English blog...England blog!

I am living in London! This place is amazing. One of the classes that I am taking is a one credit “London Walks” class. For this class we have a series of walks to go on, and then create a visual journal for each walk. For the first week (the afternoon of the 9th to the 12th) we went on the first 8 walks listen in our books in different groups or on our own if needs be. We walked through the city and visited many of the sites. We walked the walls of Londinium—the route of the ancient wall, which laid out the perimeter of the Roman town, a walk through the city, a walk along the stretch of the Thames—mostly the south side, a walk past Westminster and Lambeth, a walk about “the temple” or “Legal London”—the western half of the city, a walk westward from the city—along the theatre route, and a walk dealing with London’s seats of power and government. We visited many statues, buildings, and landmarks during these walks, but I don’t think I’m going to list them out right now. It’s been amazing! The first night we got here we saw “Les Miserables,” and on our day trip last Wednesday we visited Canterbury, Rye, and Beachyhead. This week we are seeing “The importance of being Earnest.” A couple of us have also gone to “Woman in Black” and “History Boys.” I’ve gone to the Portrait Gallery, the London Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the V and A Museum, but I’m going to have to go back and go through them all again. I’m studying British crime, Religion, Studio art, Conceptual art, and London Walks. The building we are in is beautiful! Maybe, as soon as I’m done typing this, I’ll give a little tour with my camera. The ward I got assigned to is great—they are so kind! Right now I’m in the Young Women’s; I’ll be teaching next week on “Preparing to become an eternal companion.” Ha ha, I know, kind of funny. A couple of us go to institute; it’s a chance to get to know even more people. We get around by tube and coach. The tube is the underground train station—like the subway or the metro. The coach is the bus we hire when we go on trips outside of London. Well, I’ll sign off for now. Cheers!