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Day 105-106 – Mayfest in Italia

Saturday, May 1-2, 2010


Day 98- Macbeth

Saturday, April 24, 2010 Watching Macbeth at the Globe Theatre

Day 97- Taking a Bath & Defying Gravity

Friday, April 23, 2010 Field trip to Bath, England Wicked at the Apollo Theatre

Day 91- Can’t Dutch This

Saturday, April 17, 2010 Celebrating Holland's Queensday in London's Trafalgar's Square.

Day 82-84- Paris

Thursday, April 8-10, 2010 3 girls. Wine. And Chocolate. Need I say more? Louvre Champs-Élysées Musée d'Orsay Eiffel Tower Night Boat Tour Tiramisu Crepes Chocolate

Day 78- Easter Extravagance

Sunday, Apr. 4, 2010 "My mother always told me never to be extravagant," the Dean Graeme Knowles said. This is how he started his Easter Sunday sermon. "She told me to never be extravagant with words. She told me never to be extravagant with money. And she told me never to be extravagant with clothing," the Dean said and then paused. As →

Day 77- Self-Mutilation & the Black Hole

Saturday, Apr. 3, 2010 Photo from http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/article_images/body/2009/12/BALKA-161.jpg I don't care what Paul McCarthy says, self mutilation is not art. I visited the Tate Modern for the first time this Saturday. Located in the Modern Art Gallery on the second floor of the power station turned art museum was American artist Paul McCarthy's room. It was terrifying. Projected onto each of the four walls →

Day 76- Camden Town

Friday, Apr. 2, 2010 Photo taken by Alyssa Elias

Day 69-71- Chocolate Festival

Friday, Mar. 26-28, 2010 The U.K.'s Largest Chocolate Festival Hits Central London For Three Days, Central Londoners Devoured Truffles, Fudge and Brownies Galore   By MARLEI MARTINEZ LONDON, March 29, 2010 //   Chocolate, chocolate everywhere!   The aroma of brewing hot chocolate, sizzling churros with chocolate sauce and chocolate-covered strawberry skewers filled the air of London's South Bank this weekend. For three days it was nothing but non-stop →

Day 60-62- When in Rome…

Wednesday, Mar. 17-19, 2010 Gelato. Pizza. Spaghetti. Bruschetta. Red Wine. Trevi Fountain. Coliseum. Vatican City- Guided Tour. St. Peter's Basilica. Mouth of Truth. Hop on, Hop Off Bus. Campo de Fuiri. More info to come...