WE HAVE ARRIVED!

well... sorry for such the late next update but we were so super busy in London!
WEDNESDAY
As soon as we got off the airplain we borded a bus (in the rain... how expected) and took a half day tour of the gorgious city while all of us tried to stay awake. We then checked into Bankside House and met up with all the kind AHSTF people. We ate dinner and retired to our rooms, most falling asleep before 9 that evening.
THURSDAY
The next day we got to choose what we wanted to do in the morning and in the afternoon. Morning choices: half went to Tate Modern, and half went to Harrods. Both groups wished they had more time at their destination. We then met back up at the hotel and walked over to the Globe Theatre for a workshop that proved to be amazing. We first got a (sadly) short tour of the actual theatre and then went into another educational building for our workshop. Personally I know it helped me understand shakespear quite a bit more and i'm sure many of my comrads agree. We then had our afternoon choices: The Eye, or Tower of London. Most chose Tower of London, but myself (it's Ryan btw ;)), Katie McCalla, Sarah Moran and Anna Rayburn decided to do the Eye and boy, did we luck out when we asked the man if we could get on any earlier because our ticket was for so late and he let us go into the express lane! So, we then were able to walk across the bridge and go to the Abby which was absolutely stunning.
That night was Lady In Black. It. Was. Terrifying. But I have never in my life seen such good acting.
FRIDAY (today)
Early wake up call! We had to be up and our bags pack and ready to be loaded on the trucks by 5 am. We then had breakfast, and were shortly off on the train packed full of teenage thespians for 5 hours off to our final destination of Edinburgh! We arrived here around 1 pm their time (it was a 5 hour long train ride) to the sounds of bag pipes looking over the rollin hills. We then borded busses in groups and were off on another half day tour of Edinburgh, this time on foot. We walked the royal mile and got our first taste of the Fringe, and as you can imagine, all of the tuna cast thirst for more. We checked in at the Universty and just had dinner, which was absolutely delicious. Tommorrow we have a free day so I'll try to update what are adventures were then!
Right now I sit in the common area with the chitter chatter of other teens, other languages, the smell of fresh fallen rain on the rolling hills and the faint drone of bagpipes in the backround. I can hardly wait for the next 9 days.
~ Ryan Tucker