What an incredible couple of days! We can’t believe that it was only on Thursday we last wrote. On Friday morning we woke and began our day at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater. We had an amazing guide who taught us not only the history of this influential stage, but what it must have been like to [...]
London
Hello from London! Our Italy participants have now joined forces with 8 new participants. Yesterday we picked up the new crew from the airport and went straight to Windsor Castle where the Queen sometimes spends her weekends. We took photos with the guards and tried extremely hard to get them to laugh but they were [...]
We began our day by taking the Tube from King’s Cross station, home of the infamous Harry Potter 9 3/4 platform. We boarded the Tube and made our way toward the Shakespeare Globe Theater. Our tour guide explained Shakespeare’s life and talents to us, going into detail about the way he used descriptive language and [...]
Greetings from England! We arrived at Heathrow early on Wednesday morning and met our guide Gregor! We quickly loaded the bus and headed to our first stop, Windsor Castle! After a pizzur snack, we toured the grounds and even saw Queen Mary’s doll house! We took some great pictures and had more free time to [...]
Since our last update, it has been very exciting here in London! Friday, we woke up to the results of the UK EU referendum. The Brits voted in favor of leaving the European Union. We can say we were in England while history was made! We spent Friday morning touring Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, which was [...]
Starting off meeting the rest of the group in London, it was so welcoming because everyone just introduced themselves and everyone was nice to everyone else. Then we boarded our bus and headed to Windsor Castle. One of the things I have been looking forward to has been learning about other people’s cultures and what’s [...]