A "Brief" Recap
Hmmm, been thinking and doing alot these last few days.....I think brief recap is in order...-Brick Lane done on Monday night...I had my fist taste of Indian food at a place called Chesney's...it was alright, but deinfately not up to the hype! I went with my American flatmate and Sam....they were nice company. Very low-key people. Nice night.
-Tuesday: The Tower of London (as mentioned before)
- Wednesday: Hmm...cannot quite remember what I did then...oh, that is right: I called it a day in and ventured outside for an hr to do grocery shopping.
-Thursday: My last Crises of Consciousness: American Lit from 1850-1915 lecture and seminar. Thank God. The professor was smart, but was way to young....went back and forth between the roles of the young professor and intelligent scholar. But overall, one of the best courses I have taken....I look at American lit of this time period differently now, that is for sure!
-Friday: Class, saw The Ring Two: the imagery was not as haunting as the first one, but I did cover my eyes LOTS of time, and uttered: "what the fuck?" and 'wow!" quite a bit. So, I would say it was definatley time well spent on a Friday night.
- Saturday: Salvador Dali Museum (freaky and soooo scary!) The man obviously was a genius, but was just as obviously insane. I read that at one point he considered himself on par with Jesus. Enough said. I did however, get a cute postcard with his painting "Paysage Aux Papillons" It is a painting with butterflies in it. And one knows how I feel about butterflies...lol. I managed to see the London Eye, Westminster/Houses of Parliament from Waterloo station as well. All very beautiful aided by the fact that it was gorgeous outside! Yay!
Later, I went to Leicester square to take pics (Finally got my digital and summer clothes sent to me-arrived Friday afternoon! I was ecstatic!) of Chinatown, and capture the theatrical atmosphere of the place.....after a few shots, I walked to Trafalgar Sq, took more pics as well.
I was taking pics silently, then :
"Can you see Big Ben?"
I looked in the direction the sound was coming from. It was a man, seemingly Italian, middle aged or younger asking me a question.
"Big Ben?" I asked doubtfuly. It was my impression that Big Ben was to the left of me, not straight ahead...but I hadn't seen it from Trafalgar sq for quite some time.
"Oh no, her persisted, 'it is right in front of you!" He begin to wasl to the left of me...
"No it isn't! I argued, following behind him
"Look, there is it!"
"Ohhhh, there it is!! Wow, I thought it was over there" I remarked pointing to the left, I began to laugh
Turing to him I gave an appreciative thanks.
"No problem" he said, walking back to his spot looking at the fountains of Trafalgar sq.
I took pictures of the fountains with Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament from this new angle.
Then, I got the idea to have the man take a picture of me.
I turned back, he was looking at me. I walked over to him, asking if he minded taking a picture of me.
"sure he said, with the backround of the fountain?" He snapped the picture.
"How about one with Big Ben in the backround?"he offered.
"Ok" Sounded good to me!
So he took that picture too, and I graciously thanked him again.
He was a nice man.
After this, I continued on to what became St. James Park....signs said that Buckingham Palace was near, so I rationalized that if I cut through the park, according to the map in hand, the palace would be on the other side.....
I walked, took more shots (saw the top of the London Eye from there-that thing is HUGE!) and enjoyed the serene scenery. Then, suddenly, the Palace was before me! I took tons of pictures of the fountain that stands before the palace...excellent architecture. Brilliant, and good shots for someone not great with the camera!....
After more shots of the palace itself, I made my way back, thinking I was going through St. James park led me to Picadilly and Green park. At this point I had been going around London for 6 hours...and my legs were killing me! So, I hopped on the tube, came back to the room, and took an awesome nap!
Today: Studied a bit with Sam for out Impressionst test wed., and wrote a review due for Contemporary Writing on Tues. Boring. Went shopping at Budgens..... tomorrow...who knows?!
I guess long blog entries are what happen when you don't blog daily? Hmmm......
posted by The Eternal Student @ 11:50 PM
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