As you can imagine drive in a coach for 5 days straight is anything but fun! So here are some pictures to show so funny things that happened that week! And to be cheesy: What happens in the Lake District stays in the Lake District!Ashael, Jenny, and I being Popes at Fountains AbbeyTrying to climb the roof at York Minister while climbing to the tower!
Trying to look like Jane Eyre
Trying to deal with the cold and not doing too well
This statue was given by the church to show the ties to Liverpool
So on the last day of the trip we went to Liverpool. We got to see the docks where thousands of Saints emigrated to the states. We learned a little more about how hard it was to travel over and at the end we sang "Come, Come, Ye Saints" and it was so wonderful! Then we went to the Maritime Museum which was really cool-- except for when I got separated from Jenny and went into a mild panic attack which entailed me running around the museum asking others in my group if they had seen Jenny! After about 15 minutes of frantically running around all the exhibits (including a dark depiction of life on a ship) I found her at the elevator! It was good to be reunited. I am sure the video surveillance of me running around was quite funny- I even considered having her paged!Don't mind the gnome hat!The Attic
Me posing as the statue
And of course when in Liverpool... Go see the BEATLES!!! We then went to the Beatles museum and had a great time learning about the history of the band. The museum was pretty great- expect for a few parts where they had scary wax figures!That afternoon we had a treat cause we got to go to Chatsworth which is Mr. Darcy's Pemberly in the most recent Pride and Prejudice! The grounds were so pretty and of course we had fun taking pictures!!!Duke and Duchess Devonshire with an awkward statute in between them
On September 24th we took a church tour around Preston with our guide Peter Fagg! We focused on the early missions. It was so cool to see sites that are so important to the history of the church in Great Britain.St. Wilfrid St. is important because this is where the early missionaries saw the evil spirits on the wall for about an hour and a half before they called them off with the Priesthood. When Joseph Smith heard about this his heart leaped with joy because he knew that something good was about to happen here.This is the house the missionaries stayed at while in Preston.
The Ribble River where the first baptisms were! We learned that the first day there were 10 baptisms and that there was a foot race between two men to get baptized first!The Preston Temple!
Brittany, Me, Jenny, Ashael
The Attic: Don't ask why I am linking arms with Elliot!
On September 23rd we went to William Wordsworth's Dove Cottage. He was born in the Lake District in 1770 and the district had a profound impact on his life and poetry. We then went on a beautiful drive around the Lake District- where it was pretty for awhile until Tony our coach driver took us on a little road and we all got coach sick! That night we stayed on Ambleside.
Jenny and I outside the cottageIn the gardenAfter the Dove Cottage Jenny and I walked around Ambleside and ate at Bizzy Lizzy's! It really looked promising... we decided to get potato broccoli cheese soup because it was so cold and sounded really good.... unfortunately what we got was weird pureed pea green mush!
On September 22nd we went to Fountains Abbey and then drove up to the lake district to stay the night.
The Fountains Abbey was a beautiful abbey ruin that went through the dissolution of monasteries that Henry VIII put through. Hope you enjoy the pictures! We had a lot of fun enjoying the property.The Attic Group: Brittany, Me, Sarah, Elliot, Jenny, Ashael Me, Elliot, and Sarah playing around in the field!
So as most of you can see I am way behind in blogging so I am taking today to get everything in order so enjoy!
For the week of September 21-25 our group got on a coach and took a tour up North. Although it was great fun I am pretty sure that all of us were pretty sick of the coach by the end of the week! The first day on Monday the 21 we went to Haworth Parsonage which is the home of the Bronte's from 1820-1861. The Bronte sisters, Emily, Ann and Charlotte were famous for writing famous works of literature under different names. These books include Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. It was cool to see where they lived and go through the museum and learn more about their lives. The graveyard in front of the church
We then got back onto the coach and went to York Minister. We split into tour groups and my guide was Malcolm Walker. When going into this minister I immeditaly saw how much this looked just like Canterbury. Just as in Canterbury the Puritans came through and cut of the heads of the statues. During the Civil Wars they were also suppossed to break the stained glass but General Fairfax forbid his soldiers to touch the glass and because of that York Minister has the most Medieval stained glass. That night while at York Minister we got to see an Even Song that the church put on. It was really interesting to see how everything was done and in the paper I was reading it said the Even Song has been largely unchanged since the first English language Book of Common Prayer of 1549! With this Even Song I could see how similar the Church of England and Catholic churches are the same.Some of the beautiful stained glass
The ceiling in the chapter house Some of the hand carved statues
We also got to climb up the tower and see the view from the top of York Minister! There were 293 stairs to get to the top!!! Good thing I live on the fifth floor and had a month to train for York Minister!Some of the stairs!
After the minister we had some time to walk around York and see the town a little. One place we stopped off was the Shambles! Since I have been here I have been so amazed at how much history and how old everything is!
So far while being in London I have been blessed with the opportunity to see so many plays and a couple of musicals! In one fireside our speaker told us that if we saw one play a night every night while we were here we would not be able to see all the plays London has to offer! At first this seemed to be a false statement, but now that I have been here for a while I have learned that it is in fact true!
The first experience I had was with the Royal Opera House when I went to see the opera Linda di Chamounix in concert. I saw this on September 7 and even though it was just the cast singing everything out it was still so amazing. This was my first experience with opera and I must say it was a good one! I did not think I would enjoy it that much, but the singing was great and I even could understand what was going on!
The next experience was on September 11th when we went and saw Peter Pan. I have already blogged about that, but again I must say it was amazing!
I then went to Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre on September 12th with my roommate Jenny. This was a nice way to get out of the centre and see the theater side of London. We went down that night and got tickets to the night show. They have these half price ticket booths down in the square where you can go the day of and get amazing tickets! We were so lucky because we got tickets in the stalls and had such an amazing time! The accents were a little funny because it was British actors putting on an American- Chicago accent- so pulled it off well and others were just plain funny! It was also not as risque as I thought it was going to be. Everything was tastefully done- in fact if you have seen the movie then I should tell you the play is a lot better! The set and costume is so simple and yet it is so amazing at the same time! I would recommend this to anyone... well at least adults!
Then on the 14th of September as a group we saw Shakespeare's As You Like It at the Globe Theatre. For our Shakespeare and Hum 202 classes we had to read the play so our professors also wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Globe was putting it on! It was such a great play! Being at the Globe and seeing it preformed in such a classic way was a great experience. All of the actors were so good and very convincing. Of course Orlando, played by Jack Lasky, was a crowd favorite. Jenny and I became quite enamored with him and even went as far as looking him up on facebook! He was quite cute. But the play really came to life at the Globe and every ones humor was so much better seeing it in person. I never really liked Shakespeare before but since this play I have gained a better appreciation for him.
On the 17th my roommates and I (Jenny, Brittney, Ashael, Elliott, and Sarah) all went and saw Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre for Sarah's birthday! I saw this right after I graduated high school, but there was a lot that I did not remember about the show. It of course was so amazing! Again some parts were funny because they had British accents and it was weird hearing them while they were singing! But the cast did a great job. At the concessions they had Wicked shirts with the black hat and the point of the hat was a map of England! I thought it was so cute but I could bring myself to drop 30 pounds on a shirt! This night was also memorable because this is the first night Jenny and I had a Lion bar! Which is the best candy bar on the face of the earth! For those of you that have not had the opportunity to try one picture this: if a kit kat and hundred grand could have a baby it would be a Lion bar! DELICIOUS!!!
On the 19th as a group we went and saw another Shakespeare play, All's Well That Ends Well at the National Theatre. Again we had to read this play and it was pretty good in text, but I thought this production was amazing. Some of my classmates did not like it, but I really enjoyed myself. It was a darker take than some directors do with this, but it turned out good. The only complaint I had was some of the acting. But again such a great experience.
The last theatre experience I have had was seeing The Winter's Tale at The Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon (Shakespeare's birthplace). We had to read this for my Shakespeare class and it was really good. The director did most of the second act with everything made from pages of books! It was really neat and I thought a lot better than reading it!
So this is the last of my theatre experiences thus far and as you can tell everything has been so good! I am hoping to have many more opportunities to go see productions and I will or course let you know how they go!
I will put pictures up when the internet is better!
As you can imagine drive in a coach for 5 days straight is anything but fun! So here are some pictures to show so funny things that happened that week! And to be cheesy: What happens in the Lake District stays in the Lake District!
Ashael, Jenny, and I being Popes at Fountains Abbey
Trying to climb the roof at York Minister while climbing to the tower!
Trying to look like Jane Eyre
This statue was given by the church to show the ties to Liverpool
Don't mind the gnome hat! 
The Attic
That afternoon we had a treat cause we got to go to Chatsworth which is Mr. Darcy's Pemberly in the most recent Pride and Prejudice! The grounds were so pretty and of course we had fun taking pictures!!!
Duke and Duchess Devonshire with an awkward statute in between them
Creeper picture of Peter Fagg!
St. Wilfrid St. is important because this is where the early missionaries saw the evil spirits on the wall for about an hour and a half before they called them off with the Priesthood. When Joseph Smith heard about this his heart leaped with joy because he knew that something good was about to happen here.
This is the house the missionaries stayed at while in Preston.
The Ribble River where the first baptisms were! We learned that the first day there were 10 baptisms and that there was a foot race between two men to get baptized first!
The Preston Temple!
Brittany, Me, Jenny, Ashael
The Attic: Don't ask why I am linking arms with Elliot!
On September 23rd we went to William Wordsworth's Dove Cottage. He was born in the Lake District in 1770 and the district had a profound impact on his life and poetry. We then went on a beautiful drive around the Lake District- where it was pretty for awhile until Tony our coach driver took us on a little road and we all got coach sick! That night we stayed on Ambleside.
Jenny and I outside the cottage
In the garden
After the Dove Cottage Jenny and I walked around Ambleside and ate at Bizzy Lizzy's! It really looked promising... we decided to get potato broccoli cheese soup because it was so cold and sounded really good.... unfortunately what we got was weird pureed pea green mush!
I shall call this "Contemplation"
On September 22nd we went to Fountains Abbey and then drove up to the lake district to stay the night.
The Attic Group: Brittany, Me, Sarah, Elliot, Jenny, Ashael 
Some of the beautiful stained glass
Some of the hand carved statues
Some of the stairs!
