Yes, I'm Still Alive!

Hey everyone! Sorry for my absence! The past week has been very, very busy. Last Thursday I went to see Wicked with a few friends. OMG, it was AMAZING! Granted, it was much different than the book and the ending was completely different too, but it was still so so good. The music was incredible! On Friday, I went to Cambridge for one of my classes. It was one professor, Professor O'Boyle and 9 students. O'Boyle actually went to Cambridge so he was showing us all around and was embarrassed when we all took pictures and looked like tourists, but oh well. When am I ever going to go there again? So here's the scoop, Cambridge University is actually made up of like 31 separate colleges that are private institutions, each with their own endowments, classes, accomodations, etc. Cambridge is just like administrative center. Cambridge was founded in the, wait for it, 13th century! Can you believe that. The buildings were incredible; it's hard to believe that people actually live there!

Exhibit A:


This isn't actually part of Cambridge University, but it's from the town and I just thought it was pretty. So I'm posting it. Gotta a problem with that?



Here's more of Cambridge:






It was a long day, but a lot of fun. Though it was really cold there. We didn't get home until 11:45 and we left at like 12:30 in the afternoon. Well worth the trip though!

On Saturday, I got up early to go to Canterbury. We didn't spend too much time there but we did got to St. Martin's Church, which is the oldest church that has had continual services in it in England. It was really neat looking, old and nestled in the woods:


Here are the remains of St. Augustine of Canterbury's Abbey:



These pictures are of Canterbury Cathedral. It was huge and really beautiful in the inside and outside. Inside, they had tons of gorgeous stain glass windows, ancient tombs and mosaics, and crypts:





Oh and perhaps the most exciting thing from the Cambridge trip! We had to go on the train and on Platform 9 they had a sign that said Platform 9 & 3/4ths like from Harry Potter. Naturally, I had to take a picture with it and O'Boyle made the whole class get in it too! Yes, I am a dork.



Second "oh," because Courtney commented that I didn't have a picture of her up, here you go:



Oh and this was a cute little dog at St. Martin's Church named Bigsby. He was entirely black and the only way you knew what end was which is when he had his pink tongue out. Instead of walking, he waddled! It was sooo cute.



Thanks to everyone for their comments! I'm very impressed with the outpouring of comments! I knew you guys had it in you. A special shout-out to Gramma, who figured out how to post comments, and has showered me with the love! Thanks Grammy!
You are sooo technologically capable!

Love you and miss you all!

Gina