Blogs from London City, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 116

Classes started Monday. I sat in on geography just to see what it was like, even though I wasn't signed up for it - it was really interesting. Computer Science has been so far, both interesting and easy. I've learned much more advanced things, but the things we are learning I don't know. Art is postponed for two weeks - it is normally taught by two different professors, and the one who does the first half has breast cancer, so can't be with us this semester. The man who does the second half is doing both, but he can't be here until two weeks in. History is completely miserable. The lectures are interesting enough, but the guy that teaches it seems to enjoy winding people up, so he irritates me a lot. I solved this problem ... read more

Group trip to London where the school put us up in a hostel and let us run wild with touristy things. The hostel experience was... interesting. I survived though, which is all that really matters. :) My longtime friend Tristan met me and drug me around to a bunch of places. We didn't do too many tourist-y things though, because I had boring things I needed to do, such as find UK/US plug converters and a stupid hairbrush. It was most excellent to have a London native find places for me. I'd have wandered around aimlessly for hours, no doubt. We did go to the Tate Modern museum, which was really, really awesome. My favorite part was the turbine hall, which Tristan has informed me changes twice a year. Unilever (yes, the company) sponsors an artist ... read more

My travels start on the 28th Jan. I'm really excited and can't wait to have something more interesting to write!!! I reckon my 1st journal will be on the 29th Jan - thats if I can find an internet cafe and don't get run over trying to cross the roads in Bangkok. Anyway, I promise to write to you all loads so don't forget about me and I love ya all loads xx... read more

Hi everyone! Tom and I are staying in tonight since last night was pretty crazy, so I thought it would be nice to start the Blog. We've been in London for a few days now and are pretty well accustomed to how things work around here. The tube system is so simple and efficient. Everything is super expensive, which is the biggest downfall of this city, but so far we're liking it a lot and I think we're going to stay here for the next 2 1/2 months. It's nice being here not on such a strict time limit, like we have been on all of our other trips abroad. We've seen Big Ben and Parliament, walked around the big shopping areas and Piccadilly Square, which is the "Times Square" of London. We also set up ... read more