Slowly but surely things are drawing to a close here in London. With three weeks remaining, I'll be finishing up a few papers and getting ready for two final tests. I've managed to keep up with the 'cultural' things, including a visit to the Tate Britain this past weekend. I saw the Turner collection of course, but honestly I'm only impressed ( Read more... )

Whew, so after quite a bit of running about, Easter here has drawn to a close. What a time it's been though! Due to some network updates in the office I didn't have to come in last Thursday, which let me greet my mom and dad earlier in the day. Of course, the plane ran into trouble taking off from Newark and had to be de-iced TWICE, resulting in ( Read more... )

Oh, it's good to be in London again! Geneva, in my opinion, is a city which is best visited on the way to somewhere else (unless you're a UN diplomat, for obvious reasons). The mountains surrounding the city aren't the true "postcard" Alps, the Lake is pretty but like many other lakes, and the architecture is nice but I've seen better. There's ( Read more... )

So! Last Wednesday I began my internship with the Co-Op Party. It wasn't a fantastic start, as when I arrived at the office I tried to buzz the office to be let in and no one answered. Thinking perhaps someone was on the phone, I waited several minutes and tried again. Still no answer. So I tried ringing both the main office and my supervisor ( Read more... )

Originally I had intended to spend my break in Ireland (you know, the going back to your roots kind of thing). The main problem, however, was that I wanted to get out of the cities and into the country a little more. Why a problem? Renting a car unless you're 23 is impossible. I wasn't at all familiar with how coach services ran in Ireland, so ( Read more... )

Last week saw the departure of Catherine (booo) and the arrival of Danielle (yay)! There was much walking and touring to be done, and Danielle brought me up to speed on all the scandalous gossip from the south of France. We had a particularly good moment waiting for the Tube when we decided to start talking in the accents of where we studied. Of ( Read more... )

Time for another update! The two major things since you last heard from me were visiting Brick Lane in the East End and Chinese New Year. The whole Brick Lane area is interesting because of the large immigrant population, currently mostly Bangladeshi and famous for all the curry restaurants. Though I haven't eaten there yet, it looked like a ( Read more... )

Well, I just got back from an absolutely fantastic concert. The church of St. Martin in the Fields holds baroque music concerts regularly and cheaply if you're willing to forgo a view of the musicians. (Most of them are incredible enough just to listen to, plus you get better acoustics in the balcony anyway.) So for just £6 I got treated to two ( Read more... )

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Classes here are going well. They're more laid-back than in the US (the profs are somewhat surprised when we all arrive on time) and a little less structured. Which means you get more information focusing on concept and less on details. I'm liking that, and the classes have been overlapping quite a bit- but then, culture, politics, and news ( Read more... )