Thursday, July 22, 2010
Black bird singing in the dead of night.. ♥ 11:33 AM
The last few days have been pretty chill. Nothing really exciting to blog about. Sports Café is definitely our place to go on Tuesday nights (students get in for free and drinks are £1.50 or £2.50 for a double). Sound is still my second home here and the security guy is a good friend.
Last night we went to The Globe to see Comedy of Errors. The first time I went to The Globe, we saw Henry VIII. While, I really enjoy the story of Henry VIII, Shakespeare did not do the story justice, and in fact made it quite boring. Because of that, I was a bit hesitant to return for another show. Seeing as how it was paid for, though, and I'm somewhat thrifty (somewhat..), I decided to give Shakespeare another chance. Good thing, too! The show was fantastic and so entertaining. Quite the fun time!
After the show, Lacey, Ryan, Alex, Mo, and myself walked along the South Bank. Later, I went out for a drink, then came back and had a good talk with a friend.
Oh London...
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Also, it was brought to my attention that my blog wasn't letting anyone comment on anything. The problem is now fixed, though, so feel free to comment away! =]
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Museums ♥ 11:32 AM
After my South Bank walk last night, I came back and watched a movie on my laptop. It was the most low-key night I've had in London since being here, but I suppose everyone needs one of those sometime.
This morning I woke up and made my way to the Tate Modern. I think of all the museums I've been to thus far, that has been my favorite, hands down. I think Modern and Post-Modern Art is often over-looked and under-appreciated. I'll be the first to admit that before taking my "Art and Artists in Contemporary Culture" class last quarter, I would go to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago all the time and somewhat scoff at what I was seeing. Today, however... ahhh I was in glory. I saw the works of Hatoum, Mondrian, Pollock, Warhol, Sander, Dali, Matisse, Duchamp, and even more! Really really really...if you find yourself in London, and the museums are still free. Please please please go to the Tate Modern. It's pretty easy to find, and it's time well spent.
After some hours there, I went back to Lambeth North (the tube station nearest my dorm/hostel) and made my way to the Imperial War Museum. Everything was actually really interesting, and they had so many vehicles/aircraft/other things of the sort, from various wars. My dad would've had a field day in there. Most of my time spent there, though, was at the Holocaust Exhibit.
Everyone is still gone on their trip right now, so I'm just chilling in my room right now. Class in the morning..trying to take it easy. You know.
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Enjoy the next several days! One day I hope to go to London...
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you will. when i'm living here you guys will obviously have to visit
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Strawberry Fields Forever.. ♥ 11:31 AM
Now...I'm sure I'm not the first person to tell you this. But England is not (by any means) known for their food. However! They do have some pretty redeeming crisps (potato chips). Cheddar and Onion? Prawn Cocktail? Sweet Potato and Chipotle Sauce? Can I get a hell yeah? Just saying..
Anyway. After an early (before the sun comes up) night out at TigerTiger, I awoke bright and shiny at 10am Friday, to meet Lacey for our API trip to the Kew Palace and Kew Gardens. This place wasn't much of a palace, when compared to Hampton Court, or any of the others I've been to on this trip. But apparently that is because George III (Revolutionary War, George) wanted to hold a more "normal" life. I suppose this palace would have done the job for holding as normal as a life a king may be able to have. The actual garden is quite huge, and there was no way we could have gotten through the whole thing in a couple of hours. It was nice, and I think if my parents came to London with me, I would take them there, but I'm not sure how often I'd frequent it. Either way, I'm glad I went. Later in the night, Bryan, Danielle, Beth and myself had a low-key evening at O'Neils, an Irish pub near Carnaby Street. They were all waking up early to leave for York and the north of England. While technically, I was apart of that too, I opted out of this trip. There's too much in London for me to still cover and I don't really have time to be going to the north of England when I really want to be in London.
So instead of catching a bus at 7am, this morning, I slept in, took my time getting ready, and made my way out of my dorm/hostel listening to The Beatles on my iPod. It's a little cliché, I know, but c'mon...I was going to Abbey Road! Once out of the tube station, I was a little confused on what direction to go in. Naturally, I scoped everyone out, and saw a girl around my age looking at a map. I asked her if she was looking for Abbey Road too, and it turned out she was. She ended up being from America, just graduated from NYU and her grad present was a month long trip to Europe. Pretty cool, really.. We made our way to the infamous zebra-crossing (you know, I find myself saying "zeh-brah" now, instead of "zee-brah". weird.) and found the studios. I'm not sure it's sunk in yet, that I've now been to the most famous recording studio in the world. The Beatles, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Radiohead...how could I not go there?
After many pictures, Jesse and I made our way to Camden Market. We walked around for a bit, but neither of us bought anything. (Mind you, that is terribly difficult to do there..) Later, the people she was staying with got ahold of her, and she invited me to Greenwich with them. I opted out, but we exchanged contact info, and maybe we'll get together another time.
I came back, chilled, had dinner, and am soon going down to the South Bank to take some shots of Big Ben at night. We'll see how it goes..
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Oxford Circus ♥ 11:31 AM
Well hello, blog. Long time no see?
Now, because it's been so long since I've actually written anything down in here, I could either try my hardest to go back and tell you about every detail (I remember) about every day I missed...or, I could just start again with today.
I think London has stopped trying to woo me with its fantastic, sunny, 70/80 degree weather, and has decided that we are now close enough for it to piss on me 24/7. I realise (not 'realize'. they don't believe in the letter "z" here) I've been quite spoiled with this typical summer weather. But London, must you really downpour on me, as I'm making my mile+ walk back with groceries? Not only that, but you had to wait until I was wearing a light shirt, and colored bra. For a minute, I was thinking I might actually drown on my way back. When you rain, London, you really don't play.
Anyway. I went to class this morning, and alas, it was raining again. However this time I not only had a tank top under my shirt, but a jacket on top, as well. Last night, I took time to plan out what I'll be doing for my last couple weeks here. Today's activity was shopping in Oxford Circus (the biggest shopping street in Europe). Since I've been here, I've been quite good with buying myself things, so today I treated myself a bit. I didn't spend as much as I thought I might, but that's because I'm fantastic at getting deals. I mean, not everyone can get a pair of French Connection shoes (originally £110) for £27.50.
Anytawho...I've shopped myself out for the day, so I do believe it's time for a bit of a nap. And because it's Thursday (and therefore my weekend), I need to be well rested before we go out tonight.
Cheers!
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