Celebrity Week (Oh and Some History, Too)

Well! Once again, an eventful week has passed me by with alarming velocity! Hard to believe we're already almost halfway through February - and so much to look forward to! Trips to Dublin and Paris are very fast approaching!

But before we get there, we must address these past few days. Monday and Tuesday were relatively uneventful (save for another trip to Aladin's on Brick Lane on Tuesday). Then was Wednesday - when Emily and I decided to follow the news trail and find Kate Middleton at the National Portrait Gallery! We wound up getting there at about 3:30, wandering around for about an hour or so, and then deciding to give up. Just as we did so, we walked out into a hoard of paparazzi and figured we'd stay a while. Well, a good two hours later in the freezing cold, the Duchess of Cambridge finally appeared! She was, of course, as gorgeous and refined as everyone makes her out to be. And Emily and I got interviewed by a fashion magazine - we'll have to see if we made it into the article! Very exciting. Except it took about half an hour for me to regain feeling in my feet...

Then, on Thursday, we heard that Daniel Radcliffe would be at the Apple Store at Oxford Circus to discuss his new movie, The Woman in Black, and figured hey, we might as well go to that too! We wound up sitting about ten feet away from him, the movie's director, and screenwriter, and listening to them talk about the process of making a horror film for about an hour. It was endlessly fascinating. We got a little sneak preview, too! Daniel said he liked to pick out the "frailest member of the crowd" to watch their reaction - I'm pretty sure it might have been me. I jumped about a mile. What else is new? This event was recorded and will be released as a podcast next week - which you should probably all download so you can watch the back of my head freak out.

Then, on Friday, Emma Watson was doing a Q&A about her new beauty line with Lancome in Selfridges, so we trooped over there to hang around for a few hours and wait for her to arrive. She was stunning, as beautiful as you would imagine, and very well-spoken. She was only there for about fifteen minutes, but it was worth it, I think! Then we went out to dinner compliments of Kristen's very kind (and very tall father) at Pizza Express, which was actually phenomenal. So very good. I'm still salivating!

Then Saturday we were up bright and early to head off to Stonehenge and Bath. We got off to a bit of a late start, and were further delayed by the bus breaking down about halfway there. So, schedule completely thrown off, we were a bit rushed throughout the rest of the day. We had about a forty five minute tour of Stonehenge (complete with audio guide - which was, as expected, basically a guy telling us that they were big stones, and we don't know how they got there). Then we piled back on the bus to Bath, got a super-quick (and very unsatisfying) twenty minute walking tour of the city. Luckily, we got to spend as much time in the Roman Baths as we wanted, and got about an hour and a half to explore the city. It's absolutely adorable - everything you'd want out of a stereotypical "English" setting. The buildings were all beautiful, reminiscent of the 18th century style most of them were built in, and the city was built on a hill, with these great building climbing higher and higher. So great. I will definitely be going back - and who knows, maybe taking a dip in one of the spas? ;)

Anyway, this post is relatively short for the activities of the day, as there have been some interesting events happening at home that need attending. But next weekend we're of to Dublin, so more updates will be coming in about a week's time. Cheers! :)