Last night a bunch of us went to see Wicked, The Musical. I have seen it twice in the U.S. and I have to admit, the English accent through me off. As always, the show was amazing!
This evening Ken Livingstone will be speaking at Portcullis, the first Mayor of London, serving until 2008. Before we will all be heading over to Westminster Palace Labour Party's bar.
Later this week-Four Season's for tea tea...a reunion with Barc...and Paris!!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Long overdue update!
Greetings from BBC Parliament!
Sorry for the long awaited post-awful internet in the dorms!
A brief recap of the last week:
Went to the Natural History Museum
wrote my first BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/7845448.stm)
Have gone too far too many pubs.
Ran through Hyde Park.
Dancing around the town and spending money like Luda.
What has changed since January 10th are my eating habits and my sleeping habits. My roommates and I cannot get an eating structure down and that has resorted to spending frivilously on delicious french foods near the dorms and throwing away our cash on sandwiches. haha.
Pictures are not availabe, please resort to facebook.
I promise, I will update daily from now on.
xo
R
Sorry for the long awaited post-awful internet in the dorms!
A brief recap of the last week:
Went to the Natural History Museum
wrote my first BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/7845448.stm)
Have gone too far too many pubs.
Ran through Hyde Park.
Dancing around the town and spending money like Luda.
What has changed since January 10th are my eating habits and my sleeping habits. My roommates and I cannot get an eating structure down and that has resorted to spending frivilously on delicious french foods near the dorms and throwing away our cash on sandwiches. haha.
Pictures are not availabe, please resort to facebook.
I promise, I will update daily from now on.
xo
R
Sunday, January 11, 2009
January 10th, 2009
Cheers!
I made it, after a looonnggg flight and experiencing the left ride of the road!
London is amazing; everyone looks stylish, cars are small, fridges are small, and surprisingly everyone loves Americans, so far. I have had expresso twice today, and it is making life wonderful.
Yesterday was spent unpacking, getting my new phone, and learning what hot spots were around my flat. At night, we went to a French restaurant and ate delicious food, with of course, smaller portions than America. Zetlands, the new “Conors” is where we traveled afterwards, and it could be my home away from home. Later on in the evening, we walked over to Imperical College, and went to Unibar. Again, sooo much fun.
Today we went on a tour of London cruising by the London Eye, Westminister Abbey, Picadilly Circus, and Buckingham Palace. It really interesting to see modern buildings intertwined with historical monuments. I’m exciting to be working right in the mix of all of it!
Pictures to come...
I made it, after a looonnggg flight and experiencing the left ride of the road!
London is amazing; everyone looks stylish, cars are small, fridges are small, and surprisingly everyone loves Americans, so far. I have had expresso twice today, and it is making life wonderful.
Yesterday was spent unpacking, getting my new phone, and learning what hot spots were around my flat. At night, we went to a French restaurant and ate delicious food, with of course, smaller portions than America. Zetlands, the new “Conors” is where we traveled afterwards, and it could be my home away from home. Later on in the evening, we walked over to Imperical College, and went to Unibar. Again, sooo much fun.
Today we went on a tour of London cruising by the London Eye, Westminister Abbey, Picadilly Circus, and Buckingham Palace. It really interesting to see modern buildings intertwined with historical monuments. I’m exciting to be working right in the mix of all of it!
Pictures to come...
Monday, January 5, 2009
January 5th, 2009
January 5th, 2009
Today, I packed. It was the first day I organized my luggage, my itinerary, my bags, my books, etc. Packing for three months is a challenge. What to choose, how many shirts, how many dresses, how many shoes??? It’s a struggle. Three hours and approximately 68 pounds of luggage later, I completed my task. I considered all occasions; work, class, play, travel, sleep, and study. My flat is tiny and I am sure I will have to strategically place clothing around the room in order to unload the bags I hauled overseas. Let’s hope for the best.
For the past week I have been doing some background reading in preparation for my classes. Tony Blair’s New Britain: My Vision of a Young Country, and Political Issues in Britain Today, written by Bill Jones. While giving me a great overview of the current policy issues encompassing Britain’s political life, much of it was hard to grasp. Parliament is a very complicated structure!!! With that said, I have confidence I will become a master in this area by the end of my program. Note: New Year’s resolution is: staying positive. Hopefully that shines through in my blog entries during my stay in London. Although I probably retained about 12% of the information that I perused, I recently discovered that Tony Blair and I share similar stances on public policy issues, and he now has the honor of becoming one of my Top Ten Idols of all time.
I currently know only the bare minimum of what my three months in England entail. I know that I will be with other Hansard Scholars in flats located in downtown London. I know that I will be taking two classes at the London School of Economics and interning somewhere in the political arena. The rest…not so much.
I get off the plan at 7:15 Saturday morning, from there, I have zero plans (obviously a local pub visit is in order). Of course my program has meet and greets and events scheduled, but nothing has been distributed to me yet. As you all know, going into things unaware and uninformed is not my style, but I know it will all work out when I get there.
In any normal “crisis” situation, I would send a mass text out to 6 of my closest friends grumbling about my current situation, but that is not an option for the duration of my trip. New outlets will have to be made when I get am stumped, confused, and angry. What those tactics will be, I have yet to figure out.
That’s all for now. Next time I write will be across the pond, in a flat located in rainy downtown London, UK. As the proclaimed British pop group, All Saints say it “I got my bags packed baby and I'm ready to go”.
Rachel S. McCloskey
Today, I packed. It was the first day I organized my luggage, my itinerary, my bags, my books, etc. Packing for three months is a challenge. What to choose, how many shirts, how many dresses, how many shoes??? It’s a struggle. Three hours and approximately 68 pounds of luggage later, I completed my task. I considered all occasions; work, class, play, travel, sleep, and study. My flat is tiny and I am sure I will have to strategically place clothing around the room in order to unload the bags I hauled overseas. Let’s hope for the best.
For the past week I have been doing some background reading in preparation for my classes. Tony Blair’s New Britain: My Vision of a Young Country, and Political Issues in Britain Today, written by Bill Jones. While giving me a great overview of the current policy issues encompassing Britain’s political life, much of it was hard to grasp. Parliament is a very complicated structure!!! With that said, I have confidence I will become a master in this area by the end of my program. Note: New Year’s resolution is: staying positive. Hopefully that shines through in my blog entries during my stay in London. Although I probably retained about 12% of the information that I perused, I recently discovered that Tony Blair and I share similar stances on public policy issues, and he now has the honor of becoming one of my Top Ten Idols of all time.
I currently know only the bare minimum of what my three months in England entail. I know that I will be with other Hansard Scholars in flats located in downtown London. I know that I will be taking two classes at the London School of Economics and interning somewhere in the political arena. The rest…not so much.
I get off the plan at 7:15 Saturday morning, from there, I have zero plans (obviously a local pub visit is in order). Of course my program has meet and greets and events scheduled, but nothing has been distributed to me yet. As you all know, going into things unaware and uninformed is not my style, but I know it will all work out when I get there.
In any normal “crisis” situation, I would send a mass text out to 6 of my closest friends grumbling about my current situation, but that is not an option for the duration of my trip. New outlets will have to be made when I get am stumped, confused, and angry. What those tactics will be, I have yet to figure out.
That’s all for now. Next time I write will be across the pond, in a flat located in rainy downtown London, UK. As the proclaimed British pop group, All Saints say it “I got my bags packed baby and I'm ready to go”.
Rachel S. McCloskey
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