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[trulyhopelessromantic]

Saw this fella when I worked a couple days at the Disney offices in London, England ☆

[brittabroad]

I wrote this on FB for The Globe's birthday

I had a picture to accompany of me looking up into the big O for the first time, a gaze of happiness and wonder.

My 1st "visit" to the theater was actually through Susan Cooper's book titled King of Shadows and the way that that novel inspired me to want to study Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream specifically) and visit The Globe Theater one day was unexpected but very welcome.

Cut to well over a decade later I've moved to London from Canada for a 2 year visa and I see The Globe outside for the first time with complete elation. Then some time later I see they're playing AMND there and I knew it was fate: I had to go. I had to see the play I'd read about being played within the O in the book. I had to experience the theatre for the first time watching this production.

Through some crazy long day filled with twists and turns of fate I got a ticket for a midnight performance.

I entered inside, and it was a moment like a storybook where I felt my dreams had come true and a cinemaric moment where time slowed and sped up all at the same time. Here I was in a place I'd only ever imagined in my mind, where I'd had numerous times experienced a very special emotional adventure with the characters of the novel I loved so much. And where I was about to see "the play that started it all" —the Dream that began my dreams of learning more about Shakespeare, more about Elizabethan England and to one day see another piece of London which I already had such a fascination with.

That Rice production that night was great and I will always remember standing as a groundling touching my hand to the stage and knowing I wasn't dreaming anymore. 💜

Happy Birthday, O!

[brittabroad]

Today is March 22nd, 2022 I have just seen an old friend on my TV ^_^

[brittabroad]

London, I miss thee.

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I know this is years too late but

I’m gonna make a list of all the celebs I can think of that I saw/met in England and then in separate posts tell the stories/memories of each incident ^_^

I’m gonna tag it so I can come back to this list and update as things reoccur to me :) Pls excuse the crude spelling I’m at first just typing furiously and sometimes just giving myself reminders

Benedict Cumberbatch X3?

The Queen and her family at Buckingham Palace

Prince William X2

David Tennant X2

Craig David

Orlando Bloom

Ellie Goulding

McFly/McBusted

Mumford & Sons

Stephen Fry

Oliver (Weasley Twin)

Matthew Lewis

Lady Kitty Spencer

Michael Fassbender

Alicia Vikander

Matthew McFadden

Michael Sheen

Mel C

Ralph Fiennes

Vanessa Redgrave

Jim Broadbent

Dominic Cooper

Gemma Areton

Celinde Shonenmaker

Ramin Karimloo X2

Hadley Fraser

John Owen-Jones X2

Poto Managers, Simon and

Samantha Barks

Sir Ian McKellen

Sir Patrick Stewart

Lily James

Richard Madden

Derek Jacobi

that lady from Jekyll

The Queen’s Cousin Michael?

Boris Johnson

Richard E. Grant

Louise Brealey

Una Stubbs

Timothy Carlton

Wanda Venham

Mark Gatiss X2?

Steven Moffat X2

Andrew Scott

Danny Hargreaves

Arwel Jones?  X2 *events

Claire Pritchard X2 *events

that ballet guy I like lol  X2? *events

Carrie Hope Fletcher  X4 *events

Giovanna Fletcher

The Ravenmaster at Tower of London

Peter the Beefeater  X2

Laura Wright (Skye Boat Song)

Robert Sheehan

[trulyhopelessromantic]

Secret Santa at your service again! All those sound like fantastic reads! I love both those two BATB books, fantastic choices X3 Some more questions if I may~ Do you enjoy illustrated books? Also! You said you were interested certain time periods, is it because of the fashion, music, or...what from them catches your eye? When you lived in England what kinds of things did you enjoy doing? o3o ((I'm getting closer to knowing what to get you ;3 ))

YES to the illustrated books! :D

Mostly it’s the fashion and general aesthetic of the time periods that I like the most!

[this costume is just after the Elizabethan period with James the First’s era]

England was fantastic I did A LOT but I guess I can summarize it to a couple of things generalized:

GOING TO THE BALLET

I still do this in my hometown actually

VISITING (HISTORIC) ROYAL PALACES

Honestly this was one of my favourite things to do; visit these gorgeous places with such history. Hampton Court and Tower of London were easy favourites though I also visited so many others (some not pictured so as not to overwhelm lol)

BE A SHAKESPEARE NERD

I visited his hometown and grave, I went to numerous productions based on his works… so much so little time XD ahaha

STARE AT BIG BEN NUMEROUS TIMES

It’s just so gorgeous, ok? haha

BE A HARRY POTTER NERD

I visited the studios, I went to Platform 9 ¾, I even worked at the Hogwarts dinners at the studios! I had a grand old time!

BE A SHERLOCK NERD

I went to 2 Sherlocked conventions, visited a few locations from the show… touched the actual door for 221B… Also went to The Sherlock Holmes Museum and Restaurant…yeah. Great times :D

GO TO MUSICALS AND PLAYS

This was another favourite thing to do! I don’t even know how many plays and musicals I went to… haha but I LOVE live theatre! I still go in my hometown

VISIT MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES

VISITING VARIOUS CHURCHES, CATHEDRALS AND ABBEYS

AND SO MUCH MORE…

I went to movies and hung out in the malls and visited Harrod’s Dept Store. I visited beautiful parks and attended local events. I would sometimes just walk down London streets and appreciate their beauty. I also went to concerts (Mumford and Sons, McBusted/McFly, Amber Run and more)...

I used to work as an Educational Assistant for a year and also as a hospitality assistant where I was fortunate enough to serve catered events to every type of person from the average London citizens all the way to celebrities and royalty (I served The Queen’s cousin dessert once ehehe I was shocked) 

I’m just going to conclude here because I realized I’ve spent pretty much 2 hours retrieving example pictures for every point in my post XD hahaha oops!

[trulyhopelessromantic]

Okay I got to make this quick because I really need to sleep and be up for work tomorrow but I wanted to make this post. I wanted to make it earlier today so I could type out a full thing but that's okay I think I can cover what I want to in less words anyway hahaha... Anyway so today was the 3-year anniversary of this picture which means it's the 3-year anniversary of walking into All Hallows Church for the first time and meeting Sean. Which means that yesterday was the 3-year anniversary of meeting Rachel in person. ♡ both of these people mean a whole lot to me and no matter what happens in our lives whether we remain close or life pulls us apart for a while I know that my memories of London will not be complete without mention of both of these people. Not only did Ra encourage me to apply for England once and for all (with some tough love), she also then came over with me. I've been so blessed to have her friendship and support and furthermore blessed to have spent some incredible times with her in not just London but further off in England as well. Our love for Sherlock Holmes and Basil of Baker Street brought us together and I feel so incredibly awestruck that we got to meet up for the first time in that very city which seems a character in and of itself within the narrative of those two characters' lives. And then a day later we both meet the totally awesome and wonderful Sean who went on to be such a support for me perhaps more than he will ever realize. I am blessed to have made such an instant friendship with him and am awestruck that Ra and I found someone who is just as quirky and awesome as we are and has similar almost identical sense of humor. We may not talk as often as maybe we should but I am so grateful to have a friend in him. Lastly, looking at this picture and recalling the memories of coming to London has made me renew my thought process towards the feeling that going to London was the best thing I could have ever done for myself in so, so many ways. Before I went over London always felt like it was calling me back and when I finally met it for the first time through these eyes, my heart felt content with the reassurance that I was home. I'm happy to say that I have two homes now two homes that have made me into the person I am today and two homes that I will always love and miss when I'm away from either of them. ♡ So happy anniversary to London and to unexplainable friendship. Sometimes things that can't be explained by the mind can only be felt with the heart and perhaps explained by Fate and divine intervention and that is what this time of year will always celebrate for me. ♡♡♡♡♡ 🇬🇧 💖💜💝

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I'm checked into my airbnb and so far not quite impressed 100 percent but you get what you pay for they say and this accommodation was quite cheap in comparison to others of the area and in a sense I can see why. It's nothing special, communication with the host has been crap and I'm sooo glad it's only 1 night here. I'd rather spend less money a night and have a warmer reception and environment sleeping with strangers in the room at the hostel than this at this point. At least the hostel was warm (heat wise)... (Not like the reviews for this place didn't warn me so I'm no surprise there but)...