Here ya go, Torie... This one's for you.
These past couple days haven't really been too overly eventful.
Monday: A lot of my friends worked, so I went to the Tate Modern solo. It was a lot cooler than I thought it would be actually. I really enjoyed the Andy Warhol room and there was even one room over Robert Frank! A photographer I've learned a lot about and really enjoy his work. They even had some of the contact sheets from one of his most famous collections, The Americans. I spent a solid 20 minutes just staring at those. After Tate, my friend Alex recommended that I walk down the Thames to the London Eye because it's a really pretty walk. I loved the area, so I thought I'd give it a try... Somehow, I managed to get lost... So I just jumped on the nearest tube and made my way back.
Tuesday: Went to work. It was a good day. Went back to the Morlborough Gallery to help photograph a painting. Then in the afternoon I actually got to take some pictures myself! It was pretty exciting. I've been watching everyone else take pictures for a week and Tuesday they actually let me do some for myself... and they turned out good! So hopefully I'll get to do some more later.
Wednesday: Basically the best day ever. Literally spent the whole time at work 'working' on Photoshop... Yeah, I could make that be my everyday job. :) The evening... was not so grand. London decided to have a 48 hour long tube strike... Real cool. What is usually a 30 minute tube ride to class took an hour and 45 minutes on bus and a 40 minute walk... Looooooong day.
Today: Tube is still on strike... Walked to work (which isn't too bad. It's about an hour walk 90% through Hyde Park) I went on location with a couple guys to photograph a Damien Hurst 'Pill Cabinet' for a gallery. It was a really long day... followed by a really long walk, but overall very good.
As for tonight: Not too much on the agenda... just PACKING... for PARIS. Probably won't be able to update while I'm in Paris... So next time you'll hear from me will probably be Monday night or Tuesday.
6.08.2009
Birthday Weekend.
I know... It's been a while since my last update... But I've just been busy!
Friday: A lot of my friends had work, so I had to find something to do by myself. A lot of people had gone to (and loved) the Tower of London, so I decided to try that. I read about it a bit in Rick Steve's so that I had a little background knowledge before I went. Rick Steve's still didn't prepare me for it though. It was seriously cool. I joined a tour given by one of the Beefeaters. He was very humourous and gave a lot of history about the place. I would highly recommended anyone visiting London to spend some time at The Tower of London... I spent two hours walking around and taking pictures myself.
After that, I made my way out to Tower Bridge. The bridge you see in every picture of London. It was really sweet too, but I didn't have time to walk over it, so I just looked at it from afar. I am going to go back sometime though and walk across the Thames.
Came back, ate dinner, and got ready for the evening. Didn't want to do anything too crazy since I had Cotswolds in the morning and another girl had to go to work. So, Janelle, Jessie and I just ended up meeting up with our British friends: Alex, Alex (2), Demetri, and Mario :) for a couple pubs before heading home.
Saturday: TRIP TO COTSWOLDS. It was about a 2.5 hour drive, but it was beautiful! Rolling hills alllllll around. Tour guide was..... quite a character, and the weather was anything but nice, but it was still very cool. It's crazy to believe that people actually live in these little villages. I don't think pictures can really do it justice...
After Cotswolds I had a quick little dinner then took some of the girls from the program to meet up with my friend Lauren to go out to Brick Lane.
Sunday: After a busy weekend, my roommate and I decided to take a kind of lazy day. Rachel, Steph and I just went to Westfield (a HUUUUUUGE mall) for a bit. For dinner, Rachel, Steph, Janelle, Julianne, and I went out to the little Italian place down the road, Zizzi, and treated ourselves all to birthday dinners. :)
I posted some new pictures (<----Link) The album includes the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Cotswolds, and some of the food I've been eating. Since I couldn't take pictures of the Crown Jewels, here's a link to them... Yeah, I got to see those in real life.
For today, I think I'm going to head to Tate Modern for a little exploration around there. I also have some school work I have to do, so I'm hoping it gets nicer out so I can do it in Hyde Park.
Pip, pip... Cheerio.
Torie: Shockingly, they don't use the bathroom very often! I don't know how they do it.
Dad: The Nose-Knows is picking up quickly. I've been forcing people to use it... They're beginning to embrace it. I put a lot of pictures of food I've been eating up... Make sure you look at them!
Mom: I will talk to you soon... I promise! Love you!
Friday: A lot of my friends had work, so I had to find something to do by myself. A lot of people had gone to (and loved) the Tower of London, so I decided to try that. I read about it a bit in Rick Steve's so that I had a little background knowledge before I went. Rick Steve's still didn't prepare me for it though. It was seriously cool. I joined a tour given by one of the Beefeaters. He was very humourous and gave a lot of history about the place. I would highly recommended anyone visiting London to spend some time at The Tower of London... I spent two hours walking around and taking pictures myself.
After that, I made my way out to Tower Bridge. The bridge you see in every picture of London. It was really sweet too, but I didn't have time to walk over it, so I just looked at it from afar. I am going to go back sometime though and walk across the Thames.
Came back, ate dinner, and got ready for the evening. Didn't want to do anything too crazy since I had Cotswolds in the morning and another girl had to go to work. So, Janelle, Jessie and I just ended up meeting up with our British friends: Alex, Alex (2), Demetri, and Mario :) for a couple pubs before heading home.
Saturday: TRIP TO COTSWOLDS. It was about a 2.5 hour drive, but it was beautiful! Rolling hills alllllll around. Tour guide was..... quite a character, and the weather was anything but nice, but it was still very cool. It's crazy to believe that people actually live in these little villages. I don't think pictures can really do it justice...
After Cotswolds I had a quick little dinner then took some of the girls from the program to meet up with my friend Lauren to go out to Brick Lane.
Sunday: After a busy weekend, my roommate and I decided to take a kind of lazy day. Rachel, Steph and I just went to Westfield (a HUUUUUUGE mall) for a bit. For dinner, Rachel, Steph, Janelle, Julianne, and I went out to the little Italian place down the road, Zizzi, and treated ourselves all to birthday dinners. :)
I posted some new pictures (<----Link) The album includes the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Cotswolds, and some of the food I've been eating. Since I couldn't take pictures of the Crown Jewels, here's a link to them... Yeah, I got to see those in real life.
For today, I think I'm going to head to Tate Modern for a little exploration around there. I also have some school work I have to do, so I'm hoping it gets nicer out so I can do it in Hyde Park.
Pip, pip... Cheerio.
Torie: Shockingly, they don't use the bathroom very often! I don't know how they do it.
Dad: The Nose-Knows is picking up quickly. I've been forcing people to use it... They're beginning to embrace it. I put a lot of pictures of food I've been eating up... Make sure you look at them!
Mom: I will talk to you soon... I promise! Love you!
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