London Life

I can't believe I've been in London now for a month. It seems like I've been here a lot longer and the time is beginning to go quicker now. I'm on my fifth week of my internship and I'm really enjoying it. I've seen a lot of London and am starting to get the hang of things around here. I was really excited, but also nervous to come here since I was coming completely on my own. I have started to meet people from contacts of friends, work, the hostel I stayed in, and just doing things around London.

Things have been a little crazy with my living situation. For about the first two weeks I was here I stayed in a hostel. Then I moved into a flat that I did not like at all! It was just a hallway with 4 bedrooms, a kitchen, a toilet room, and a shower/sink room. The only kitchen appliance we had was a stove and the flat was always dirty. I was sharing it with 5 other people from around Europe and I was the only one from the United States. I shared a room with a French girl and she didn't speak much English at all, we communicated in Franglais. She did't like the flat either. I was looking for a new place to live and just last Wednesday I found one and moved in. It is so much nicer and cleaner and in a better area. I only have 2 flatmates and another girl who shares our kitchen. I share a room with an Italian girl, but she is moving out this weekend. There is another Italian guy who has his own room. I have been getting to know these flatmates and our neighbors and like them a lot better than the last people I lived with. They were all very excited when I moved in to have an American living there too and they want to practice English with me.

I'm really enjoying my time in London as well as my internship. I have seen many sights like Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliment, Westminster Abbey, the Tower Bridge, and the Tower of London. I've also been to the Tate Modern Museum, The British Museum, and saw a play at the Globe Theatre. A couple of weekends ago I went to Ireland with another intern I work with from the U.S. and a few of her friends from school. We went to Dublin and Galway and it was amazing! It was so pretty there and I would love to go back someday. Last weekend I visited Bath and saw the Roman Baths. I also saw Stonehenge and went to Cambridge University with one of my flatmates and her friends. I plan on staying in London this weekend since I still have so much to see here and only 4 more weekends to see everything in.