The Tates and Lion King

Greetings! It feel like forever since I've written because time here is flying by, which can be a good and bad thing. I'll start my update with Monday because Sunday was just a day of reading and being lazy.

Monday was class at 10:30 then a field trip to Tate Modern. It took my flatmates and I a little while to find the place (a.k.a. we were a little late). We were there to specifically see the Rothko exhibit. Our teacher gave us our assignment, and we went into the museum to check out the exhibit. I guess you could say maybe I'm not as big of an art fan that I wanted to be because I walked around the Rothko exhibit for an hour and got completely frustrated. I tried to enjoy the paintings and interpret what they are suppose to mean, but that definitely didn't happen. I'm sure that his paintings mean something to him, but I couldn't figure it out. I left the Tate with a little bitter taste in my mouth because I wanted to so badly to enjoy the museum. I don't want to sound like it was awful and he was an awful painter. That's not the case. I just like a different style of art. We browsed through some other floors, but left with nothing gained from that experience. Except maybe that I should just stick to history museums.

On Wednesday when we went to Tate Britain. Now, this was the kind of museum I could enjoy. There were portrait paintings and landscape and many more. We also had a tour guide who took us around to the different paintings to explain who painted them and the reasons behind it. I liked it much more. It was a nice tour except we were rushed for time at the end because our group had to be at the Mosque at 1:30.
We left the museum and took the tube to where we were meeting for the Mosque. Some of my flatmates and I ate at the a place called The Duke of York. It was a rushed meal, but good. I had minestrone with homemade bread. I could have made a meal out of the bread. After the food, we walked to the meeting spot and then to the Mosque.
At the Mosque, we had a tour guide that talked about the Muslim faith and showed us around the Mosque. It was an interesting experience to see how people of other faiths worship. The girls had to wear a scarf around their head to not show their hair. I got a deeper aspect of what Muslims believe and why. That last for almost two hours then we walked to the tube stop and went back to our flat. It was a very rainy and yucky day to outside walking around.

Thursday was the Lion King! Its been one of my favorite thus far! After class, the girls and I got all dressed up and headed to the theatre. The seats were very good. I mean they were high up, but dead center. I was very excited and anxious for it to start. From the opening scene until the end, I was on the edge of my seat. It was absolutely amazing. The costumes, the actors, EVERYTHING was over the top! Every character was an animal so just think of how they made every person in the show look like an animal. The giraffes, antelopes, hyenas, and not to mention Simon and Pumba! Gosh, I wish everyone could have watch it with me. We went back to the flat after the show, but not before me dropping and breaking my camera. Smooth move, right? That kind of put a damper on my night, but hopefully it can be fixed.

Today will be Cirque du Soleil at 3:00! Another awesome show hopefully.

Oh and one thing I forgot. We went and saw Slum Dog Millionaire on Saturday. Everyone should go see that movie! The beginning may not seem like a feel good movie, but trust me it is!

Anyways, I hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for reading and for all the thoughts and prayers.

More to come later....