My Last Sunday :-(
Well, today, got off to a slow start. For starters I had 6 places I was supposed to hit up:Victoria and Albert Museum (there is one of natural history, and another of culture)
RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts)
Theater Museum
Westminster Abbey/Big Ben and Parliament
St. Pauls Cathedral
British Libray Exhibition Center (Literarly London, they say)
and the Museum of London
What was I THINKING????
I was full of "can I cram everything in now" momentum.
Well, I ended up only doing only 10 minutes of th natural history museum.
The Vic and Al museum, the other one about 2 minutes away from the natural history, the name escapes me now, was cool! I liked it much. The thing I was most interested in was the fashion segemnt, simply titled: Dress. They had a coronation gown of a Princess of Norway..who was the niece or something of Elizabeth the I. Museums are so full of information! At one pt I just stopped looking at the tags, and kept is moving.
There were also displays on fashions all the way from the the 12th century or something, all the way until Versace now! This all peeked my interest so much, I had to google "Haute Couture" when I got back. I read some definitions. I don't get it...but I do know there is a brand called Juicy Couture, so there!
Anyway, that was exciting....the most faboulous dress was from 1957, a cocktail dress, black with two skinny straps and the dress puffed out around the hip area (yeah, I am baaaad at descirbing things, people, tes, things, not so much!) it was SO Audrey Hepburn! I thought Givenchy had designed it, but no, it was some other guy. Whatever, it was cute. Hmmm, do people still wear cocktail dresses now? Anyway...
That was exciting. But for some reason today I did not have much energy to do much. But I did do that for an hour and half or so, then I headed for..oh God, I cannot remmeber, I know at one point, I went to Green Park, looking for RADA, althought I did get Royal Academy of Arts instead, a very kind woman at the desk did manage to give me directions towards the RADA I was looking for. When I was beginning in college, I seriously thought that one day I would apply to RADA. Like, I would have these thoughts as if I would really go to acting school after I got my BA in English. Anyway, Vivien Leigh and many others attended RADA. I just wanted to get a fre snapshots, of the place I dreamed of attending, had I had more talent, that is!
So then, I headed back to the GP station, and went to Westminster, taking some shots of the Big Ben, and Parliament. I then walked to Westminster Abbey which is like 2-5 minutes away, and took a shot of "St. Margaret's Church" which is basically the Abbey. I always forget that there is a Westminster Cathedral, where poets and actors are buried, I wanted to tour it, but alas, one of the things I did not do! I suppose I could do it tomorrow, but my last day I want to take it easy, not zip all over. And supposedly I am supposed to meet up with Gerri at some pt, in the afternoon. For that I do not know as we did not play. She was away all weekend. Oh well, we had our times in Italy! I am also meeting up with Christina at 5pm, to have "Indian Cuisine" at a cheap place..whatever! It is CHEAP and that is cool, def. I think she may be the coolest person I have met here. She is a personality. Loves to laugh and says some seriously funny shit. She is one person I would consider visiting in California when I hope to go.
Anyway, later..lets see what did I do later? Oh, St. James Park station was closed! That bloody District and Circle line is always closed Sundays! So I went around and rememebered some roads I been down before. I saw some guards just walking simply down the street. I took a picture of them coming towards me, and then of them walking away. They even WALK in unison! SCARY!!!
Anyway, I was heading in the direction of St. James Park, and decided to walk though, althought it was a decidedly nasty day here. It was nice, and I saw some seriously huge ducks, I just had to take a picture! After I did that, I went though the pathway to the Cabinet War Rooms, and ended up not too far from Westminster, but being that Traflagar Square was only two minutes away, I decided to take my last trip there :-(
So, I did, got a good shots of a "typical" looking London. It was good. On the way I saw ANOTHER guard surrounded by a group of people, a woman was standing next to him, with flowers getting pic opp, and he SMILED. He was pracitcally laughing...can't he get fired for that or something? This was all on Parliment Street I think it is called, also Whitehall, this is where all the political buildings are. Apprently, as I found out today, there is a Queen's Guard, that changes everyday or something. Who new?
Also, I noticed a small crowd a bit further up, just peering into a gate. I passed it wondering what they were doing. Then turned around, Idecided to ask what they were peering at. The people I asked happened to be Italian. I don't think they knew english very well, but when they spoke they did it very well...anyway, maybe I spoke to fast as I had to repeat is twice to them both! They do say American's speak very fast..that is probable. Anyway, the woman tells me" We are just standing here because this is where Tony Blair" is.
"Oh", I said simply.
I supposed I should have took a pic, so I did. Then continued on to Trafalgar. It was very nice, crowed as usual, that is the thing about Londonders, no matter the weather, they carry on. In Albany if it is raining, I NEVER want to go outside! Ever! But here, they are still in the parks, and still at main attractions. Anyway, it was very nice. So nice, that my eyes started to well up as I decended down the subway station stairs to Charing Cross Station to go home.
I don't know why I am so sad to leave. I mean I am in SERIOUS debt when I go home. Racking up late fee charges from Key Bank as I speak. Probably 300 bucks (I tallied) in the last 3 weeks, if they are charging me 28 bucks every day...or evrey 3 days it may be less, but I guess I will just extract money when I get home using the credit card, and then deposit it into the bank to stop the fee charges. AGHH. Anyway, I will have to find a way to take out another loan from a bank to pay off the credit, because there is NO way I can pay the thing back this year...and I would rather be in debt to a bank, than a credit card company. They are NOT cool.
Well, anyway, that was today. I wish I were not going back to this money situation. I really do. But, what can I do. I jsut pray I get through it.
Tomorrow is the last day...I think I may pop over to St. Pauls, see RADA, and do the Theater Museum...those things are all FREE!!! :-)
posted by The Eternal Student @ 2:50 AM
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