Oh What a Night

Hey yawl.

So, last night was just freaking delightful. After another long day, we were supposed to go to a performance at the rebuilt Globe Theater. Well, the lovely foreign study people had decided that they needed us to FULLY experience Shakespearian theater, so they got us standing tickets. Woo. Standing, outside, at night, in the rain, for three hours. Um....no. Since it was pouring and not a real appealing option, we decided to just go elsewhere for a bit and then go home. That worked for a bit as we wandered around Green Park looking for shops and stuff. After a bit of that, my two roomies that I was with decided to go back. I wanted to look in a bookstore for a while, so I said I'd see them at home. I was no more than 20 mins behind them and I knew exactly where I was going.

So, I bought a couple books and then headed back to the tube station for the usual ride home. Except that this ride was not usual. I noticed a whiteboard that said that Finsbury Park station (my tube station) was closed due to a "customer incident." Ok. Fine. So, I rode my usual line to the station before that one and decided to get off there and see what I could do. I got off, found directions on walking to the Finsbury Park station area and did that. The problem came when I got there.

I got to Finsbury Park and then got hopelessly lost trying to find my way to where I could pick up my bus. I must have walked at least a mile in the wrong direction. Once I concluded that I was really in the wrong place, I decided to start over back at Finsbury. So, I took a bus back to that station and stood there trying to figure things out.

While I'm standing there freezing in the soaking rain, I get a call from one of my roomates. Turns out there was a shooting at my tube stop and that's why it was closed. A shooting!! There were cops everywhere and they had blocked off where the buses usually come, so I was totally confused. Finally, I followed a pack of other confused looking people and somehow managed to get back to my homestay. Needless to say, it was quite a night.

So, I'm a bit tired today, but I'll still post a few pics for you all to look at and enjoy. And don't worry about me, the police here had everything under control this morning and everyone is ok.

Cheers!