These past two weeks have been the slowest in London for me. This semester, I have to write eight essays that determine my grades: about 20,000 words in total! I have managed to complete 3 and I am almost done researching for my fourth. I have to put in the work now so I can…
Category: UK: Queen Mary Univ
October 3rd-17th: Falling in love with London
Looking back on the first two weeks of October, my time in London seems to be a blur. By the second week of classes (the first week of October) my excitement of being in London had only increased and was still on the rise. My classes were all covering more and more interesting information. I…
Freshers Week and the First Week of Class
The date today is October 26th so I’ve obviously fallen behind on my blogposts. All I can say is my time spent here at QMUL has been a whirlwind of activities, classes, new places, and new people. Freshers week at QMUL is essentially an orientation week for the new freshmen students and I felt very…
Living like locals
We decided to stay on campus the past few weekends. With traveling the first two, we were exhausted and needed to recharge. We also wanted to experience London and attempt to live like locals. On Tuesday (Oct. 11), a friend from the University of Pennsylvania, who is also studying abroad at Queen Mary, offered me…
Non-stop traveling
The past 2 weeks since my last post have been incredible; filled with traveling, sightseeing, and practically no sleep. The first weekend following my previous post, we went to Berlin and Munich, Germany. Berlin was beautifully cultured, with remains of the Berlin Wall situated right outside our hostel. Other amazing structures, like the Reichstag Building,…
Blog Post 2
London has treated me very well so far. I have made so many new friends and have had the opportunity to take in a lot London’s attractions. Some of the experiences I have had include: the British Museum, Tower of London, Big Ben, the Olympic village, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, the Museum of London, a…
Pre-Departure in Retrospect
It has now been nearly two weeks since I arrived at QMUL and it has been nearly five weeks since arriving in Europe. Since I was unaware of the blog requirements I failed to complete a pre-departure blog. However, this unique situation allows me to reflect on how I felt before departing in retrospect. As…
Freshers Week to Central London
So I have officially been living in London for over a week now and it has been incredible, but definitely an adjustment. The jet lag itself was hard to overcome and took me a few days to completely get used to, but the culture shock was another story. Servers and store employees check up on…
Cheers, America
After months of preparation, it is finally time for me to leave for London. To be completely frank, I am very nervous; I’ve never been out the country, but it has always been a dream of mine to travel to Europe’s biggest cities–especially London. I am confident that I have made the right decisions in…