Got to Amsterdam!

Hallo!

My last couple of days in London were a whirlwind, but I'll try to sum them up.

I spent most of Monday walking from the London Bridge to the National Theatre, stopping at the Globe, St. Paul's, the Tate Modern (my favorite here was the "Poetry and Dreams"section), and then I got to see Tony Kuschner's adaptation of Mother Courage and Her Children starring Fiona Shaw with the BADA kids. This was incredible. I was first introduced to Mother Courage as a freshman in Text Studies, and I didn't really understand it at the time. I was really blown away by this production, whether it was because of the updated text or Fiona Shaw's incredible presence, or the sort of rock and roll twist they put on it.

Tuesday I walked down to the British Museum and looked around. I got really excited about the display of the kangas from Tanzania and Kenya in the Africa section (I will be wearing these soon). Then I caught the matinee of "The 39 Steps", which was absolutely hysterical, with amazing physical comedy. I got a student ticket for 15 pounds and ended up in the front row of the mezzanine - not bad! Then I went back to Allison's apartment, where we had an epic reading of "The Duchess of Malfi" (they had to for class, but I had a lot of fun with it).

Then, bright and early this morning I left to catch the tube to the train to the ferry to the train to get me to Amsterdam! It was a lovely trip, and I met a very friendly Dutch girl who, upon being asked what she thought I should do here, drew me a map of her favorite areas. She had been in London for a job interview and was hoping to move in with her boyfriend there. Then, after I spent literally the entire day with her, she found out she got the job as we were on the train back here!

I am now checked into the Hotel Annemarie (where I have FREE internet). I made friends with a few British kids and will be going out to a cafe with them shortly. So excited to explore here!