It's been awhile...
Ok, I promise I will begin updating more frequently. I have been having major adaptor problems (still). In the past week, I've blown 4 adaptors...2 of them yesterday. I think we have decided it's the outlet in my room. I'm currently in the lounge downstairs...
Saturday: Megan, Maura, Billy, and I managed to score free tickets to the play Thérèse Raquin at the National Theatre. Another group flight arrived in London and they had extra tickets to their play, so we got them! It was really intense...but really good. To read about it, click here.
Sunday: I ended up taking a practice walk to class. It's a really good thing I did because we were told it's a 30 min. walk....yeah it took me an hour and 15 minutes. It's such a nice walk though. I walk past Hyde Park and then down Oxford Street (where all of the shopping is). I am definitely going to try and walk it at least once a week.
Monday: I didn't have class until 2 pm, so I took the tube to Bloomsbury with the others at 9 am and proceded to walk to Trafalgar Square. I took the usual touristy pics and then visited The National Gallery. It was absolutely AMAZING. I don't know much about art and I loved it, so I can't imagine how people who actually know something about art feel in that place. I fell in love with a bunch of painters, but especially Canaletto. He is an Italian painter who paints the most incredible paintings of Venice. I've never seen water look more realistic in any other paintings. I loved them so much, I bought 2 postcards of his work. To see one of his paintings, click here. When I got out of the museum, I noticed a lady was feeding hundreds of pigeons in Trafalgar Square. As I was crouching down taking a few pics (will be on my picture page shortly), a double decker bus honked its horn and scared all of the pigeons. They all came flying at my face!!! A few definitely hit me in the arm. It was really scary. At 2 pm, I went to my Media & Institutions class. It seems really exciting. We watch British tv, read newspapers, and write essays. That night, a bunch of us decided to celebrate the start of classes by going to a super posh martini bar called Jewel. Apparently, David and Victoria (Beckham that is) frequent this spot. I had a mint chocolate martini which was divine :)
Tuesday: This wasn't a very exciting day. I had my Literature in London class. Our prof. is the cutest British man who is sooooooo excited to teach us. He made us all feel very comfortable. Oh yeah...the building our classes are in...it's Virginia Woolf's home. How crazy is that? I ended up reading Oliver Twist for class the rest of the evening.
Wednesday: I had my Modern Theatre class today. We are going to see 4 plays this semester! I can't wait to find out which ones! This class also seems very fun. This class and my Literature class will be a lot of work though. We read a novel a week in Literature, and a play a week in Modern Theatre. After class, a bunch of us did some random errands which included a trip to the Post Office. When I left the Post Office, I noticed a Maybach was parallel parked right outside. It is not uncommon to see Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Bentleys, Maybachs, and other expensive cars in our neighborhood. I felt really bad though, because behind this particular Maybach was a really old mini van who was trying to get out of his parking space. There wasn't a lot of room, so he kept purposely hitting the Maybach!!! It was crazy! ***So here's the exciting news of the day*** A big group of us planned our first trip tonight. We are going to...drum roll please...PARIS! We leave Jan. 26th and return the 29th. Most of my friends are also going to Dublin for St. Patrick's Day, but I recently discovered that the most wonderful boyfriend in the world will be visiting that weekend, so I will stay here. A few other trips are in the works, but I won't reveal them at this time.
I promise I will update this more often now that I have access to my computer!
Saturday: Megan, Maura, Billy, and I managed to score free tickets to the play Thérèse Raquin at the National Theatre. Another group flight arrived in London and they had extra tickets to their play, so we got them! It was really intense...but really good. To read about it, click here.
Sunday: I ended up taking a practice walk to class. It's a really good thing I did because we were told it's a 30 min. walk....yeah it took me an hour and 15 minutes. It's such a nice walk though. I walk past Hyde Park and then down Oxford Street (where all of the shopping is). I am definitely going to try and walk it at least once a week.
Monday: I didn't have class until 2 pm, so I took the tube to Bloomsbury with the others at 9 am and proceded to walk to Trafalgar Square. I took the usual touristy pics and then visited The National Gallery. It was absolutely AMAZING. I don't know much about art and I loved it, so I can't imagine how people who actually know something about art feel in that place. I fell in love with a bunch of painters, but especially Canaletto. He is an Italian painter who paints the most incredible paintings of Venice. I've never seen water look more realistic in any other paintings. I loved them so much, I bought 2 postcards of his work. To see one of his paintings, click here. When I got out of the museum, I noticed a lady was feeding hundreds of pigeons in Trafalgar Square. As I was crouching down taking a few pics (will be on my picture page shortly), a double decker bus honked its horn and scared all of the pigeons. They all came flying at my face!!! A few definitely hit me in the arm. It was really scary. At 2 pm, I went to my Media & Institutions class. It seems really exciting. We watch British tv, read newspapers, and write essays. That night, a bunch of us decided to celebrate the start of classes by going to a super posh martini bar called Jewel. Apparently, David and Victoria (Beckham that is) frequent this spot. I had a mint chocolate martini which was divine :)
Tuesday: This wasn't a very exciting day. I had my Literature in London class. Our prof. is the cutest British man who is sooooooo excited to teach us. He made us all feel very comfortable. Oh yeah...the building our classes are in...it's Virginia Woolf's home. How crazy is that? I ended up reading Oliver Twist for class the rest of the evening.
Wednesday: I had my Modern Theatre class today. We are going to see 4 plays this semester! I can't wait to find out which ones! This class also seems very fun. This class and my Literature class will be a lot of work though. We read a novel a week in Literature, and a play a week in Modern Theatre. After class, a bunch of us did some random errands which included a trip to the Post Office. When I left the Post Office, I noticed a Maybach was parallel parked right outside. It is not uncommon to see Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Bentleys, Maybachs, and other expensive cars in our neighborhood. I felt really bad though, because behind this particular Maybach was a really old mini van who was trying to get out of his parking space. There wasn't a lot of room, so he kept purposely hitting the Maybach!!! It was crazy! ***So here's the exciting news of the day*** A big group of us planned our first trip tonight. We are going to...drum roll please...PARIS! We leave Jan. 26th and return the 29th. Most of my friends are also going to Dublin for St. Patrick's Day, but I recently discovered that the most wonderful boyfriend in the world will be visiting that weekend, so I will stay here. A few other trips are in the works, but I won't reveal them at this time.
I promise I will update this more often now that I have access to my computer!
posted by Jen at 3:04 PM
5 Comments:
you can get a diff power cord (just the portion from wall to power "brick") and not have to use an adaptor. Lots of places probably carry them...
Is there a shorter route to class? A safe one? 1hr+ is too much! :)
Does your lit prof know he is cute?
ugh im so jealous, you'll be there for London Fashion Week. AUGH JEALOUS!!! lol
oh ps eat some banana nutella crepes pour moi, s'il vous plait. =)
Blimey! You sound more Brit all the time. Wot!
Jen i'm so glad that you are having an amazing time in London. I love reading your blog. It sounds like you are getting to experience some crazy things! I miss you, especially once i get back to Wichita :( take care girly and buy lots and lots of clothes!
Hey Jen everything sounds wonderfuld out there. I told you I have no problem going to Kansas and taking good care of that wonderful boyfriend of yours. I'll swap you can have Uncle Rob (Eghads what a thought!). I think I better keep him I still need him around here for awhile. Things are starting to quite down a little around here. Corey has midterms and I think Uncle Rob is stressing about them more then Corey. This weekend is one our charity events for hockey we play our rival New Trier and if there is a God we just might win this one. Take care and have a few chocolate martinis for me. Love ya Auntie Ro.
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