London's Burning

Friday was pretty uneventful. Nekol and I went to the last bit of Orientation which was 30 minutes of information that could have been given to us on Monday just to finish it all at the same time and pretty much nothing for the rest of the day. Well, I was supposed to go on a Thames boat party for the Study Abroad and Exchange Students but I had misplaced my invite so Nekol went by herself. I stayed back at International House and chatted with friends and family back home.

Things went pretty smoothly until about 4 am. I was just about to drift off to sleep, finished fighting with VuReel to watch Bones, and the fire alarm went off. A noise I never had heard before jerked me out of my bed and had me running for the door to look out into the hallway. I slipped on shoes, grabbed my robe, phone, and room key before bolting down the stairs. It was complete RA mode, I was the first one out the door waiting for everyone else, looking for Nekol. All my friends and I stood outside for five minutes before seeing a fire engine come our way and then another fifteen before being told it was alright for us to go back inside.

I promptly went to bed because I had to be up at nine to leave by ten on Saturday. Nekol and I tried to go to the British Library but it's on the other side of Zone 1 and TFL lied about Victoria Line being in "good service." The VL was completely shut down, seriously. I was rather miffed. Anyways, so by the time the tube is about to go past our stop, Nekol reminds me that we're meeting a study abroad friend in an hour to go through the London Dungeon. We decide to skip the British Library today and to do it Tuesday or Wednesday to go get books for our Contemporary British Writers class because no other library has our books.

So Nekol and I grab lunch near London Bridge station and wait till about noon to head towards London Dungeon. London Tombs is right across the way but they were doing so much on street propaganda that Nekol and I were wary about actually going in there; that and apparently people get really close into your face and neither of us felt like dealing with that today.

We waited in line for 45 minutes before getting to go in, all the time we called our SA friend but he never answered. Oh well, he missed out. So it's about 20 quid to go in with your student ID, which Nekol and I flashed, before heading through the tour. London Dungeon Tour Guides recount the gory past of England: the black plague, the London fire, Jack the Ripper, torturing, surgery, and Sweeney Todd. All with a small scary boat ride and a small drop at the gallows. It was entertaining and Nekol and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

When we got out we decided to head back home because we planned on going to The Globe tonight to see the last show of Love's Labour's Lost. Unfortunately, when we got home, we found that all the tickets were sold. I decided to go ahead and have Nekol book us tickets to see We Will Rock You this Thursday at the Dominion Theatre near Tottenham Court. I think that'll be much more fun and Nekol and I can still go on a tour of the Globe Theatre.

Anyways, it's been a long day, seeing as how I really only got a nap this morning. It's been a slow couple of days but things will be picking up shortly soon enough.

<3,
Dre