, and I leaving to meet the bus for Wales around 6:30 in the morning. Once on the bus, we promptly passed out until we got to Wales where we saw and did many beautiful/cool things. First we went to Caerffili and saw the gorgeous castle there that was actually bit as a hideaway for infidelity...yeah, there was a wedding taking place there. Woops! We were able to go to the top of the castle and look out upon Caerffili and you could almost feel what it was like to live back then...it was gorgeous and serene.
After that we drove a bit more to St Fagan's National Welsh Museum and walked through an "olden days" Welsh village before going up to a gallery to look at old farming implements and a costume museum. There were some rather interesting clothing options worn through the years in Wales, my favorite dress was actually one made to look like Wales' national flag. It was pretty neat looking. Nekol and I were also able to see a Welsh phone and scrabble board, which was awesome because they displayed the double f's, l's, and d's as well as regular letters.
We then headed to Swansea where Nekol and I did nothing but watch music videos, go out to dinner, and come back to sleep. We were dead tired, which was weird considering we slept most of the time on the bus. However, once beneath the covers, both of us were sound asleep.
The next morning we had to be up and at breakfast by 7 because there were 100 people and no way all of us were going to fit into the tiny dining room so we were scheduled in several waves. Nekol and I were unfortunate to end up at the beginning of the waves. We ate breakfast and went to go get ready with plenty of time to spare for a twenty minute nap, which I gladly snatched up that opportunity. Soon, however, we were back on the bus and heading to The Big Pit to go down a real working mine.
Margaret Thatcher isn't exactly well liked in Wales because she's the Prime Minister who closed down all the mines. That was a huge source of income for Wales who has had to turn to other industries to keep their country going. Well, Big Pit is a mine you can still go down and walk through to see what it was like back whenever the mines were up and working. They give you a light belt (which isn't light at all it's what your head light is attached to) and a white hard helmet to protect your head from the numerous amounts of bumping it might be doing. Of course, Nekol and I kept mentioning different horror movies that had occurred in mining areas sooo...needless to say we were a little creeped out by some things but it was still really neat. Our tour guide was downright awesome and adorable.
Finally, we went to the Tintern Abbey where I took copious amounts of photos. There isn't really much to say because being at the Abbey was more of a feeling than any words could describe. I know Wordsworth was able to transcribe his feelings into poetry but I couldn't...all I could do was take pictures to try and catch the smallest glimpse of the serenity, beauty, and old divinity that lived within the ruins.
Coming back was easy enough because Nekol and I slept well into London. It's been an eventful weekend...I can barely wait to start my week all over again!
<3,
Dre
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