Hey hey, well I haven't posted in awhile so I figured I'd let everyone know what I've been up to. This past weekend I was supposed to go see Stonehenge and then visit Bath, however, due to poor weather speculation, that trip was pushed back. So basically since my last post, I haven't done a whole lot.
Basically, school takes up a majority of my time, actually that's a lie too. The way classes work over here is really cool. Its a whole different learning environment. A lot of learning by doing and seeing. Also, when you only have class once a week there's really no busy work, just suggested readings. I'll have a few papers coming up in the future, which will make this more of an academic program :) So far I am loving all of my classes, I really like my art history class though. I've got to go to some very famous museums (National Gallery, British Museum, Wallace, Tate, etc.)and was able to see some artworks by the worlds greats (Titian, Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, etc.).
One thing worth noting was that on Monday this past week I had my classes cancelled because of a snow day. London had its largest snow fall in over 20 years. The bus system which transports 6 million people everyday was shut down completely. Also, the Tube (train system) which services 3 million people a day only had 3 of its 11 lines working. Literally, London never has snow accumulation. They get dustings a couple times a year but nothing ever accumulates. People were using planks of wood to shovel off their door steps and they have about the same number of snow plows as Sartell. Let me remind you that London is a city of over 9,000,000 people. It was estimated that the snowfall cost the London economy $5 billion (3 bil pounds)!!!
This past Thursday night we went to a pretty cool pub/bar/club that has live music (on Thursdays), it was a really good time because the band was playing covers of all of my favorite artists. Plus, it was free to get in and not too spendy either. On Friday, I went to the Imperial War Museum. The Imperial is a war museum for the first and second world wars. It was really cool to see but very depressing. Unlike America during the world wars, London was bombed and hit by the Nazis. Thus, its a pretty big deal (winning the war) over here. There was a holocaust exhibit at the Imperial that really sent chills through me.
On Saturday a group of us went to Camden Town, which is where some infamous markets are located. The whole Camden area is pretty cool. It's a little bit grungy, you see people wearing some whacked out clothes but the markets are really cool. Anything and everything you could imagine is at these markets. The only downfall of the day was that I decided to be daring with my culinary endeavors...I tried some Moroccan food, because I heard it was amazing. I'm thinking that I didn't get the most authentic of exposures, and I got really sick from it. I've heard the Moroccan restaurants are amazing in London, but at markets, I recommend not getting too crazy. It was a rough night/morning for me but I'm starting to feel a little better tonight.
I don't have too many plans for this week, at all actually. I have class all day tomorrow and a new museum to see on Tuesday for art history. Eric and Greg (my roommates) are heading to Ireland this weekend to visit some friends. I am going to look at the end of the week for some super cheap flights to maybe join them, but I am trying to reign in my spending a little bit. My spring break is going to be pretty spendy, but I guess I do have to justify that I will be in Italy for 9 days! Also, I am doing a weekend in Paris in April which is going to add up. I'm not too worried though, I could've spent every weekend in this city and not even experience half of the city. Literally there are 10,000 restaurants I'd love to eat at and places to see.
Well, I hope all is well back in MN and PA, love ya.
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