Day Two

Day two on the trip was lots of fun. I woke up at 7:15am and got breakfast, it was odd because I can't ever remember the last time I woke up that early, or ate breakfast. The food here is pretty good, we had waffles and we sat around for an hour and talked. I then got ready to go to class and we had our first day. There are 8 students in my class, most are theater majors but some are taking the class just for fun like me. After class was done at 11:30am we had lunch and got ready to go into Granthm. Today's weather was not very great. It was very cold and rained. One of the girls on the trip, let me borrow her jacket cause I did not bring one. We walked around Granthm. We found the birth place of Margret Thatcher who apperently was the first woman prime minister in England, we then went into the cathedral in Granthm, and then found the grimmer school Sir Isaac Newton attended. We then stopped at a pub called The Goose at the bank. It was a smokeless pub which was nice. It was about 7 of us and we stayed and chatted. We then got some water and other things we needed on the trip and headed back to Harlexton. Once back we had dinner and then I fell asleep for two hours while everyone else went on a tour of the castle. I'm a little upset I missed it but it's okay. I was woken up and we all learned about each other. Seeing as how there is only 13 of us and 2 teachersit was not that hard. Then me and four other student went out on the town. We ending up pub crawling. We went back to the Goose but found out it closed at 11, then went to this club called gravity for about an hour, and then the late lounge. I had lots of fun and got the rest of the group to dance at one point. We all talked and got to know each other more. The clubs in England do seem a lot nicer and some things they have are really cool. Like there liquor is on tap, which as a bartender I found fascinating. And the different types of beers they have are really awesome. One guy got one beer that looked like the color of a pumpkin. After the clubs we got pizza, got a taxi and came back. Tomorrow I go to London to stay the night there and then fly out on Saturday to go to Rome. I am very nervous about taking the train. But I think I can do it. Will keep you updated.

-Rachel

P.S. Sorry there are no pictures yet, I'm working on it.