First off, let's talk about my internship. It's at Tigerlily Films. They are a production company that mainly does documentaries. I'm learning a lot about the post production process mostly. I'm apparently excellent at logging/transcribing. Good to know. I also get sent all over London dropping off and picking up things for them. I'm an expert on the tube now.
I got sent to the BBC a couple of times. The guy at reception hates me cause I don't know everything he needs to know.
But more importantly and impressively, I've been inside Abbey Road Studios. Yes...I did more than gawk outside and take pictures crossing the street. I got to go inside! Yeaaahhhhhhh. But reception is not very cool and I was literally there for only 1 minute. Boooooo.
Andy was here this past week.
Wednesday
We saw Billy Elliot. Oh...my...god. FANTASTIC!!!! If you get a chance to see it, do it! That little boy who played Billy....wow. His calves were like tree trunks! Great songs, good plot, etc etc. Everything you want from a musical.
Saturday - November 6
We saw a real football game. Fulham vs. Aston Villa. We sat in a neutral section 5 rows up. We were basically field level. Nice views despite being on one end. Taylor and I joined in cheering for both teams. *Clap clap clapclapclap clapclapclap* VILLA! Good times. It was a good game in the end cause Villa was up 1-0 and then with literally less than 1 minute to go, Fulham scored a goal. Sadly, both were at the other end.
We made a small dinner of soup and tortillas. Oddly went very well together.
We went to some Bonfire Night festivities on Saturday night. GIANT Bonfire in Battersea park. We were at least 50 feet away and still feeling the heat. Australian guy quote "I've seen bigger"
Then the fireworks started. I expected a decent show since we paid to get in....and they delivered. 30 minutes of great fireworks. Timed to music. Puts all the shows I've seen previously to shame.
We then got glowing swords to have fights with. We are mature.
Side note: Sword doubles as a pimp cane. A glowing pimp cane.....awesome.
Sunday
We went to Brick lane for some cheap food. 5 pounds for delicious chinese food and I FINALLY got some eggrolls with my Chinese. 6 mini rolls for 1 pound. Not bad.
We wandered through a vintage store but didn't see much. Then we went to Camden. I always love wandering through there. You find something new each time. I need to go back and get that scarf....and book.....and toys. We ended that part of the trip with a crepe. Nutella crepe FTW. Bonus side: Kori's Austrailian friend, Johno, remembered me from the one time we hung out. Awesome. Plus, he makes great crepes.
Monday
Let me explain the typical Monday for me. I get up and go to internship from ~10 am until 6:30 pm. It's a long ass day. So, what gets me through the day is looking forward to dinner. My Old Dutch is a dutch pancake chain. One of the locations is across the street from the dorm and on mondays...it's 5 pound night. Heeellllll yeeahhhhhh. So I get a usually 10ish pound meal for 5 pounds. Yes please.
So, this Monday started out typical. Work, work, more work, etc. So then I get back to the dorm and tell Andy to meet me at the front desk so we can go get these delicious pancakes. Like, I've talked them up because they are just so ingrained with Mondays to me now. So we walk around the corner and see My Old Dutch anddd....the lights are out.
Epic. Fail. Andy doesn't get to experience the magicalness that is My Old Dutch. Instead we had some delicious Chinese food. But it's not the same!
So fast forward during the week....put on a poppy while you do that otherwise you stick out, fyi.
Friday, November 12
Daytrip to Brighton dayyyyyy!!!
I had to go on this trip for Youth Culture. This is due to the mod and rocker riots. Fun stories. And if you've seen Quadrophenia, I went down that alley where they had sex. Did I want to? No. Cause that's weird.....
So our tour guide was cool and just told us a little about the beach and pier area. Then we went into Brighton itself and saw all the cool shops. I'm considering another trip down for a shopping day. That good.
I got some little knick knacks for myself and gifts. I got a great wall sign that says "All you need is love." It's pretty awesome. I wish I had gotten the Batman and Robin salt and pepper shakers, but A. why would I need them? and B. Robin was taller than Batman. There was also a little yellow submarine figurine, but it was in a display case and the price tag was hidden. That means....a little pricey for me.
After shopping/exploring, we went into the Royal Palace. Very cool Chinese/Eastern inspired place. George IV loved it there and expanded it. Victoria wasn't a fan because it was too small for her an her 9 children (as most places are....) so she sold it to Brighton who now make money off of groups like us wandering through.
Jacque, Izzy and I headed to the beach/pier area afterwards to get some pictures. The ocean was SOOO rough that day though. Beautiful....but in a scary way. Plus, it was raining so it was a bleh day for the sea. I did get the most perfect postcard to reflect my experience in Brighton. We wandered down the pier and found the arcade. Jacque and I played some DDR cause it was only a pound each. Sweet deal. Then we got meh chocolate crepes.
Sunday (aka today)
Kori and I decided to do something with our lives and went to Greenwich for the day. We started out at the markets which was totally worth it. We ate Nigerian food for lunch and it was FANTASTIC! It was called Chicken Stew and I figured that was a safer bet than Goat stew. Great choice.
So while we ate, we wandered around looking at stalls. On Saturday and Sundays the market has an arts and crafts theme. So many cute hats, purses, shirts, pictures, etc etc for sale. We, being book nerds, got 5 books for 10 pounds. I almost bought a hat, but decided against it. I'll end up going back probably.... But then I got some more scarfs from this little store. Great purchases. Can't wait to read the books since all I've been reading has been 19th century woman's novels. Shot. Me. Now. I can only handle so much whining and trips to the pump room.
Then, we decided it was time to travel between hemispheres. That's right...we visited the prime meridian. It had an amazing view of the city at night as well. So many lights and colors. Beautiful. Too bad it was so dark at 4:30 pm.....
Then we took pictures hopping across the meridian line. Pretended to have separation anxiety being on opposite sides. Good times. Then we didn't get charged going back on the DLR and tube. Even better times.
So that's my life right now. Sorry for the lack of pictures but the camera is still hostage in Scotland. Meh. I might steal some from Kori soon so check back for that.
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