I fell in love at the seaside

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't posted anything for a few days but I don't want to bore everyone with things about my classes.  They are going well so far.  I really like marketing, which is a good sign since that is my major :)  It seems a little crazy that I'm taking my first marketing class here and I'm a junior...but that's just how UST does it.  On Wednesday, we had a British and Life culture lecture.  It was interesting to learn about all the countries that make up the United Kingdom and how they are similar and different.  Then, we had a meeting about our trip to France next week!! We leave on Thursday morning and we are taking the Eurostar train, which goes partly underwater from London to Paris.  Scary!!  While we are in France we get to go to Paris, Mont St Michel, Saint Malo, Caen, and Normandy! It's going to be a full weekend but should be a lot of fun :) We get back to London Sunday evening.  After our France meeting we went to see the play Richard III at Shakespeare's Globe Theater.  We all had standing room tickets and the theater is open with no shelter over the people standing.  Of course since I am in London it began to rain during the show.  We all tried to endure it for a few minutes but it started to rain very hard so we left.  It was cool to see the show for the hour we were there! I thought it was interesting that they only use male actors even for female roles like they used to.

Yesterday we had a day trip planned with our group to the town of Brighton.  Brighton is south of London and is located on the English Channel.  Also in Brighton resides the Royal Pavilion, a former royal residence of King George IV.  We got to walk around inside and we each had an audio guide (a cell phone type of device) that explained what each room was used for.  After we walked through the Pavilion, we went down to the seaside and explored.  It was beautiful!! It was pretty cloudy but we still got some great pictures.  There was a pier and a lot of shops and restaurants lining the water.  It was a really cool place!!

Today, we got to see a professional soccer game!  We went to a Fulham vs West Bromwich Albion game.  The energy from the fans was insane!! We were at Fulham's home stadium so they had tons of chants and cheers for the team.  It was exciting to be a part of something that they take so seriously here.  Fulham ended up winning 3-0!  The game was a lot of fun and so cool to experience. 

I'm soooo excited to have nothing planned for tomorrow.  That is a very rare occurance here!! I plan on catching up on sleep and doing some homework.  Sounds like a pretty typical Sunday for me!  I'm a little bummed I'm missing the biggest rivalry football game at my school (Tommie Johnnie) today.  I hope everyone had a ton of fun at the game and I'm following the scores closely on Twitter! GO TOMMIES!! :)

The Royal Pavilion in Brighton

Sam, Kari, and I at Brighton beach!