I told you I'd be bad about posting

I'm sorry for not keeping up with this, but hopefully this very long post makes up for it a little. I just got back from Stonehenge, where I broke my camera, so I don't know that I'll be getting much better at this. I'll just steal everyone's pictures for a bit until I fix it or get a new one. So, where did I leave off...

Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler's comedy show in Soho was hilarious. My friend and I met them afterward and it was really cool to talk to them for a bit. I recommend checking them out if you get the chance. The next day, we took a tour of Shakespeare's Globe Theater, so we walked over the Millenium Bridge on our way there (above). This is the bridge that was shaky when the Queen walked over it when it was first built, but it's all good now. St. Paul's is in the background.
Like I said before, the London Eye is always creeping around somewhere.

We made it over the Thames and headed for the Globe, but I thought this was a pretty cool view from the end of the bridge.
I didn't realize I was making this a step by step experience, but that's what the Globe looks like from the bridge. It's not the real Globe Theater and it's not in the same spot that the actual Globe was, but it's about as accurate as you can get. They keep making changes to it every time they figure out something new about the original theater. It also has a thatched roof like the original, but they're only allowed to have it because they have an elaborate sprinkler system in case of a fire. They're VERY serious about fire safety everywhere in London, but I guess that's what a Great Fire will do to you.
This is our lovely tour guide in front of where the original Globe stood. She first took us to the basement of a building where they discovered the remains of the Rose Theater, which was the very first theater there. They had red tube lights everywhere to show the outline of where the parts of the theater would have been. It's amazing to think about what was once there and it's great that they saved what they could, but it feels kind of silly when you're standing in a damp basement looking at Christmas lights.
And there it is! The original Globe Theater. Some bricks on the ground where cars park in between some apartment buildings. Very strange and a bit sad.
Here's the present day Globe. They did a beautiful job on it. We might try to see a play here if we can manage it. The show season begins right when we leave, though, so we'll see. We just want to be "groundlings" and stand on the floor to watch the play.British signs just always sound awesome, so we love to pose with them. I'll spare you from all of the pictures of "Mind" this and "Mind" that.
Last Friday, we took a day trip to Cambridge to see all of the colleges that make up Cambridge University. The buildings are absolutely beautiful and they all have immaculate lawns that you're not allowed to walk on unless you're a senior member of the University. Kind of cruel to take us here and then send us back to gorgeous Binghamton.Everybody in Cambridge rides bikes. There are bikes absolutely everywhere, and the best part is that the majority of them have cute little baskets in the front, so it all looks precious. Besides walking around the colleges, we walked through a small market, got some Cornish pasties (pretty much hot pockets, but way better), and went to the Darwin Museum which is a lot like the Museum of Natural History since it's mostly just dead animals and skeletons, including the famous finches that he studied.
The next day, I took a trip back to Portobello Road with some friends to check out the market again. We walked around eating some amazing paella and looked at all of the tea cups, dresses, books, vegetables, jewelry, and a million other things.
Now, we froze in Cambridge and on Portobello Road, so we weren't too surprised by the snow the following day, but London wasn't quite ready for it. It's the most snow they've had in 18 years. I joined a gym down the block just so I can go swimming for a really good price, and the snow started when I was swimming in the outdoor pool (It's heated, don't worry). It started to pick up a bit as the day went on, but by the time we were on our way to watch the Superbowl at a friend's flat (above), it was really coming down. The Superbowl definitely isn't the same experience here because instead of fun commercials, they put on a British guy who explains football and talks to people. This is why it was easy to get distracted by the Florida State students outside who also live here and were incredibly excited to see all the snow. We started a snowball fight inside and outside of the building, but we were outnumbered, so it was a pretty sad battle.I guess I like pictures with my arms out in excitement. The snow pretty much shut down the city. They don't believe in salt or plows. Since we didn't have class and never really have responsibilities when it comes down to it, we walked over to Regents Park to play in the snow.This is my friend, Charlie, trying to carry me through the harsh winds and icy paths of the park after our trek. It didn't work out so well.Everyone was in the park building snowmen or just taking walks. We went by the water and attempted to build a fort, but eventually gave up and got hot chocolate.This is Trafalgar Square, where we went for our Art and Architecture walk this week. There are four statues on the corners of the square, but back in the day, they forgot to put a statue on one of the corners, so they decided to put new art work on it every year. That's what that yellow thing is. And, see, the London Eye is always watching.Everyone in the program gets together when it's someone's birthday, so this is a group of us before we went out to celebrate.

On Thursday with one of my English classes, we went on a walk in the area that Oliver Twist takes place in since that's what we're reading at the moment. Along the way, we went in the oldest church in London.
Here's a building across from the church that's been around since before the Great Fire. It's amazing being somewhere where you can be walking along and suddenly see something like this that's been around for ages. Then you take a million pictures of it because you don't know what else to do. And sometimes you pose for pictures in front of these things and your camera goes flying into the snow. Thanks, Stonehenge.

But really, I had a wonderful time at Stonehenge and in Bath today. It was nice to have an excuse not to take pictures and just enjoy every moment for the memory of it. I promise to post all about it soon, but I'm exhausted and we're getting up early tomorrow to wait by the red carpet for the British version of the Oscars. It's right down the road, so hey, why not?