So today my friend Christine and I took a quick trip to Nottingham. Basically all we wanted to do was go shopping at Primark and find the Robin Hood statue. Primark is this massive store where you can buy cheaply made clothes really cheap (like 5 pound dresses, no joke). They may not be the best made stuff, but when you're on a budget and you'd like something a little cooler for your impending Italy trip, it's always a good option to go there! Christine and I spent forever in the store, picking up all sorts of things. She was lucky and found some stuff, I was not. Nothing looked right! I did buy a 2 pound pair of aviators though (silver) because I left my own in my car in the States, thinking that I wouldn't really need them in England and I'd be ok for 9 days in Italy. Thanks to this wonderful warm, sunny weather we've been having in here (thanks, African winds!) I've rethought my need for sunglasses and bought a pair. When we were checking out, a group of protesters came in and were yelling into megaphones about something or other (I couldn't understand them). With all those bobbys (police) around those must've been some angry wizards! After Primark we went off in search of food and ended up at this awesome shake place where they made me a yummy oreo and fudge shake and Christine a shake with real strawberry cheesecake! After sitting in the sun enjoying those, it was off to find Robin Hood and a shop Chloe told us about that was on the way. We literally walked about 2 store fronts down before we saw the shop she had told us about, Chocolate Utopia. They make the most amazing hot chocolate. It's just like magic! They steam the milk and then pour that and melted chocolate (yeah, like from a fountain except not as glamorous) into a mug and mix it up. And you get a free chocolate with the hot chocolate! I got a chocolate truffle and it was amazing. A very good stop and very worthwhile! We easily found the Robin Hood statue, which is right next to the castle (we didn't go in, just creeped on the gardens through a fence). We took our picture next to the statue, read a bit about Robin, then headed off back to the train station to go back to Grantham.
The afternoon passed uneventfully enough (though I did get to see some intense horse racing! Lots of fences and falling down and Chloe's friend Laura's horse she bet on won the race!). Then it was time to get ready for the Costume Ball (better known as the Easter-time Yule Ball). There was dinner and dancing and costumes and it was great fun! Chloe was Minnie Mouse and I was Mickey. Alayna was Mystery Peacock (we have one randomly roaming on the grounds). Christine was a Zebra. Alana was a flapper. Lyndsey, Gretchen, Jordan, and Sarah were the Mutant Ninja Turtles. Craig/Patrick was Edward Cullen. And there were loads of other awesome costumes as well! As in high school, the getting ready was almost more fun than the dancing. And, as in high school, they played a lot of the same songs (a crazy-weird version of the Cha-Cha, Macarena, Soulja Boy, Spice Girls, etc.). It was still fun though.
Alright, so I think the next time I post I will actually be State-side! Italy is a 9 day trip that starts in a week and a half! I'll probably split it into three different posts by city to keep them shorter.
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