The next day, Wednesday (June 3rd) was probably the busiest day we had since we have been in London. The group had a morning visit to the Tate Modern Museum but I unfortunately was unable to go because I had my interview for my internship. After my interview I had the chance to meet up with everyone at the Tate Modern for a little bit but we soon left for lunch and headed back to ULU (University of London) for a lecture with Bob Craig on WWII and the Blitz.

It was the most interesting and by far my most favorite lecture we had. In the states we learned about WWII almost every year in history class but hearing it from a British perspective brought whole new meaning of the effects of the war universally. Bob talked about people taking shelter in the Tube stations and building shelters in the gardens of homes and even shelters under tables if you lived in apartments. He also told us about children being evacuated out of the city and being sent to the country. It was successful but executed too early. Moms missed their children and often sent for them to return home. Many children became casualties of the German bombings. The most interesting fact about London and the war was them experiencing bombing for 56 consecutive nights and loosing 40,000 homes a week.

After our lecture Bob took us to the Imperial War Museum and showed us around the exhibits for WWI and WWII. It was very cool seeing the different air crafts and bomb shells the British used during the wars. There were also my recent exhibits we got to check out including one on the victims of the Holocaust.

We left the Imperial War Museum a few hours later and rushed off to catch the world famous show WICKED!!!!!!! It was by far the most spectacular most amazing show I have ever seen. My attention was focused on the stage the entire time and I would highly encourage everyone and anyone to go see it. The singing, the songs, the acting were all wonderful and I hate to admit but I did get a little teary eyed during some scenes.

This night was by far the best night of my life. I learned a lot, I got to experience a lot and i definitely got to see a lot as well. I think this was the point in my trip where it really hit my that I was actually in a different country and that I am getting to do what a lot of other people will probably never get the opportunity to do. Everyone should have to privilege to do what I'm doing and I think it is so important to want to take on the responsibility of being in another country and embrace the similarities and differences of cultures and customs.