IRELAND!!

This is going to be a shorter post because it is 12:07 am here and I am pretty tired tonight, but I have GREAT NEWS! Last night 6 other girls and I planned a trip to IRELAND!! Ireland is one of my top countries to visit and we booked both the plane and the hostel last night. We're traveling November 5-8 (a Thursday to Sunday night) and we'll fly into Dublin. We got a really great deal on both the plane and hostel- 30 pounds for the round-trip flight and less than 30 pounds for 3 nights at the hostel, which also includes breakfast!

Come to think about it I have several pieces of good news...
-Classes are finished for the week so I have 3 days ahead of me to relax!
-Tomorrow we're taking a day trip to Brighton which is located on the coast, and the trip only cost 6 pounds! It sounds like a beautiful town and I'm really looking forward to it!
-Tonight I saw my first London show! FIE sponsored a trip to see "Blood Brothers" at the Phoenix Theatre in Leicester (sp?) square. Not only did Kelsey and I have 2nd row seats with no one in front of us, but we met several of the actors after the show! It was pretty neat and we had such a good view during the performance! I don't think I've ever been that close. The story itself was rather sad. We all preferred the first half better since it was happier and more upbeat. I won't spoil the show for anyone just in case you go see it! It was an interesting play though. Near the end during this really intense part in the play, Kelsey tapped me on the arm and whispered "mouse!" and pointed to the stage. I looked just in time to see this little mouse crawling on the side of the stage and I gasped so loud! (Mom, I can just picture your expression right now as you read this!) I really don't like mice and tried to lift my feet off the ground for several minutes after that. I guess it is good that it has been this long until I saw a mouse- our tour guide from earlier in the week told us we're never more than 6 feet from a rat or mouse in London...

Also, I finally was able to post some pictures! These are only about 1/4 of the pictures I've taken so far since it still takes time for them to load onto the internet, but at least the ones of my house/room, Hyde Park, and Kensington Palace are up. I'll try to get the others up really soon!

Here is the link to the website the pictures are uploaded on:

http://jennygoestolondon.shutterfly.com/

Enjoy! Goodnight everybody! (Cheers!) :)