At the weekend Morgan and I travelled back to Wales once more. His mum had very kindly bought us and his sister Genevieve tickets to see the Globe Theatre's touring production of Hamlet. We all thoroughly enjoyed the performance which was surprisingly witty and of course the beautiful setting of St Donat's Castle. I foolishly forgot my camera but here are some photos I found on google, which, by the way, do not do this place justice!
I will definitely be looking out for their tour again next year!
The following day I was finally able to make a visit to my beloved city of Bristol. I spent a lovely morning with University friend Jo and finally got to meet her gorgeous 10 month old son, Elijah. I hadn't seen Jo since she was heavily pregnant last summer but despite her claiming months of sleepless nights she was looking fantastic as always. It was nice to catch up on how our lives had changed in the past year; Jo's delightful addition to her family and my second year of teaching and Morgan's move to Surrey. Coincidentally we are also both house hunting at the moment too, although the house prices slightly vary between Surrey and Yatton, don't tell Morgan!
Me and the angelic Elijah!
After lots of cuddles I met up with my host for the night, Miss Kirsty Cooke! Again we spent a long lunch catching up until other customers started arriving for dinner! Kirsty and I used to spend hours talking about everything and nothing when we lived together whilst at University and I think it is a testament to our friendship that despite the distance our relationship hasn't changed at all. 
That evening we watched one of my favourite ITV dramas... Downton Abbey! Due to social conditioning from watching this programme every Sunday evening with my mum I now must have a glass a baileys in my hand as the credits roll, they go so well together. Roll on series 3 this Autumn!
The following day it was back on the train, destination London. After many weeks of leisure it was time I got back to my studies and so to the library I headed. However, my productivity was rewarded that evening when my darling sister took me to dinner before another trip to the theatre, this time to see the musical Mamma Mia! Luckily for us we discovered M&M World first! Here we are with our new friends:
Emma and Sir Yellow
Me and Red
Finally we made it to see Mamma Mia, which was amazing!!! I think our favourite part had to be the flipper dance, quite the sight to see. And of course the classic Emma moment:
Emma went to buy a programme to see who would be performing in the show. She came back and we made our way to our seats. I started to flick through the programme and find lots of pictures and information about ABBA but no cast list. Emma is as puzzled as me but we let it go. Then I spot someone in the row in front with a smaller sized programme. "What's the difference between ours and the smaller one over there?" I asked her. "Oh, that's the programme and this is the souvenir." Yes, Emma was conned into buying a booklet containing pictures of previous casts rather than the programme she specifically asked for and was offered! I'm sure I haven't told you the story right but trust me, it was hilarious at the time!
Ok this post is getting on a bit so I will go for now, but thank you friends and family for a really lovely few days!
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