today was supposed to be the first day of classes and to those that were talking theater apprec. it was for the four of us who aren't we didn't have anything to do. true all four of us are doing internships so this morning we had an internship meeting and i found out that might sight is not in walking distance like we thought. somehow i have to get from my stop at the circle line over to paddingtion (which is on another line) but we (this means i consulted with someone who has some clue about these lines) that it shares a stop like three lines share the same stop we shall find out tomorrow. for tomorrow is the day we are to get lost and to find where we will be going at least for our interview. ayaya! so never racking just to think of it! but good thing is that if i go by tube i can get the morning paper for free and read or at least give it a glance over to see what the people at work might be talking about, cause if i had to walk there would be no way i could get to a newspaper in the morning i'd be too worried about running into poles to read while walking. since i will be working in a school i have to get approved by their government as well, so i will be approved to work with any children in the us and uk! :) so the FBI approves of me and know i think it might go to Scotland yard maybe if so then they will approve of me too! and i'll be all safe and secure and can never commit a crime here or there cause they know who i am.
i have started a rewards system for myself, reading the books for class is not as easy as it sounds there are so many exciting things going on and i don't want to be anti social but i can't really read around other people doing fun stuff, and i keep going to sleep while reading. so i found a book I've really been wanting to read called watching the English its by an anthropologist and what i had read at home was really good and i really want to read it but i've told myself i can't even open it till i have at least gotten half way through the second section of frankenstin would be better if i finished the whole thing but not sure if thats going to happen tonight.
another good thing that i've done is create my grocery list/ stuff i plan on eating during the week. my best friend here showed me this site called kraftrecipies.com and it gives you some quick and easy recipes and all that you need for them and that sort of stuff, also you can add ones that you like to your recipe box and also to a foods list, where it complies all of the food that you would need to make all that you wanted to very easy. all i have to do is find some of these things in a British market, there in-lines the hard part. they don't have everything we do. plus i've figured something else out i much prefer baking to cooking. it is much more rewarding or maybe if i wasn't just cooking for myself it would be better. i'm not sure but sometime soon i might bake cookies for the house or bake something sweet, we don't have a lot of that in the house and we just need something to be baked here. maybe i could convince someone to cook my dinner and i bake a pie or cake or something sweet that i love to do. they cook i bake, i'd love that. now to try and read frankenstine some more so i can read what i really want to read so for now
from london with love
Monday, 31 January 2011
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Sundays museum
so today is Sunday and we went to holy trinity church which is a very long walk from our home! we thought we were going to be walking to the tube then you know maybe walking a little ways not as far as we did! the outside of the church was beautiful and old, the inside was not so old... very whitewashed. that made me sad cause i could see past the pulpit (of a sorts) that the church had very beautiful old walls and paintings, the new parts of it did not do it justice. as the service was about to start i was surprised at the amount of children and infants still in the sanctuary, i don't know if they even have a nursery there i kinda doubt it. they do have a children's church that leave a bit before the service. the service was unusual, in the first place the pastor was wearing jeans, no tie of course it just seemed kinda weird to me for a pastor to be so informal. mom always told me in a sermon to take out the meat and leave the bones, well this sermon tested that, cause there was only like doves meat amount and then there were things i didn't agree with still don't exactly know how to handle. he talked about healing, and times when he had actually laid hands on people prayed and they'd been healed. his stories didn't seem like crackpot theories or like he was trying to pull the wool over our eyes but i just don't know what to believe about that. i know that my church doesn't believe that one prayer will change everything if so i would have gone up to them right then and there when they asked if anyone had an infirmity they would like to be prayed for. i don't know for now i'm going to stick by what i know and keep that in the back of my mind till like doubting Thomas i'm shown something that proves it.
so after the very long walk back and a quick lunch we headed to the British museum which is free! which is brilliant! shawn our guide was back so we got information that we wouldn't have had otherwise. we went into this one room and it had so many old books i was very excited! no one else seemed to get why i was excited old books are my passion i love to just look at them and be near that much knowledge now i know i can't touch them or read them but just to see what all there is what all the kings of old gathered together. for the artifacts in that room are from kings and very wealthy collectors from a very long time ago. they even have fakes in that room very old fakes but fakes none the less. we got to see a fake merperson, which looked like a fetus before the legs are shaped but shawn said it might have been monkey parts glued to fish maybe. and they had a copy of the Rosetta stone, which i also got to see the original which is pretty cool. the real Rosetta stone is in the Egyptian artifacts room they have some good stuff there but the real stuff that most people want to look at is not in the artifacts room but upstairs its the mummies! british were almost famous for their looting of tombs second only to the french i think and you know those old brits could never be beaten by the french! they also have parts of the original Parthenon, the top part of one of the columns, many of the fresco, and a few of the statues to the gods, but they are missing a critical part to almost all of them the heads! since the Parthenon was blown up by the turks the heads and arms of just about everything fell off, plus the Parthenon was used as a Christian church and a Muslim mosque so they wouldn't want statues to the Greek gods and goddesses around them. we also saw the crystal skull like used in the last Indiana Jones movie but it was not made by the Aztecs how it was made was too modern for them to have created it. while on the tour we only hit the highlights i shall have to come back another time and see the rest of it. it will take many other times for that. well i must go to bed i actually have class in the morning and i'm meeting with the people for my internship stuff! most nervous
from london with love
so after the very long walk back and a quick lunch we headed to the British museum which is free! which is brilliant! shawn our guide was back so we got information that we wouldn't have had otherwise. we went into this one room and it had so many old books i was very excited! no one else seemed to get why i was excited old books are my passion i love to just look at them and be near that much knowledge now i know i can't touch them or read them but just to see what all there is what all the kings of old gathered together. for the artifacts in that room are from kings and very wealthy collectors from a very long time ago. they even have fakes in that room very old fakes but fakes none the less. we got to see a fake merperson, which looked like a fetus before the legs are shaped but shawn said it might have been monkey parts glued to fish maybe. and they had a copy of the Rosetta stone, which i also got to see the original which is pretty cool. the real Rosetta stone is in the Egyptian artifacts room they have some good stuff there but the real stuff that most people want to look at is not in the artifacts room but upstairs its the mummies! british were almost famous for their looting of tombs second only to the french i think and you know those old brits could never be beaten by the french! they also have parts of the original Parthenon, the top part of one of the columns, many of the fresco, and a few of the statues to the gods, but they are missing a critical part to almost all of them the heads! since the Parthenon was blown up by the turks the heads and arms of just about everything fell off, plus the Parthenon was used as a Christian church and a Muslim mosque so they wouldn't want statues to the Greek gods and goddesses around them. we also saw the crystal skull like used in the last Indiana Jones movie but it was not made by the Aztecs how it was made was too modern for them to have created it. while on the tour we only hit the highlights i shall have to come back another time and see the rest of it. it will take many other times for that. well i must go to bed i actually have class in the morning and i'm meeting with the people for my internship stuff! most nervous
from london with love
Saturday, 29 January 2011
MARKET DAY!!
today is saterday and in the world of orintating londerners that is market day, most markets in london don't open till about 10 which rockes for those of us who like to sleep in! we still got a later start then intended but that was ok cause it meant that the day just started slower which after the caous of what has normally been happening its wonderful. we decided to go to portabella market because it would have fresh fruits and veggies, Camden market is the main place to go but it is open every day and portabella only on saterdays maybe Sundays i don't know. portabella market is also a antiques market so we had to skim though some of that stuff before we got to the fruits and veggies. if you know how crowded new York is in like times square when there is a star or something going on and how things move then, then you might have an idea of how crowded the market was. there were so many people and so much stuff it was ridiculous! there were even random cars going through that would not be fun cause you would have to wait on people to move out of your way and for the most part they had no idea you were there or they had no way to get out of your way it was slow moving for the people in the cars. everyone seemed to be having a great time and you could pretty much tell who the true Londoners were because they were the ones who would go up to a stand know what they wanted and how to get it and how much to pay for it and all those things. and all the tourists myself included were the ones taking pictures of the market and wondering around and all about being confused. it was even more confusing because they are doing work on the underground (which is not always underground there are a few above ground stops) which closed down the whole circle line, which is the main line we get on to get home.so we had to be rerouted through buses, we finally got the tube system almost down then we have to try and lean the bus system too? thats a bit to much its the same way for the londeners i believe. oh their closing down the tube stations for work so it will look better and be more equipped for the Olympics in 2012, from the bus driver who brought us in to london the first day said that they are on budget and on time for now. back to the market, there were lots of cool things there and the staples, apples oranges, blood oranges, spinach, just about anything you could want, they even had this weird little fruit i guess it was and now i can't remember the spelling of it but it was small and a orangeish red, and kinda spiky all over, we asked one of the stall keepers what it was and she lets us try one! you peel of the skin and inside its kinda meaty and sweet, even though they were small you wouldn't want more than one or two at a time. i think i might be getting some of those soon for a sweet snack.
since it was like absolutely freezing outside we only lasted a few hours but it was worth it and so much fun! we went back home for lunch since we had bought groceries earlier and thought that we should probably use them.we ended up talking with a few other people in the kitchen until almost dinner time. right before dinner i had to help another person go and get her groceries cause she hadn't gotten any yet. when we got back everyone was busy at cooking when i finally got to cooking (i had spinach and regatta catiolini in a tomato basil sauce with montzarella cheese on top) i kinda burnt most of my sauce cause i left it in too long. i read how long it said to leave it in there but i guess something was wrong it was really good even without a lot of sauce. after dinner some of us were just sitting around talking which had been a lot of fun... well for all but the lone guy at the table, we kinda got off on some feminist rants :) and not just me that boy though knows more than many of the boys here about girls if he actually listened to our conversations cause we completely forgot he was there, he could definitely if he wanted to do a study on girls and how we interact cause we forget he's there sometimes cause he's always around. ok so back to what i was getting at when i started this paragraph sorta... another boy had come in by this time and he had started reading as you were by Shakespeare one of the girls there asked him to read it aloud so he started to, when there was a character change he asked the other boy at the table to help him and so began our night of Shakespeare! i helped by reading Rosalind and a few other characters but it was much fun! we got to act three and we shall finish it tomorrow night. they all have to read it for their theater class plus we are going to be seeing that play on Tuesday night the first theater night!! i am very excited! now though i must read frankenstine for one of my classes so until later,
from london with love
since it was like absolutely freezing outside we only lasted a few hours but it was worth it and so much fun! we went back home for lunch since we had bought groceries earlier and thought that we should probably use them.we ended up talking with a few other people in the kitchen until almost dinner time. right before dinner i had to help another person go and get her groceries cause she hadn't gotten any yet. when we got back everyone was busy at cooking when i finally got to cooking (i had spinach and regatta catiolini in a tomato basil sauce with montzarella cheese on top) i kinda burnt most of my sauce cause i left it in too long. i read how long it said to leave it in there but i guess something was wrong it was really good even without a lot of sauce. after dinner some of us were just sitting around talking which had been a lot of fun... well for all but the lone guy at the table, we kinda got off on some feminist rants :) and not just me that boy though knows more than many of the boys here about girls if he actually listened to our conversations cause we completely forgot he was there, he could definitely if he wanted to do a study on girls and how we interact cause we forget he's there sometimes cause he's always around. ok so back to what i was getting at when i started this paragraph sorta... another boy had come in by this time and he had started reading as you were by Shakespeare one of the girls there asked him to read it aloud so he started to, when there was a character change he asked the other boy at the table to help him and so began our night of Shakespeare! i helped by reading Rosalind and a few other characters but it was much fun! we got to act three and we shall finish it tomorrow night. they all have to read it for their theater class plus we are going to be seeing that play on Tuesday night the first theater night!! i am very excited! now though i must read frankenstine for one of my classes so until later,
from london with love
Friday, 28 January 2011
the first week
this is london from the eyes of an ADD girl. with that being said there will be times when i dart back to or change subject it seems at random, its not random it makes sense to me. some days i will write a lot and some days not at all some even in between but it will all be about London and the fun and not so fun times had here.
to catch you up to where i am i shall write an abrivated version of the events
day one, get here around 12 move in and eat lunch finish that about 3 then go out and find Salisbury which is like publix and walmart mixed, find the post office, and get our oyster cards. after we get everything we head out for big Ben! it was dark by then and we were all very tired but we wondered around a bit after that just to keep ourselves up for a bit and figure stuff out things like that. when we got back to the rooms it was time to unpack then sleep!
day two
we went on scavenger hunts my group went to Westminster, st. Margret cathedral, st. martin-in-the-field, Piccadilly circus, and we saw the national portrait gallery which was free so i liked it and i'm going back later when i have more time to see it all. i only got to see the Tudors and a bit of the Victorians. my group was still rather jet lagged so we didn't do as much as some of the others. i think that was only the second half of the day and i have no idea what we did for the first half. that night we were on our own for dinner a few of us went to wagamama or something like that, not worth it personally and while it is a chain in london it is not cheep i was hungry afterwards
day three
we all went on a tour of the places around us in the royal boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, with our neighbor who knew where all the famous people had lived and those that had wives living after them if they still lived there. after the adventure with him and the London buses, we had lunch and went out again to see Westminster where we had an awesome guide named Shawn who is Scottish! he thinks he knows some american culture and reference's but he does not, he is rather humorous though, he has a very dry humor. he does know a lot of information though which makes him an amazing guide!
day four
which is today which is Friday. today we had a London pass which i totally suggest getting if your in London for any time at all well a day not if its less than a day your not here long enough otherwise. i accentually slept in a bit because there was this horrible generator keeping me up past midnight so i was dead tired. it turned out to be a good thing though because the girl who had been delayed was finally able to get here and she and i along with a few other people went out to see some of the sights of london! first we went to see the tower of london, which is not actually a tower but more like a castle. we saw the white tower and the tower where everyone was kept before they were executed or released. i also saw the crown jewels man where they a sight to behold! every crown had so many priceless jewels on it and each had a jewel from a foreign country as well on it. it was interesting though to see what some of them had for their crowns. a few had specially made crowns because of some reason or another the information i got did not give me all that info. ill have to look it up sometime and let you know. when i was looking in the rooms where everyone was kept and anne boylen had been kept there too but since she was such a lady of course she didn't carve anything into the walls but many others did! it was so cool to be able to see so far back into the history of england that way. they had even figured out that some of the writings were from lady jane grey supporters. i would have like a bit more time around the towers but we did have more things to see. plus the others in my group were not as enthusiastic about it as i was, thats ok i'll go again when my parents come they will love it! my dad at least will. after the tower and a quick lunch at a restraunt right across from the tower we went to St. Pauls cathedral. i suggest getting a guide if you every go there. there are a ton of statues in that place most if not all of whom i have no idea who they were or why they were important sure i ready the places that they had written for them on their statue but that didn't make any difference. i still had no idea who they were. the only cool thing about that place is the whispering galley you climb 250 steps and you get to look out over the floor from in the dome, and if your really brave or not tired you can walk 119 i think it is more up mega spiral staircases and go the the very top of the dome and look down. it was quite fun. after the piety of st. pauls we went to the opposite of it on the opposite side of the Thames, the Globe theater!the globe is awesome as well ( i should probably start looking for other adjectives) first you get to go though a "museum" but not really more like an exhibit that even has old costumes or costume look a likes that show you what they would have used in Shakespeare's times. they also give you the history of the globe. there is some sort of set at the bottom, i ran out of time so i don't know what exactly it was for but it looked very midsummer nights dream. it wasn't where they put on plays they do that in the open air globe, so as you can imagine its very cold! they rebuilt the globe to the exact standards it was before so its as authentic as you can get and still be safe. wooden boards, wooden nails, wooden seats, and they still have the groundings portion. that is a big part of Shakespeare's plays is the groundings part in it. having them there also keeps the actors on their toes. i hope i get to go to a play there but they don't open until march because of the cold, if i do go i'm so going as a grounding, then again do i really want to stand the whole time?
well that catches you up so until next time
from london with love.
to catch you up to where i am i shall write an abrivated version of the events
day one, get here around 12 move in and eat lunch finish that about 3 then go out and find Salisbury which is like publix and walmart mixed, find the post office, and get our oyster cards. after we get everything we head out for big Ben! it was dark by then and we were all very tired but we wondered around a bit after that just to keep ourselves up for a bit and figure stuff out things like that. when we got back to the rooms it was time to unpack then sleep!
day two
we went on scavenger hunts my group went to Westminster, st. Margret cathedral, st. martin-in-the-field, Piccadilly circus, and we saw the national portrait gallery which was free so i liked it and i'm going back later when i have more time to see it all. i only got to see the Tudors and a bit of the Victorians. my group was still rather jet lagged so we didn't do as much as some of the others. i think that was only the second half of the day and i have no idea what we did for the first half. that night we were on our own for dinner a few of us went to wagamama or something like that, not worth it personally and while it is a chain in london it is not cheep i was hungry afterwards
day three
we all went on a tour of the places around us in the royal boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, with our neighbor who knew where all the famous people had lived and those that had wives living after them if they still lived there. after the adventure with him and the London buses, we had lunch and went out again to see Westminster where we had an awesome guide named Shawn who is Scottish! he thinks he knows some american culture and reference's but he does not, he is rather humorous though, he has a very dry humor. he does know a lot of information though which makes him an amazing guide!
day four
which is today which is Friday. today we had a London pass which i totally suggest getting if your in London for any time at all well a day not if its less than a day your not here long enough otherwise. i accentually slept in a bit because there was this horrible generator keeping me up past midnight so i was dead tired. it turned out to be a good thing though because the girl who had been delayed was finally able to get here and she and i along with a few other people went out to see some of the sights of london! first we went to see the tower of london, which is not actually a tower but more like a castle. we saw the white tower and the tower where everyone was kept before they were executed or released. i also saw the crown jewels man where they a sight to behold! every crown had so many priceless jewels on it and each had a jewel from a foreign country as well on it. it was interesting though to see what some of them had for their crowns. a few had specially made crowns because of some reason or another the information i got did not give me all that info. ill have to look it up sometime and let you know. when i was looking in the rooms where everyone was kept and anne boylen had been kept there too but since she was such a lady of course she didn't carve anything into the walls but many others did! it was so cool to be able to see so far back into the history of england that way. they had even figured out that some of the writings were from lady jane grey supporters. i would have like a bit more time around the towers but we did have more things to see. plus the others in my group were not as enthusiastic about it as i was, thats ok i'll go again when my parents come they will love it! my dad at least will. after the tower and a quick lunch at a restraunt right across from the tower we went to St. Pauls cathedral. i suggest getting a guide if you every go there. there are a ton of statues in that place most if not all of whom i have no idea who they were or why they were important sure i ready the places that they had written for them on their statue but that didn't make any difference. i still had no idea who they were. the only cool thing about that place is the whispering galley you climb 250 steps and you get to look out over the floor from in the dome, and if your really brave or not tired you can walk 119 i think it is more up mega spiral staircases and go the the very top of the dome and look down. it was quite fun. after the piety of st. pauls we went to the opposite of it on the opposite side of the Thames, the Globe theater!the globe is awesome as well ( i should probably start looking for other adjectives) first you get to go though a "museum" but not really more like an exhibit that even has old costumes or costume look a likes that show you what they would have used in Shakespeare's times. they also give you the history of the globe. there is some sort of set at the bottom, i ran out of time so i don't know what exactly it was for but it looked very midsummer nights dream. it wasn't where they put on plays they do that in the open air globe, so as you can imagine its very cold! they rebuilt the globe to the exact standards it was before so its as authentic as you can get and still be safe. wooden boards, wooden nails, wooden seats, and they still have the groundings portion. that is a big part of Shakespeare's plays is the groundings part in it. having them there also keeps the actors on their toes. i hope i get to go to a play there but they don't open until march because of the cold, if i do go i'm so going as a grounding, then again do i really want to stand the whole time?
well that catches you up so until next time
from london with love.
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