Hyde Park is gorgeous and I wish our good days of weather weren't so limited. I'd love to explore them more and not be in the rain, which will be the case starting soon. I need to get to Kensington Gardens and find the Peter Pan statue cause who doesn't love Peter Pan?
(Rose Garden)
(Fisherman's Pond....where you can't fish)
(Awesome Tree!)
(Rachel and I in the awesome parkas.)
Last night was an Arsenal game and Micah is a huge Arsenal fan. So Kori, Alec and I joined him in going to a pub to watch the game. I honestly couldn't see the screen and was okay with that. It was nice just going out and have a pint with friends. I believe I'll miss the pub atmosphere in the States when I get back.
Anyway, today was my interview. I was more nervous about finding this place than the interview because nobody had been turned down yet. Alice, our advisor, gave me tube directions and it didn't seem that bad. But, it's still nerve wrecking taking a new tube line.
Yeah....I'm glad I have a good sense of direction. Anyway, I get off at the proper station (with no mishaps :) ) and walk out into a ....lack of better word....ghetto part of town. I was glad it was sunny and a few people were around. It's a 180 from the posh neighborhood of Chelsea where the residence hall is located. I start wandering down what I hope is the proper street. Cause apparently Londoners don't think to label streets as incessantly as Americans. Seriously, didn't see one relevant street sign while walking down what turned out to be the proper road.
I found the place and looked like a fool to the desk girls. It's cool. I was invited up and we chit chatted for a while. I'll pretty much be doing something I loathe for post production for a lot of the time, but they have a LOT of cool projects up and coming. Current big one is about Bar and Bat Mitzvahs for the BBC. It'll be on air in October. I hope I get to work Monday and Tuesday, but another intern can only work those days as well. But, she is from London, and I personally believe it's more important for me to get Friday off. But, I'm selfish like that.
My interview was over before I was scheduled to be there (I got there a little early....) so I decided to brave the tube again and make it to the IES centre (where my classes are held). I made it on the proper trains again and got to class with an hour left. Not going to lie, I'm very impressed with my tube direction skills since this is my first experience with public transportation.
Architecture class was today and I will probably take LOADS of pictures for that class since we wander around London looking at buildings. Fun times right there. Today was all fun and games except for the epically depressing movie in the Museum of London about the Blitz. Drew and I walked out of the museum all sad faced because of it. Side note: Majority of museums in London are free to the public. So if you visit, take advantage of it.
That's part of the original wall that surrounded London. Built in the like 1200s and was about a mile on each side to protect London from invaders. Totally cool that they've kept it up. And my favorite feature of the proper city of London is:
DRAGONS!!! They protect the city now. I want a souvenir one to protect my room.
On a completely random note, I forgot to mention the River Thames Festival that we went to. It was filled with little shops, but we got distracted by the swing dancing floor. And then there were fireworks to watch. In my personal opinion, best fireworks I've ever seen. Here's a picture of the awesome group of people that went.
This weekend will be spent in London. Brussels trip is postponed to a later date to save money. But next weekend is Dublin! Get pumped and creep on my facebook albums since I take a lot of photos apparently.
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