It’s been a crazy, busy week and weekend. It all went by so fast – and it’s already Sunday night, almost time for a new week!
This whole week was full of working again. I did more social media and editing work this week, which is all a great learning experience. It’s weird to think that I’m only interning for a total of seven weeks, and after this week I’ll only have 4 more weeks to go. Not really digging how fast this time is going by… Only 3 more weekends in London. Scary!
Speaking of only having a few weekends left in London… I’ve finished booking all of my trips! That’s why I only have so few weekends to spend here. The weekend of November 9th, I’m going to Paris! I’ve literally been dreaming of going to Paris since I was probably 7. I love everything French – the language, food, clothes, scenery, everything. I’m hoping to go to Paris again in the future for more than two days, but I really couldn’t be more excited. I may not sleep the 2 days I’m there just to make sure that I don’t miss anything major. And I can’t wait to start using my French (which I haven’t used much of since senior year of high school)! The weekend after, I’m heading over to Amsterdam & Bruges! These are two places that my parents love, so I’m very excited to visit. The canals in Amsterdam and the quaint buildings in Bruges make both places beautiful from what I’ve seen an heard. After that, I’ll be here in Londontown since two of my friends are visiting, but the weekend after I’m going to Dublin to actually see the two friends who are coming the weekend before! And since the week after is a study period and I only have class on Fridays and the internship is over, I have off that Monday-Thursday. So during that time I’m going to Prague to visit my friend, and I’ll be there to celebrate her 21st birthday! So much traveling, so little time. But I really couldn’t be more excited!
Anyway, to continue on what I’ve been up to lately: this weekend was a lot of running around and being busy. I did get to go back to Borough Market though! I have made the decision that it is my absolute favorite place on earth. The food is literally to die for. I even bought fruit and cheese to take home because I couldn’t leave without any food from the market.
This past weekend and this upcoming week is Halloween (also known as Halloweekend/Halloweek). Halloween is pretty much the same here as it is at home. Actually, I’m not 100% sure if the kids go trick-or-treating here, but I’m assuming they do. I guess I’ll find out Wednesday. But one difference I did see in costumes is that almost all British people dress up in costumes but make it zombie-style by slathering on white face paint and adding some red paint to their costumes and faces. It’s kind of easy to see who’s British and who’s not.
Last update: in my Modern British Drama class, we get to see 6 shows during the remainder of the semester. Tuesday is the first show day! We’re seeing a preview to the show “Khadija is 18.” The preview is just a pre-showing pretty much and it’s the same as the regular show. It should be pretty cool! I’ve always loved theatre, so I’m very very excited!
Hope everyone is partaking in a lazy Sunday and had a great weekend! And Happy Halloweek!
M² in London 