The Big One

Here it is, guys. I've blogged about my one week trip to Northern Ireland, I've blogged about my three week trip to Japan, but now it's time for... the big one. The big travel abroad experience I've been waiting for. For the next 100 days I will be exploring the glorious British Isles with fellow Furman students, studying theatre and literature! 

How blessed am I to be abroad for the third time in just a few months? I can hardly believe it! And I feel so loved to have friends following my journeys on this blog. Thank you.
This is going to be such an incredible adventure! I'll be seeing dozens of plays as I make my way through five countries in one semester.

I just arrived this morning at our first stop: Stratford.

As I write this, I'm in my bed, in a beautiful little house called "Forget Me Not" on a quaint street. I'm rooming with two of my best friends and fellow theatre majors- Kenzie and Clare- and I'm looking out our window (we got the room with the view!) at the bike riders and dog walkers enjoying the 60 degree, sunny day outside.

Our house-mom is named Kate, her husband is John, their son is James, and their friendly black lab is Harry... Does it get more British than that? We'll be staying in this adorable home in our perfect little room for 12 days, seeing Shakespeare's birthplace and attending performances at the theatre.

After our 12 days here, we move over to the Republic of Ireland where we'll camp out in Dublin for about a week. Then we'll make our way up Ireland into Northern Ireland, making shorter day-trip stops here and there, then we'll head through Northern Ireland over to Scotland, and back down through England, eventually landing in London for about 2 months. After all of that is complete, classes will end and it'll be free travel time; that's when Kenzie, Clare, and I will head over to France to enjoy a few days being tourists in Paris.

I can't wait to take in everything the British Isles has to offer... Time for me to get exploring!