Summer is the perfect time to relax, hang out with friends, soak up vitamin D and of course, travel. Senior
Savannah Lloyd took advantage of her summer and took a trip with some fellow SaberCats to London, England. For
only being there a week, she made memories that will last a lifetime.
Being a student who is heavily involved in drama and musical theatre, Lloyd couldn’t go to London and not
see a Broadway show. “I saw Wicked and 39 Steps,” Lloyd said. A surprise came upon her one night at dinner. Lloyd
stated, “We randomly met three chorus members from Wicked in the restaurant we ate at!” Being a musical theatre
geek myself, I can only imagine that that experience was surprising and memorable.Seeing Broadway musicals was not the only thing that the group from FRHS did. “We toured the RoyalNational Theatre, road the Underground (a lot), visited the Hampton Court Palace (Henry VIII lived there) and visitedShakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon!” Lloyd commented.
The night after the group met three members from the Wicked chorus, the SaberCats separated from the
larger tourist group and made yet another memory. “We walked through the quieter part of the city and we saw a
guard from Buckingham Palace with his hat off and walking hand in hand with his girlfriend. It was so sweet!” Lloyd
exclaimed.
But people in London aren’t always romantic and charming. Some are rather odd. And the oddest memories
make the funniest stories. “The funniest memory I had was when we were walking in Hyde Park one morning and we
had some old, but well dressed Englishman start randomly talking to us. He showed us his “moves like Jagger” and
offered us whisky at 11 am. He was incredibly intriguing,” Lloyd said.
Just like all good trips and adventures, they must come to an end. “The saddest part of the trip was saying
goodbye to the best tour guide ever, Peter,” Lloyd said. But just because the adventure is over for now, doesn’t mean
that the memories have to be. The experiences that Lloyd and her fellow SaberCats shared will never be forgotten.
