It's fascinating that music can change a mood. I am sitting in the Wroxton Abbey Pope Library thinking about everything that has happened over the past 3 months. It has finally hit me that I have been living in England for these months. Why, when you are about to leave a place that you have fallen head over heals for you finally realize that you have to leave it? I have written 13 essays taken 3 finals with 1 more on Thursday and now my last week in this Abbey hits me straight in the face and says you don't want to leave but this amazing place must be shared with anybody and everybody. I know I have 6 days left and I keep thinking why am I counting down! I am in love with this country and everything in it.
The first time I came to England I was in 2nd grade. I was a small toe-head who had terrible fashion choices because I was a tom boy. I would dance in the parks and be so happy to be some place new. When we got there we took a double decker bus to our hotel and we got lost. Typical. But the best part was that each family member got to choose what play they wanted to see. Simple and too the point. My father chose Hamlet. Typical. It turned out that there are many ways to kill Claudius. Apparently poison was not enough but emptying a revolver into seemed like a great idea! Good times. My mother chose to see Henry VIII by Shakespeare. Apparently it was really good but Histories are not my cup of tea and I slept through the production. My sister chose Les Miserables my first musical. Obviously I wanted to be the girl on the poster. Now Les Mis is the fall back musical if we can't find something to see. I the amazing child I was chose the ever classy classic play about a boy who didn't want to grow up. Yes, I chose Peter Pan. I think his story is my favorite children's story. This production had the ever classic Sir Ian McKellen. Ahh what good times with the cute dresses my mom would put me in.
Fast Forward my second trip to England. I was 13. I came with my parents and my 2 aunts and 2 cousins. I think I mentioned this but my family likes Les Miserables s hey guess what we saw that on this trip too. The next play we saw was Jumper? I am not sure but the first thing we saw was a woman on a swing and each time she swung back stage an article of clothing came off. I did not understand any of this at the time. And I still don't remember that one very much. Then a bright idea popped up into my head. I decided to go see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat! Let me tell you how amazingly disastrous this was! First there were way too many colors! Second at the end of the show middle aged women through panties onto the stage!! my aunts loved it! me and my cousins were kind of scared. Andrew Lloyd Weber what were you thinking! god awful!
3rd trip I am 16. We traveled to Paris this time too. The shows we saw was Wicked. That was fantastic and Professor Sprout was in it! (ps I am now friends with her, no joke). We also saw the classy production of Spamelot with Tim Curry! It was a great show but the next day I got sick and all hell broke loose. PS the day after Saddam Hussein was executed.... then we also saw the History Boys. I only paid attention to the hot by who had to drop his trousers. Don't worry he kept his 'pants' remained on. when i say pants I mean underwear. Then my dad got us tickets to see Corum Boy. My dad told me it was a comedy! A COMEDY! it was so tragic and upsetting! Don't get me wrong it was an amazing production and it is one of my favorite plays that I have seen but holy shit I was out of my seat with fear after the first half! It was a great play and I am glad I saw it but holy moley!
4th trip I am now 19!! So i saw a grand total of 6 performances in 7 days I think that is pretty impressive. First we got tickets to see Keira Knightly and Damien Lewis in the Misanthrope. It liked it and it was funny. Also Damien Lewis is soooo cute! Anywho.... The next play we saw was hey guess what it was Les Mis! told we like seeing that show! then I saw War Horse! now this is a fantastic show but not in the first row. It is very traumatizing! But I loved it and will be seeing it again on Saturday yay and not int he first row!! Then to compensate for the sadness that is WW1 me and my mom ventured to the O2 Dome to see you guessed it Peter Pan. This was not as good as the first but I can't help it if I am in love with Peter :) then my dad bought me and my mom tickets to see the Lion King! ahh love. and finally Every Boy Deserves Favor was the final production we saw. It was great and I loved it.
my latest trip has been to study abroad. On this trip we saw Les Mis! wow is that becoming a cliche! then I saw the amazing production of Into the Woods followed by Romeo and Juliet ballet, Blood Brothers (2 times), Antony and Cleopatra (love!), and Ariadne auf Naxos the opera... not my cup of tea if you ask me.
I love everything about this place and when I play back my own history in this country it is sad because it is so hard to leave. This is my love letter to England. You have given me this amazing life and im only 20! the only song that fits my mood right now is..... To Sir With Love the link is below :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9SdmeCEKrM
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