10 Reasons for London, 10 Reasons for Colorado

Preface: I saw Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance last night. Being that Albee is my favorite playwright, I absolutely loved the show. The end.

Yesssss!

10 Reasons I Love London:

• Hyde Park. It's really pretty. 

Lecturing about Shakespeare

• The theatre! Hamlet, Clybourne Park, Wastwater, War Horse, Iolanthe, A Delicate Balance, and so many more!
• The neighborhoods! Camden, Soho, Knightsbridge, Notting Hill, Kilburn, and so many more!
• Andrew Manley. Need I say more? 

• I can legally drink alcohol here. I've been exploring different drinks that I otherwise would have to wait to try until 21 in America.
• The Tube! It's always an adventure.
• People here are so friendly. And the accents! I am still swooning.
• There is always something to do and/or see.
• Matt Potter. He's a really good roommate.

The first day in the flats!

• Traveling on my own is an extremely humbling and maturing experience. I've felt more independent over these last two weeks than I ever have before in my life.

10 Reasons I Love (and Miss) Colorado:

Last November at the CC Cabin in Florissant, Colorado

• It's 8th Block, the last block of the regular academic year. I know my friends are having tons of fun.
• The small community I have found (and created) amongst my peers at CC. London is huge and slightly impersonal.
• The sunsets. 

• Hiking. Skiing. The general outdoors.
• Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Aspen, Glenwood Springs.

Colorado Springs from Cheyenne Mountain

• My friends.

Pikes Peak from CC Campus

Longs Peak and Mt. Meeker from Estes Cone

The Maroon Bells from Crater Lake

• Mountains.

The Mummy Range from Cheley

• Small towns in the mountains.
• Dan Lewis and Chinmay Mungi. They were really good roommates.

• I know that I wouldn't have the confidence to be able to jet off to London had it not been for Colorado.
• 11th Reason: It's home.

Loving it here, but certainly missing home. 

Countdowns:

11 Days—The last play, Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. It's at the National Theatre, which is where the first show I saw here, Hamlet, took place. Nice little circle.

12 Days—The last day of class. And sophomore year. Almost half done with college! AH!

15 Days—Spain!

17 Days—My 20th birthday!

19 Days—The return to America.

20 Days—Summer Session A. I'm taking a class on Satire. Can't wait!

24 Days—First week of my internship with the Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission.

112 Days—Semester at Sea

I'm off to Shakespeare's Globe to see All's Well That Ends Well. Happy Friday!