Hello again. It's Sunday and the sun is shining and the sky is blue in London. I've been here for about two and a half weeks now and finally I am starting to feel totally comfortable in this place. This week I was even stopped a few times for directions--now that must be a sign that I look like a local!
In the past week I've begun my classes, this week in 3-D design on an urban landscapes project. They've got us doing a little bit of everything and it's quite interesting. I'm quickly becoming obsessed with London art galleries--they're so different from the ones in the US, especially New York. Here, instead of being clustered all in Chelsea, they're spread all over the city and in really cool places. A gallery here isn't just a white room with high ceilings and maybe a couple of rooms in the back, it's an entire building dedicated to a specific vision. Today I'm going to the Saatchi Gallery for the second time this week. It's more like a museum and it houses some of the most amazing contemporary art I've seen in a while.
On Tuesday is a concert that I've been waiting for for quite some time. Hockey (the next big thing--I swear!) is playing at Scala, and it's a sold out show. Also this week, freshers events start. The whole freshers thing is starting to get on my nerves a bit--it's more just a week for club promoters to manipulate vulnerable student and force them to pay outrageous event charges. I've got tickets to the two events sponsored by the student union, but the rest I'm not so interested in.
cultural differences of the day: what we call tank tops are called vests here (the cause of many petty arguments between my english friend and I). band-aids are called plasters. anything make with flour that is crunchy is called a biscuit. So maybe they speak English here, but it's still an entirely different language!
cheers!
