Childhood Dream

Just a small aside that I thought of and wanted to share. Last night I was walking through the main castle late at night. A lot of the lights were off and I was sort of wandering around Sophie's Lounge, which is a common area that is really big and nice (I'll try and take pictures and post them if I think about it). I was walking around and it reminded me a lot of the Newport Mansions. When I was younger and we went to visit all the mansions, I always wanted to jump over the ropes and climb into the beds or sit on the couches. So as I was walking through Sophie's I pictured where the rope would have been and then I realized that I was fulfilling that childhood fantasy of living in one of those huge mansions. I thought that was so cool and I started thinking about who used to live here and what these rooms used to be used for (I honestly have no clue who lived here or what they were used for but its fun to make up stories). Ok so I'm a total dork, but oh well, I live in a castle.

One week down

To start this blog off, I would like to clarify something that may have been misread. I have not smoked pot at the castle. I have never smoked pot in my life (I have never smoked anything at all in my life) nor do I have any intentions to smoke while I am over here. Just because it is "legal" over here does not make it any less gross.

So anyway. Last night Blake and I almost had a heart attack because we started booking our trip for our first independent travel break to London, Ireland and Scotland, but we then found out that we had no way of getting home. Long story short Ryan Air sucks and doesn't go to enough places. We think we have it worked out now but it was really stressful.

This morning I was once again woken up to construction outside my room, however this time we looked out our window, and saw construction workers waving at us. It was sort of creepy. I woke up and got some brunch then had my first World Drama class. The professor seems really awesome. He sort of looks like a Dutch version of Tim Gunn from Project Runway. While taking attendance he spent about an hour and asked every single one of us where our families are from. He was amazed at the American culture about how we are all mixed races, cultures, etc. He told us that we are going to go see a performance of Merchant of Venice at the Globe Theatre when we are in London which makes me really really excited. So I have now completed my first week of class at Kasteel Well. I am excited for this weekend to actually get out and start traveling.

Hopefully I will have enough money to make it through this trip. Oh well, I live in a castle.