Hakuna Matata

I woke up today and studied a little for the final test in Senior Sem. It is crazy thinking that I won't have that class ever again. I went to class and it was raining pretty hard on the way there. I took the test which I think I did kind of bad on. Oh well. It is over and done with now. No more school until August. After class, I went with Rachelle, Vanessa, Nick, and Peter to Leicester Square to buy tickets for The Lion King musical (picture 1).

We bought the tickets and then walked around killing time. It was St. George's Day. St. George is the patron saint of England. There were people walking around with white t-shirts and red crosses (the symbol of St. George, he slayed a dragon by the way, weird reason to be a saint). Trafalgar Square had a big thing of English food. We continued walking and stopped by Piccadilly Circus. We all bought a banana and nutella crepe. That was my lunch and it was a great lunch. We walked back to the theatre and watched the show. It was amazing. The costumes are out of this world (Simba and Nala from the internet picture 2). It brought back so many childhood memories that I hadn't thought about forever. I got super duper sad when Mufasa died. Simba looked so lost. The singing was out of this world. Rafiki was hilarious and talked for a little bit in the clicking language that some Africans use. Like I said, just a great show and it was really fun to see it with the people I did.

After the musical, we all split up and I walked over to Stanford's bookstore again to scope out the guidebook scene. I almost bought a couple books but I couldn't make myself do it. Tomorrow I will though. I promise. I am really excited about the books and wish I had them now. Like I said, tomorrow. I decided that I am going to spend the last week of my travels in Belgium and the Netherlands. I was swayed by a couple things. I read up about the museums there and they sound great. Peter and Nick told me that the Eurostar train from Brussels to London is only 35 pounds or so and it takes 2 or 3 hours and drops me off right in London at Waterloo station so I can catch a bus or the Tube really easily. No hassling with Stansted or airplanes. So, there you have it. I pretty much have the whole time planned out. It feels good.

The weather today was typical London. It was raining a lot in the morning and then wonderful in the afternoon and evening. The sun was perfect on the buildings. I took one of those old style double decker buses back to my flat (picture 3). I actually took a picture of it this time. I spent this evening working on the blog some more. I posted the second and third day of my Paris trip. Click on the links or just scroll down. They are kind of long reads, just to warn you. I love some of the pictures I took. I will not get a chance to do Tuesday's post but I will do that tomorrow.

A bunch of people are leaving tomorrow and a couple left today. That is so weird. Rachelle is leaving tomorrow. We said goodbye tonight. Nick leaves tomorrow as well. Everyone is leaving at different times so I don't know who else is but I know there are more. I think Christina and maybe Amy too. I am sad to see them all go. It is kind of lonely down in the computer lab now. All this evening there have only been a couple people. This computer lab probably sees this all the time. The ebb and flow of traffic. As the Lion King says, "The Circle of Life".

Hakuna Matata!