RONDON TOWWWWN!
It was quite a fruitful trip,m this one. Usually my trips to London involve MCM Expo, or a gig, but this was a Uni trip, so we actually explored and such.
I did manage to spend £350, but that was on silk, trim and buttons for a costume I'm making for an amateur production of 'Dangerous Liaisons' at Ampleforth College.
Well, here is my week, or what I can remember of it. All of the days kind of merged into one. . .
Monday.
Well, I didn't actually manage to get to sleep on Sunday night, so I stayed up, which was a terrible idea. I felt so sick, like I was about to pass out and every movement of the coach made me want to hurl.
Luckily, I managed not to, but at the service station we stopped at, it was pretty obvious I wasn't of sorts when my blood sugar dropped dangerously low and I started shaking and almost fainted (y)
I felt marginally better after something to eat, but still felt like crap, so when we eventually got to the hotel in London, all I wanted to do was sleep.
But, unfortunately, we had to go meander around the British Museum. Which we did for about half an hour before skipping out and going to Starbucks. . .
We did get to go back to the hotel for a little bit, but at 6:00pm we had to leave again to go on the Jack the Ripper tour, which I quite enjoyed despite wanting to crawl around instead of walk.
We were led to some of the murder sites and learned the history of the women who were killed, and at one point were taken past where they filmed the Diagon Alley scenes in the Harry Potter films ^^
Then, finally, sleep.
I think I was asleep within 5 minutes of my head hitting the pillow. . .
Tuesday.
Felt much better on Tuesday morning, especially after some toast.
In the morning we made our way to Kensal Green cemetary, where we were given a tour of the catacombs, which was cold and a bit creepy, being surrounded by dead people and all that, but interesting.
We then got a tour of the cemetary itself, and I saw a squirrel fall out of a tree.
It was a beautiful moment, for it sort of cartwheeled through the air.
The squirrel was fine, don't worry. It scampered off when we went to see if it was okay.
In the afternoon, we went to Goldhawk Road to scour the fabric shops for fabric suitable for the costumes we'll be making.
I couldn't find anything for mine, and after about 3 hours of searching, I was getting really pissed off, until we went in a shop that we'd missed the first time up and down the street, and I found some beautiful red silk, so I bought the remainder of the roll.
Then back to the hotel to freshen up before we made our was to the Adelphi theatre to see Love Never Dies, which was amazing.
I don't care what the critics thought, I loved it!
The costumes were gorgeous and the Phantom (who was just the understudy) did an incredible job.
The ending, however, was a bit. . . derp, and kind of rejects the end of the film.
But it doesn't follow from the film, it follows from the original stage play, so it doesn't really matter. . .
Wednesday.
So, this morning we all trekked off to the National Portrait Gallery, which was a bit derp, 'cause we couldn't take photos and to be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of museums and galleries unless I'm interested in the subject/era.
So, like with the British Museum, half an hour inside and then off to a bench outside.
Where we all congregated to try and save a pidgeon that had wire wrapped around it's foot.
I'm not kidding, we were there for about 15 minutes trying to catch this thing before we got bored. . .
We also went to Berwick Street to raid some of the shmancy fabric shops, but everything was faaaar too expensive and made me want to cry.
Then, we trekked all the way to Covent Garden and meandered about the place for half an hour before we got a tour of the Royal Opera House, which was pretty interesting as we got to see backstage.
Good lord it is a large place o_o
LARGE. HUGE.
Thursday.
Thursday was another shop raiding day.
This time we went to the shmancy haberdasherys Barnett Lawson and McCulloch and Wallis in which lots of money was spent of some trim and buttons.
I'll not divulge how much was spent on said trim and buttons, but it almost cleared me out D>
Then we went back to Berwick street for more fabric shopping, but I just went to a cafe for a well needed sit down. . .
And in the evening, we went off to the Haymarket Theatre to see The Rivals.
Which was crap.
Our tutor left in the interval, the costumes were pretty much falling apart and the dialogue made me want to stab myself in the ears.
I didn't enjoy it al all. . .
But that's just me.
Other people were laughing, so I suppose it was meant to be funny.
Friday.
Firday we got the morning off, so after checking out of the hotel and putting our suitcases in the storage room, I managed to escape with some friends to Camden :D
Which was all still closed when we got there, so we wandered around the market for a while, then up towards the shops, dropping into Waterstones, where I finally found a copy of Paper Towns by John Green.
After my little happy dance, I flicked through the copy of Looking for Alaska sitting next to Paper Towns, and a FREAKIN' NERDFIGHTER NOTE fell out!
It made my freakin' day!
So I wrote a not myself, slipped it into the other copy of Paper Towns and kept the other note for myself.
It is currently being used as a bookmark :D
Then we loitered around the Underground station for aaaaaages waiting for my mate from Reading to arrive.
Which she did.
Late, as usual ¬__¬
But we wandered around the Stables Market, Sai Sai and Cyberdog and watched her spend all her money :D
And then we got noodles from Little Japan and had to leave Katie to go back to the hotel, pick up our suitcases and get on the coach back to Scarborough.
And somehow the coach driver had managed to get a pirate copy of Black Swan.
Which was obsure as fuuuck.
So, I won't be seeing that again any time soon. . .
All in all, it was quite a good week, despite being annoyed to hell by one of my hotel room mates. . .
I managed to buy the fabric I needed for my costume, which is under construction, so I may have some photos up soon ^^
I did manage to spend £350, but that was on silk, trim and buttons for a costume I'm making for an amateur production of 'Dangerous Liaisons' at Ampleforth College.
Well, here is my week, or what I can remember of it. All of the days kind of merged into one. . .
Monday.
Well, I didn't actually manage to get to sleep on Sunday night, so I stayed up, which was a terrible idea. I felt so sick, like I was about to pass out and every movement of the coach made me want to hurl.
Luckily, I managed not to, but at the service station we stopped at, it was pretty obvious I wasn't of sorts when my blood sugar dropped dangerously low and I started shaking and almost fainted (y)
I felt marginally better after something to eat, but still felt like crap, so when we eventually got to the hotel in London, all I wanted to do was sleep.
But, unfortunately, we had to go meander around the British Museum. Which we did for about half an hour before skipping out and going to Starbucks. . .
We did get to go back to the hotel for a little bit, but at 6:00pm we had to leave again to go on the Jack the Ripper tour, which I quite enjoyed despite wanting to crawl around instead of walk.
We were led to some of the murder sites and learned the history of the women who were killed, and at one point were taken past where they filmed the Diagon Alley scenes in the Harry Potter films ^^
Then, finally, sleep.
I think I was asleep within 5 minutes of my head hitting the pillow. . .
Tuesday.
Felt much better on Tuesday morning, especially after some toast.
In the morning we made our way to Kensal Green cemetary, where we were given a tour of the catacombs, which was cold and a bit creepy, being surrounded by dead people and all that, but interesting.
We then got a tour of the cemetary itself, and I saw a squirrel fall out of a tree.
It was a beautiful moment, for it sort of cartwheeled through the air.
The squirrel was fine, don't worry. It scampered off when we went to see if it was okay.
In the afternoon, we went to Goldhawk Road to scour the fabric shops for fabric suitable for the costumes we'll be making.
I couldn't find anything for mine, and after about 3 hours of searching, I was getting really pissed off, until we went in a shop that we'd missed the first time up and down the street, and I found some beautiful red silk, so I bought the remainder of the roll.
Then back to the hotel to freshen up before we made our was to the Adelphi theatre to see Love Never Dies, which was amazing.
I don't care what the critics thought, I loved it!
The costumes were gorgeous and the Phantom (who was just the understudy) did an incredible job.
The ending, however, was a bit. . . derp, and kind of rejects the end of the film.
But it doesn't follow from the film, it follows from the original stage play, so it doesn't really matter. . .
Wednesday.
So, this morning we all trekked off to the National Portrait Gallery, which was a bit derp, 'cause we couldn't take photos and to be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of museums and galleries unless I'm interested in the subject/era.
So, like with the British Museum, half an hour inside and then off to a bench outside.
Where we all congregated to try and save a pidgeon that had wire wrapped around it's foot.
I'm not kidding, we were there for about 15 minutes trying to catch this thing before we got bored. . .
We also went to Berwick Street to raid some of the shmancy fabric shops, but everything was faaaar too expensive and made me want to cry.
Then, we trekked all the way to Covent Garden and meandered about the place for half an hour before we got a tour of the Royal Opera House, which was pretty interesting as we got to see backstage.
Good lord it is a large place o_o
LARGE. HUGE.
Thursday.
Thursday was another shop raiding day.
This time we went to the shmancy haberdasherys Barnett Lawson and McCulloch and Wallis in which lots of money was spent of some trim and buttons.
I'll not divulge how much was spent on said trim and buttons, but it almost cleared me out D>
Then we went back to Berwick street for more fabric shopping, but I just went to a cafe for a well needed sit down. . .
And in the evening, we went off to the Haymarket Theatre to see The Rivals.
Which was crap.
Our tutor left in the interval, the costumes were pretty much falling apart and the dialogue made me want to stab myself in the ears.
I didn't enjoy it al all. . .
But that's just me.
Other people were laughing, so I suppose it was meant to be funny.
Friday.
Firday we got the morning off, so after checking out of the hotel and putting our suitcases in the storage room, I managed to escape with some friends to Camden :D
Which was all still closed when we got there, so we wandered around the market for a while, then up towards the shops, dropping into Waterstones, where I finally found a copy of Paper Towns by John Green.
After my little happy dance, I flicked through the copy of Looking for Alaska sitting next to Paper Towns, and a FREAKIN' NERDFIGHTER NOTE fell out!
It made my freakin' day!
So I wrote a not myself, slipped it into the other copy of Paper Towns and kept the other note for myself.
It is currently being used as a bookmark :D
Then we loitered around the Underground station for aaaaaages waiting for my mate from Reading to arrive.
Which she did.
Late, as usual ¬__¬
But we wandered around the Stables Market, Sai Sai and Cyberdog and watched her spend all her money :D
And then we got noodles from Little Japan and had to leave Katie to go back to the hotel, pick up our suitcases and get on the coach back to Scarborough.
And somehow the coach driver had managed to get a pirate copy of Black Swan.
Which was obsure as fuuuck.
So, I won't be seeing that again any time soon. . .
All in all, it was quite a good week, despite being annoyed to hell by one of my hotel room mates. . .
I managed to buy the fabric I needed for my costume, which is under construction, so I may have some photos up soon ^^