Phew...

Sorry about the lack of updates, its been a crazy week.  Monday started off with a trip to Hampton Court, one of the many royal palaces open to the public.  It was rainy and cold, but the trip was nonetheless exciting.  I learned a lot of Henry VIII and the styles of architecture he used in building parts of the palace.  This week we also had the chance to see the Pitman Painters, which was wonderfully done piece about mine workers who become painters and learn about themselves.  Wed. we had a tour of the Banqueting room and got to see the changing of the guard, it was super cool and pictures will come sometime soon!  Thursday had some of us going out for some fun for student night at one of the places here and it was a blast dancing to some good music.  Friday I went to Scotland for the night and even though we had a 5 hour train ride, it was worth it!  Scotland was extremely beautiful with its mountains, the lochs, highlands, and the gothic style architecture.  We ended up going on a Ghost tour which was a lot of fun and let us seem some of the many underground vaults.  We also ate at a place called the Filling Station and it was perfectly American in everywhere, a nice change of pace!  Saturday I took a tour of Edinburgh castle which was amazing and was the first castle I saw!  Today brings research and writing because I cannot neglect my schoolwork as much as I wish I could!