Wicked, Windsor, Work, and a Surprise!

Hello everyone! The pictures in the above slideshow are from the week of June 25th to July 1st. It was another fabulous week that went by way too fast! Tyler and I got to see Wicked on Wednesday night and it was just as amazing the second time. On Friday, my group had a free day so I rode a train to Windsor to meet up with Tyler. He had been working over there and I really wanted to go into Windsor Castle. The Queen was in Scotland, so we were able to go in! There is so much history there and the castle was so beautiful. Within those fun activities I also worked at Queens College Prep all week. It was so much fun and I learned so many crazy things. The first day I got to work with a variety of age groups doing a lot of different things. I helped the teachers with marking (grading), read a lot of books, helped them with their reading and maths, did a lot of disciplining, took them to the park, and helped with the preparation of the art exhibition. One of the upper kindergarten teachers was on holiday for two days, so I basically took her place. The girls were mostly age 5 and were a lot of work. I was completely exhausted after working with them, but they were so cute! Although they were the hardest to work with, they were my favourite. I asked one little girl, Freya, how old she thought I was and she said eleven. This other little girl, Sasha, would tell me every time that she saw me that she liked everything on me. They said some funny stuff and I loved getting to know them and learn about their nanny's and where they would be traveling this holiday. One of the best parts about working at that school was the tea and biscuit (cookie) break that I got every day and the fabulous food they had at lunch. I really enjoyed talking with the other teachers and learning about their school system. As many of you know, Tyler and I had our one year on Sunday the 1st. I did not know what we were going to be doing, so I was very surprised! We had dinner on this river boat along the Thames River and it was so much fun! That area of London is my favourite and it was so cool to see it from the water. We had such a great time. Hope everyone is doing well and having a great summer!

Day Trips and Nights at the Shows

Well, it has been a while since I have updated everyone on life in London, so here it goes...

Since my last post, life has been going just great! As you can see from the pictures I have been quite busy. On Tuesday June 19th, some friends and I went to Leicster Square and got Wicked tickets for only 19 pounds! (=$38) We were so excited! That day we also went to the changing of the guards, which I would not recommend to anyone! Haha. I also set off a second smoke alarm that day. These Brits are super careful after the Great Fire and like to put smoke detectors right above the stove. Anyways, I am really enjoying cooking, which is good because food is extremely expensive. Wicked was better than I could ever imagined! I am a little obsessed! Wednesday we had lecture at Parliament which was exciting...took about an hour just to get through security! That night we saw Billy Elliot which I did not like. The little kids cussed a lot and it contained a lot of British humour. Not really my cup of tea. We had lecture Thursday and at night Tyler and I hung out on the river (my favourite spot!) Friday was the day trip to Bath, which was really cool. About a 3 hour bus ride. I got to see the Roman Baths of course as well as where Jane Austen lived for a little while. Saturday Tyler and I went to Cambridge for the day. I really liked Cambridge a lot, totally worth the trip. We took a bus ride there and spent the day going into the amazing colleges (Harry Potter was filmed in one of them, and Prince Charles attended one as well). After lunch we went punting down the river which was beautiful and relaxing. Cambridge is such a cool town with so many colleges and the streets are filled with bikes! I go to Oxford soon and I am very interested to see how it compares!