The last post (?)

Sorry I haven't written in a few days- I have forgotten a lot of the finer details, but here is a nice overview:

5.9.10
Left Edinburgh for Kiplin and stopped in New Castle on the way home. We parted ways with Larry there because he took the train to Manchester from there. The market was going on so we all just walked along the waterfront and went into an awesome contemporary art museum and a ridiculous Norman Foster theater complex. Got to Kiplin and ate then watched a movie (?). Not completely sure but knowing us, I’m sure we did. We went to the roof of Kiplin Hall, which was cool to see- got some good aerial photos, then we played SPUD on the lawn in front of the house. Not sure why I had never played this game before but its like 500 on steroids- so fun.

5.10.10
Did work most of the day. Pretty much finished my last paper. We went to watch Iron Man 2 at the Station (our last bargain movie!!) and then went back for dinner.

5.11.10
We kidnapped DuPuy today. We (the girls) made a bit of a scavenger hunt for him complete with puzzle pieces and rhyming hints to take him to a few last places before we left Kiplin for good. We went to Easby Abbey, Rapeseed fields (that one was kind of for me), Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle. We had an excellent cheese, wine, and grape party out of the back of the van at Bolton Castle. Great day. Back at Kiplin we did some work on our papers and had a packing/cleaning party. Thai takeout for dinner. We decided to play capture the flag on the property- not an excellent idea when there are only 7 people playing. We decided to settle on playing SPUD again instead and went back and played beer pong. Why that was the first time we played that I have no idea. Late night, but good way to leave North Yorkshire.


5.12.10
Left for London! First stopped at Chatsworth- they filmed the Duchess and it was Mr. Darcey’s house in Pride and Prejudice (!!) It had pretty cool gardens- complete with a maze I couldn’t find the center of. We were joking around and did some classic senior pictures in the garden- very cheesy, love it. Made it to London around 7 and waited FOREVER at O’Neil’s for food- I’m very upset with them. The food was good at least, and the Guiness was flowing. Went to bed early- totally tired.

5.13.10
Ran in the morning. Followed DuPuy around during the day went way out to the middle of nowhere London to Chiswich and a few cool museums. One was an old school natural history museum with a bunch of skeletons and an aquarium- totally loved it. Took the bus back and went to get Indian with Jenny Sara and DuPuy- yum. Power napped and went out to the Zoo Bar in Leicester Square- success.

5.14.10
Free day in London. Tried to find derelict buildings with Jenny- went to old gymnasium and found a great display about an urban renewal in the St. Pancras area- very cool. Then went to Camden- very cool found a great ethnic market got Moroccan. Went to Soho area to try and find another derelict building but no luck so we went to meet the guys at Oxford Circus for shopping. Came back and I decided to go to the British Museum real quick then walked back. Read then went to the other Side with Jenny. Re-fueled with some Starbucks. I'm going to miss London. We got to see a lot of great places today- it makes me want to spend another week here!! AHHH!!!