Blogs from Camden Town, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 7

Yesterday Siri and I were up before the sun to go to London and watch our final two performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in the History Cycle. We saw the sunrise from the bus which was really cool. The sun was huge and a beautiful red-orange with a ray shooting straight up. After a long bus ride and a quick journey on the Tube, we arrived in Camden and in front of the Roundhouse theater. We were perhaps a bit excited. Okay, we were extremely excited. To be able to see this cast perform two more plays was amazing. The first play at 10:30 was Henry VI, part one. Henry V has just died and his very young son is now king. However, he doesn't do much ruling, on account of his age and ... read more

Firstly, hello to all the newbies I’ve added to my blog mailout - hope you don’t mind me adding you, if you want to be removed just let me know (honest, I won’t be offended …). So its been a few weeks since my last update (sorry Tam) and not a great deal has happened. The other week I moved into a new flat - still with my flat mate Laura, long story but when I moved in with Laura the place we were in was just temporary whilst the old building was repaired for flood damage. We’ve now moved into the flat proper. Things are going well, still got my ensuite, a good sized room and a cool little ledge which I can sit on and look out over the street and read. Birthday the ... read more

Greetings from sunny London! It's not really sunny, as I'm sure you can guess. In the last few weeks I've been getting myself organised, jobsearching, not studying and seeing London, although I have definitely been guilty of procrastinating on the tourist front (I have six months... yeah yeah). My classes are quite interesting, I'm taking Social Psych, Developmental Psych, Cognitive Neuroscience and a masters level course on Transport planning. The classes are far more independent and flexible than the American system, and you are definitely required to think for yourself, rather than remember and regurgitate like the American system. I have only nine contact hours a week, and I haven't had much assessment, because most of the marks come from the final exams in late May and early June. I have a job in a traditional ... read more

I've been in London for a week after three weeks of being away from it. I have to say that coming back to it has made me realise that I am leaving at the right time. I feel very little for London these days; it's expensive, noisy, polluted, and I always seem to have allergies when I am here! This blog features pictures from my lunch out with the boys and a couple of touristy shots from the only place in London that I enjoy from time to time - although there seems to be a serious lack of music shops for such a musically inspired part of London! It's been weird spending the last seven days trying to enjoy myself whilst at the same time panicking every night about the long haul and travelling in ... read more

I arrived at Heathrow airport on the night of the 28th of December. I met Hazel at the airport and her Dad drove me back to their house in Bushey, near Watford within Greater London, where I spent the next few days until I could move into residence on January 2nd. On arrival in Bushey, I took the opportunity to do not very much for the first time in a while. I met some of Hazel's friends and she showed me around her very English neighborhood, we went to the park and to a couple of bars. On New Years Eve we decided that despite the enormous hassle, we were going to go to Westminster and watch the fireworks. We arrived at Big Ben and the Thames at about 8:30, and spent the next half hour ... read more