It's a good thing I'm so used to packing on really short notice - I definitely did it his morning. It's only overnight so it wasn't too bad, but I didn't want to go back to my room so I threw a bag together along with my normal morning routine.
Walking to the Centre, Nicole and I saw a box that said Virgin Wine - like the virgin mobile Virgin. I said 'Virgin makes wine? Man, an airline, a cell phone and wine, what more could you want?' Nicole enjoyed that :D Then, in Dover, I saw a commercial for Virgin TV - now you really don't need anything else! Though for some reason I don't think their wine would be all that good...
Today we talked about the history of the American musical in theatre class. Most of the iconic musicals - Oklahoma, The Sound Of Music, Hair - came out of the 1940's-1960's. It was interesting to talk about. Culturally, Americans are better at acting a scene and breaking into song than British are - the director and casting director agreed :]
Today was the world premiere of the final Harry Potter movie. Some IES people were going to go down to try and see some people, but some crazy people have been camping out there in the rain without tents or anything for a week. I like Harry Potter as much as any of them, but I had better things to do with my life than sit in one spot for a week.
After class, I grabbed my lunch from a grocery store that sold things to go and went off to Victoria coach station, and I'm glad I gave myself a bit of extra time because I managed to get turned around on my way. I got there in plenty of time, though, so I was able to eat my lunch without rushng through it.
I think it may or may not have taken us an hour to get to the motorway from the coach station. I slept through about 3/4 of that hour, so I'm not entirely sure, but if so I hope we at least made a few stops - the traffic must have been crazy if not.
We stopped on Bluewater - I'm not sure where that is in correlation to London - and I saw the biggest Marks and Spencer I've seen yet. I saved one of my chocolate croissants from lunch and decided that would be a good time to eat it, and I really hope I can find some in West Lafayette - I'm sure I'm going to want them still when I'm back at school :]
I took a bunch more pictures of the countryside again on the drive out here -I really love it and I really really want to live out here some day.
So, I definitely didn't realise that there were 2 stops in Dover - one at the port and one at the town centre. I wanted to get off at the town centre - the B&B is just a 7 minute walk from there. Guess which one I got off at :D Yeah, definitely the wrong one - the port is on the opposite end of town from where I am now. Oh well, I got to see the channel. I'm so happy to be in a sea town again! The salty air, the seagulls (however loud or annoying) I love it! I can't wait to go back down to the ocean again tomorrow.
Oh my goodness, this Bed and Breakfast is adorable! It's painted blue on the outside and very homey inside. And Paula, the owner, is so sweet. She said that she's been super busy all day but she let me stay because, as a young student, she felt I'd feel more at home here than some of the more money-oriented places up the street. I'm so glad I found this place online. And she served me dinner - that was a pleasent surprise, I was expecting to have to find my own. She made ke some tea when I got in and said to help myself if I wanted more and she wasn't there. I was going to walk up to the White Cliffs tomorrow, but she suggested a tour and I'm starting to agree. It's only £8 too - I just can't decide between the bus or boat tour - I guess I'll just ask when I go down there tomorrow.
Well, breakfast is at 9 tomorrowso I'm going to finish my hot chocolate and brush my teeth so I can sleep.
Till then,
-Carly B
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