The past couple of days have been relatively busy, though. On Monday we got to meet the BBC’s foreign correspondence executive, which is awesome because he is in charge of all the BBC corporations in the world (no big deal). We also met with an editor from the Guardian, one of the major tabloid newspapers here in London. Tabloids in London are a bit different than tabloids in the US – while they still have stories in yellow journalism style that are greatly over-exaggerated, they are not just focused on celebrity gossip. The main distinction is more of the size of the paper, rather than the actual content. Monday night was also exciting because Amanda and I mingled with some of the students in another Syracuse program (yay new friends!), so we now have new people to hang out with in London, which is nice.
Yesterday (Tuesday) I got to go into work for the entire day, which was actually kind of a bummer because the weather was BEAUTIFUL. Honestly it was San Diego weather in London, which is basically unheard of. During lunch my coworker Sarah and I, and a bunch of other interns we know decided to grab sandwiches and have a picnic at St. James park. It was such a lovely day that it was packed, but it was so nice to sit out in the sun for a bit (makes me even more excited for my next excursion with Amanda to Portugal in July!). I wish I had my camera to take pictures!
After I got home from I quickly jumped in the shower, and Tory, Mike, Jon, and I rushed over to Hard Rock Café. Apparently yesterday was there 40th birthday from when they opened the first Hard Rock, which was at the London location! In celebration they had their original menu at its original 1971 (ie. about a pound for a burger). If you are familiar with Hard Rock’s prices, you know this is an absolute steal, so we naturally had to go and check it out. Unfortunately hundreds of people had our same idea, and after 3 hours of waiting in line we decided to give up and go home to eat. On the plus side I got free ice cream and a free yo-yo while we were waiting! Great success.
Upon arriving to my flat, I was intercepted by our new friends (and Amanda, of course) and went directly to the Ice Bar to celebrate our friend Gina’s birthday. Yes, it is exactly what you think it is. The entire bar is frozen and made of ice (awesomeeee), and they give you these huge cloak things to keep you warm and make you look like an Eskimo. Thankfully you are only allowed to be in the bar for 40 minutes at a time… this California girl wasn’t handling the cold too well towards the end. We weren’t ready for the night to be over so we headed over to Sports Café (our American place) and danced/hung out until we were ready to go home for the night.
Went back to work this morning, and for the first time I felt like I was actually getting the hang of what I was supposed to be doing without asking a million questions and needing constant direction. I was exhausted at the end of the day though – I wrote 4 press releases, edited the website (and had to teach myself html along the way), updated the Facebook for my MP, updated the Twitter, went to meetings, AND did research for a speech he is making next week. All of this, mind you, had to be in "British" English. Surprisingly, there are more differences than you think, more than just changing out a "z" with an "s" every now and then. Needless to say I was far from bored today, but I feel a huge sense of accomplishment.
I can’t believe it is only Wednesday, because this week has been so long! However there is so much more to look forward to… going on the London Eye tomorrow with my program, and my family is arriving in London this weekend! Look out for more updates soon :)
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