1/25/14

I went to look up movie premiers so we could calendar one in, and found that one was happening on the afternoon I looked it up. We were only going off of the one website I found, but everyone thought that Hali and I had done extensive research to find out where to go. We got off the tube station, and Hali looked at me and said "where do we go?" I looked at her and said "let's pretend we know where to go!" Luckily, we got out of the tube station and were able to see exactly where the commotion was. We saw a big gate with black plastic covering it. We saw big lights in the air and people lining up. The men were rolling out the red carpet, and the reporters were staking out their spot. We just got behind the people and waited. We had no idea what to expect. A DJ was talking and giving away tickets to the actual premier. Shortly after Keira Knightly, Chris Pine, and others came out and walked down the red carpets. It felt like we were in Hollywood, I guess you could say it was like a "mini Hollywood" in England.

 Keira Knightley 

Chris Pine

Covent Garden

"A settlement has existed in the Covent Garden area since Roman times - the first century AD, when London was known as Londinium. The area around Covent Garden and the Strand was, in the 7th century, a busy Saxon trading port called Lundenwic. Lundenwic was abandoned once the Viking invaders became too dangerous in the 9th century" (The History and Architecture of London).

We walked around and it reminded me of the San Francisco Pier (minus the water). They had people dressed up on the sides of streets, doing tricks, and performing. They had a cute market that we went to, and a place called Ben's Cookies that is so yummy. So we all got cookies. Of course!

Here is a little performance going on.