Day 136

I saw Jude Law Play Hamlet!

Fakuation.London (hamlet)

Yesterday Katie,Greg and I got up at the crack o' dawn (6:30 AM) and boarded the Oxford Espress (that's the correct spelling) to London to get on the "queue" for Hamlet at the Donmar staring none other than the witty,charming,classy and overall adorable Jude Law. We were 8th in line for the 30 tickets they release on a daily basis and after 3 hours of waiting (we thought thye released the tickets at 10 am but because it was sunday they released them at 11 am boo!) and playing games like "who would win in a fight..." we finally got our tickets. And guess what? We got box seats!!! That's right, just like Lincoln baby! Here are pictures of our seats...




The show was great (3 hours long but great). Jude Law was great in the part and even made eye contact with me and Katie on four seperate occasions!

But I digress. I'm missing a whole chunk of the day. We bought the tickets at 11 am but the show didn't start till 3pm so...

We went to Camden Market!





You can't really tell by the pictures, but Camden Town Market is AWESOME (for a better understanding of what it really looks like see the 2002 Amanda Bynes classic, "What a Girl Wants" where Amanda Bynes' character runs away to London to find the Dad she never knew but ends up finding a lot more, including herself")

We met up with Linda and her English boyfriend Stuart (not Stu, Stuart) and walked around.
I bought a pair of sunglasses and postcards for 10 pence, but other than that everything was crap. I mean that in the most sincere way. I also didn't really buy anything because I'm going to Amsterdam today! (I plan to buy a lot there)

After the show we ate some fish and chips outside at a pub then walked over to Trafalger square to sit on some Lions. We had a mini photo shoot and here are the pictures from that shoot that we took photos at...





The weather was awesome and it was light out until 10pm so we stayed a bit longer than planned. At the restaurant the bathroom was covered in West End theater posters so I swiped a Chicago the musical poster starring Jerry Springer! We got home around midnight and I passed out. I might be updating from Amsterdam because I'm bringing my computer. (Just don't expect the post to make any sense!)

That's all for now, stay tuned for more posts in the next few days!

London for the Day

London for the Day

On Saturday I wanted to go to London. So I did. I love that.
Dainia,Andrea and I got on the Oxford Tube and for 10 pounds got a round trip ticket good for 24 hours (that's cheaper than Bellmore to NYC).


We didn't have any definitive plans except to meet up with our roommate Mary and her parents for a show at night. We walked around a bit, stopped by Buckingham palace to holla at the Queen


Then Dainia and I went to the national gallery (it was free!) while Andrea met Mary on Oxford Street.

I tried to take a picture at the national gallery but the flash went off and I got in trouble, here's what I got...

On our way to Oxford street we passed the Queen's calvary museum and saw real live (well behaved) horses! We took pictures and gawked for a while but then continued walking. We passed Gordon Brown's pad at Number 10, Downing Street then hopped on the tube to Oxford Street.


On Oxford Street we wandered into the Primark headquarters (If Walmart's clothing section had a baby with Target, and then had a sale, that's what Primark is...super cheap trendy clothes) and met up with Mary and her folks.
After a bit of miscommunication it turned out Mary never told her parents I was coming so they made reservations and bought tickets for 4 (Mary,Andrea and Mr. and Mrs. B) Needless to say I started crying and threw a big hissy fit in the store...no just kidding. I was a little upset that they were going to see SISTER ACT the musical but I got over it. I've seen plenty of theater since I've been here. How much theater you ask? Let's have a look...

-Billy Elliot: West End Production
-Much Ado About Nothing:Oxford Student Production
-Alls Well That Ends Well:Oxford Student Production
-Romeo and Juliet: Globe Theater
-Waiting for Godot: West End Production
-Tick,Tick,Boom: Oxford Student Production
-The Tempest:Oxford Student Production

7 productions in 7 weeks! Holy Theater Major! And of course I will try to see Sister Act before I leave. . .

Also I want to buy a type writer...just in case the computer turns everyone into zombies. Oh wait it already did. And I just want to sit at my typewriter and write classy thank you notes.
Sorry for that rant, my tutor and I were talking about typewriters and he let me try his out.

That's all for now. I'm going to Amsterdam next Monday.

Waiting for Godot and the Drones!

ANDREA's ADVENTURES IN LONDON TOWN!
Hey ya'll welcome to another post on Andrea's travel blog. This post is a compliation of my last two trips into London, I've made it a sort of picture/captian post so I hope you can stick with it. (Shout out to Bob Schantz, Bob Macy and Arielle Rosenfeld!)

Waiting for Godot and The Drones

For those of you who aren't familiar with obscure Australian rock bands who perform in London, the picture to your left is of the hit group, THE DRONES. Katie (the girl in the picture with me below) is in love with the drummer Mike Nuga and begged me last minute to hop on a bus to London to try to see this sold out concert that she didn't have tickets to...so I said of course!



The place was packed and we got there 5 minutes after they went on, luckily for us, the show wasn't sold out and it was running late so we didn't even miss the performance.Katie says she has good rockshow karma because she hangs clothes up at department stores.

Anywhoo, after the show Katie wanted nothing more than to meet the drummer, well as luck would have it...


We not only met the drummer, but were invited out to drinks with him! I tell you the level of celebrity I encounter on a day to day basis here is astouding (ask me how I met Jason Segal)...well we had drinks with the guy and it was going great, until he asked us how hold we were...awkward!! (He's 32)

Well the night came to a sort of abrupt stop, we rode the night bus home and life continued as usual...

Last night I hopped a train (literally, I got on for free) to London to see the new revival of Samuel Beckett's existentialist play, WAITING FOR GODOT with sir Ian McKellan and sir Patrick Stewart, aka Professor X and Magneto.

Needless to say they were nothing like their alteregos...Professor X was walking!
The show was just great, these guys are pros and they clearly know exactly what they're doing (obviously). I had a great time and then hopped a train home (for free!) to finish my essay!


This is from the curtain call, after Godot came (whoops I ruined the ending!)













Click the play button above to see Professor X and Magneto dance!


Gotta love SuBo! This is one of the tabloids they give out on the metro