Blogs from Westminster, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 10

Since I've been back, I've mostly just been working on Studio. For our project, we are designing architecture themed London walks, as well as a few stops (for lunch and afternoon tea) along the way. My walk will take you through the Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, The British Museum, Royal Academy of Art, and probably the Whitechapel Art Gallery. These spaces all show ways of new and old architecture, some of which interact with the exhibits. So last week I found my spots and this week I am designing the lunch spot. Over the weekend we went to Bath, England which is a little northwest of London (like an hour and a half train northwest). Bath is a beautiful city! It has the only hotspring in England, the Romans found it and built ... read more

Az alabbi tortenetem tanulsagos is lehet, bar nagyon remelem, hogy senkinek nem kell majd alkalmaznia a tapasztalataimat. Igyekszem tenyszeruen irni, de 1-2 nem tenyszerut is bele fogok irni (ahogy szoktam). Kep most sajnos nincs, igy nehezebb lehet elolvasni, de erdemes. Az egesz 2007 decembereben kezdodott, amikor a karacsonyi hazautazasom elott eszrevettem, hogy bizonyos vonalak, amik korabban egyenesek voltak (pl az Excel-ben, vagy akar a betuk egy-egy kis tabla feliratan), kisse ferdek, a betuk picit homalyosak itt-ott. Leteszteltem, hogy a bal szememben van a problema, de ugy voltam, vele, biztos csak faradt, majd kipihenem a szunet alatt. 2008. januarban visszatertem dolgozni, es mivel meg mindig ott volt ez a jelenseg - mivel beszedes fajta vagyok -, megemlitettem kolleganomnek. O pedig egybol azt mondta, hogy menjek el egy optikai szalonba megnezetni, mert akarmi lehet. L... read more

If you are ever traveling along the London Underground and have the opporunity to recieve a free paper (which WILL happen), take one. There are many different papers which are freely distributed and the perfect size to read during your commute. Most articles are about London, celebrities and usually at least something about the US or Obama once a day, plus they are great to check your horoscope! ;) But what I hadn't realized until today was that The London Paper (one of the papers) has a section on funny stories across the news. This was a good find.... NIGERIA. Police in Lagos are holding a goat on susicion of attempted armed robbery. Vigilantes claim the animal is an armed robber who used black magic to transform himself into a goat after trying to steal a ... read more

Yesterday was extremely “London-filled”… my class went to The Museum of London for our history portion. Unfortunately we had to take another train, we ran into our first tube delays. One girl thought she heard that a person was stuck under the train! Let’s hope not! The museum was a history of London, pre-history through the great fire (1666). I love that every day my history class is a field trip! After lunch two other girls and I walked past St. Paul’s and over the millennium bridge to walk along the south bank of the river. Every view was 100% London… St. Paul’s behind us, we were on the bridge, Tate Modern ahead of us, Tower Bridge and London Bridge to our left and the London Eye to our right. We got some cool pictures! Then ... read more

So.. I am finally here in London! I got here yesterday morning around 6:30 am London time (which is 1:30 am at home.. we debated to call people and see if they were just walking back from the bars in Lincoln since it was the last Saturday night before school started). We had to take a 35 minute train from the airport to the tube and then take the tube and then walk about a block - this is with 2 carry-ons and 2 very large, very heavy suitcases and sets of stairs and curves (I have no idea how the disabled get around here!). After this adventure we come to realize that we can't get into our hostel room until 12:30, so we dropped off our bags and then waited for Rumiko (our teacher) and ... read more