The Botanical Gardens were huge and had a fountain, a glasshouse, and about 8 different ponds. Or maybe it was the same pond just seen from 8 different angles. So far it's my favorite thing in Cambridge, behind punting of course! Karla and I spend about 2 hours there, half of which was in one spot taking pictures of trees reflecting in the pond.
for 6 weeks of pure awesomeness, myself, karla, and alejandro will be embarking on an expedition around the world!! or maybe just to london, scottland, and paris..we haven't exactly worked out all the details yet. this blog is so that my parents and loved ones know i'm alive, and also bask in misery while they view my pictures from gloomy USA.
Monday, August 30, 2010
botanical gardens fo free!
The Botanical Gardens were huge and had a fountain, a glasshouse, and about 8 different ponds. Or maybe it was the same pond just seen from 8 different angles. So far it's my favorite thing in Cambridge, behind punting of course! Karla and I spend about 2 hours there, half of which was in one spot taking pictures of trees reflecting in the pond.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
PUNT AND DIE
^This was not THE time the pole got stuck in the mud, but in fact a different time when I managed to pull it from the earth's claws before the boat drifted away.
Friday, August 27, 2010
oh umbrella..
This photo was taken just before we left to go get dinner. It is the last picture of me with my umbrella. Annalyse said it wasn't kidnapped and actually ran away because it was tired of being violated. She just can't comprehend the relationship we had.
This is a photo of wet me and my dry food. In the background is my jacket that I used to wrap my food in and got ketchup on. It was a worthy sacrifice I think because that kabob was delicious and my fries were not soggy.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
come home safe umbrella
Monday, August 23, 2010
our epic day of boredom
Now there's a long story behind this picture that I've been debating whether or not to share with my family. I've decided it's a pretty funny story that needs to be shared with the world. So before going to Revolution me and Annalyse made ourselves some drinks since Karla is a lightweight and got super buzzed off 2 glasses of wine from formal dinner. At Revolution, it was 2-for-1 night so obviouslyyy I had a couple more. Plus we met a group of gay guys who asked us to play a drinking game and halfway through Annalyse felt sick so I couldn't let her drink go to waste! I mean come on people, we're in a recession! Needless to say I got pretty smashed and Karla had to walk me back. Only about a minute from my room Karla tells me the story went something like this: I suddenly threw my purse aside and headed for the grass that only fellows are allowed to walk on. I then attempted to trample through the waist-high hedges and as you can see, failed. Karla told me to just lay there while she got her camera out and I of course listened. I wasn't going to let that get me down though. I popped back up and made my way through the hedges, after which I ran across and did a cartwheel on the forbidden lawn. After making my way back through the mounds of foliage I went to my bed and passed out. The next morning I awoke with surprisingly no headache, but extreme curiosity as I lifted my clothes from last night and was confused to see a heap of leaves fall from them. Karla filled me in over lunch.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
london in a weekend
^River in Hyde Park
^Picadilly Circus, aka Time Square of London. Also, thank you lady that took our picture. You're right we wanted just the statue and not the huge screens directly behind us.
^Me trying on heels and obviously depressed because I'm an amazon woman and can't wear them
Thursday, August 19, 2010
london in a day
Luckily I got some pictures of Trifalgar Square and Buckingham palace before it crapped out on me. Even more lucky of me, my friends are camera whores as well and took lots of pics for me!!
Our day went like this: boarded the coach way too early, dropped annalyse and the other shakespeare class students off at the globe theater, went on a walking tour with Andy, picked up Annalyse, backtracked the walking tour so she could see everything, did some random shit, and watched another shakespeare play at the globe theater. The best part I'd have to say was when Andy, a program director, got us lost trying to pick up the shakespeare students from the globe theater. Yes, this is the same Andy who gave us a walking tour around London, and then managed to take me Karla and Alejandro on a 40 minute hunt to find those bitches in what should have only taken 5 minutes. The craziest part about it was when we got off the subway there was a sign that said 'globe theater this way' but Andy said, no no no..it's this way. Turned out, Andy was wrong.
^Right after this he said, don't worry i know where we are, and then started taking us in the wrong direction yet again. This time, he listened to the sign when it said 'globe theater this way'. We were only an hour late picking them up.
Then it was off to Buckingham palace again so that Annalyse could see it. We couldn't find where the guards were to take pictures with so we settled for these walking fools.
^Guard in training, wassup.^On our way to the Globe theater with the much prettier Tower Bridge in the background. This time we watched a Shakespearean comedy called 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. Muuuuuch better than that crap we were forced to sit through last time, but at least we got to sit! Since the program people are super cheap, they only got half the students sitting seats while the other half got put in the standing area as if they were peasants. The 3 of us got sitting seats but they made everyone switch halfway through so me Karla and Annalyse definitely got a good view of the play with our chins resting on the stage. Poor Annalyse could barely see over the ledge though, we're gonna bring her a stool next time.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
STONEHENGE: calendar or brothel?
Saturday, August 14, 2010
bathe yourself in my adventures in BATH
^The Roman Baths from above
^The building in the back is Bath Abbey...I think
^Annalyse and I being fabulous during one of our breaks
Friday, August 13, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!
Anyways, apparently people besides you dad and jen read my blog so I'll just leave it at:
HAVE A HAPPY _##_ BIRTHDAY!! I LOOOOOOOOVE YOUUUUUUUUU!!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
a little sneak peak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n03GM6dhzQ
Monday, August 9, 2010
europe's greatest possible investment: trash cans
Sunday, August 8, 2010
no more hikes please
and then i died.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
disrespecting history is what i do best
the morning i stopped trusting the PA's
Friday, August 6, 2010
one disappointment after another
Thursday, August 5, 2010
first night in braveheart
my size playground
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
PUNT OR DIE...and drinks
So basically punting is the cambridge version of gondolas, except they stupidly let tourists take boats out by themselves and crash into other boats and walls. The first guy to go (white guy in bottom picture) pretty much sucked. It took us like 20 mins just to get out of the entrance area and when we finally went under the bridge all the people sitting in the cafe by the river clapped for us. In his defense it is hard to avoid going in circles...it was just much harder for him. After a while I offered to trade spots with him and basically I killed it. What can I say, all that physics finally paid off.