Blogs from United Kingdom, Europe - page 2552

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Hi All, Am sitting in a little internet cafe in Hammersmith with my friend Katie! Caught my first Tube alone today so I am officially a Londoner so Katie tells me! I was going to attach some photo's but these computers are slightly behind the times and don't actually have a USB plug! Never mind! The flight was pretty good over here actually. I even ran into a girl I went to Pembroke with (in the year above) on the plane! Mark H - apparently she knows your girlfriend!! Bizarre who you run into... Katie was brilliant yesterday and dragged me to quite a few different places! I will pop some pics in the next blog! We checked out a Exhibition that had Monet, Van Gough, Renoir etc. Was really good to finally see the real ... read more

Mondays LOW: Feeling too sick to function. Mondays HIGH: Top Banana with the guys! Tuesdays LOW: Frantically looking for books in the most confusing lib in the world. Tuesdays HIGH: Compliments on dinner and watching a hilarious YouTube video. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=10VmJ-8XGA4) Wednesdays LOW: CANNIBALISM CLASS! Wednesdays HIGH: Interesting convo after dinner. So on Monday I had 4 classes, and a presentation in one of them. Mondays are definitely the longest day. I went to my first two classes and in the second one got the WORST stomach ache, I could barely walk. I went back to my room to lay down and missed my third class. But recovering gave me more time to prepare for my presentation in my film class and I felt better after a couple hours. The presentation went well, I actually felt like ... read more

Before I knew it was Wednesday and I was on the tubes heading towards Heathrow to meet Leah and her travelling friend Reg. After a long and loud greeting, we had a talkative journey back to Maida Vale and Leah’s new flat. I introduced her to her new flatmate, Irene, and got some dinner from her soon to be favourite takeaway place, the Chinese shop at the end of our road. I took the day off work on Thursday to show Leah the sights of London and teach her how to navigate around the big city. We headed down to Oxford Street to have a look at some of the large department and clothing stores including Selfridges. We meet my friend Andy (who also came to Edinburgh) to have lunch in St. Christopher’s Place before he ... read more

Stephen Clarke has a whole series of books dedicated to explaining how different France and French people are from the Brits. In his books he writes in detail about his astonishment at the French lack of customer service and their extensive and tangled bureaucratic processes. Clearly I can never move to France. If the French system is a lot more cumbersome and rude than the British way of doing things, I suspect I would last about a day before blowing a gasket. Sarah and I have spent the last two days dealing with two seeming minor things: getting our mobile phones set up, and dealing with the Bank. Getting a British bank account set up quickly is apparently a test of will and a feat of strength. We thought we were so smart to get the ... read more