This past week we actually experienced some nicer weather, so we took the opportunity to walk around the area a little bit more and take some pictures. Richmond Park is a ten to fifteen minute walk from our dorms, and since it was sunny outside, we checked it out. Large groups of deer were scattered throughout the park, and it was the first time I had been so close to so many at one time. As it became colder, we decided to head back to campus, but I'm glad we got a chance to look around a little.
Our trip to the Hayward Gallery was a success. The assignment was the view the movie "Can I Help You?" which documented Dutch artist Erik van Lieshout's exhibit in a Rotterdam shopping mall. I wasn't wild about the whole thing, but he brought up some interesting points about consumerism and art/shopping; unfortunately, most of my postmodernism class wasn't very enthusiastic (I'm starting to see a trend), and many found it simply boring. Ah well...
Took it easy for the most part this weekend. Got some work done and spent some time with friends. After Laney gets out of class today, we're going into London to (hopefully) buy a couple play tickets and see a show tonight. In the meantime, we're going to have a look around the West End during the daytime and probably meet up with a guy I worked with at Camp Airy a couple summers ago. Hopefully it won't get any cloudier!
Until next time,
Mitchell
PS- for those interested in seeing some pictures, I'm uploading them to my Facebook account. Here's the link to the pictures I mentioned above:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2076765&id=1502850007&l=35aac99540
Monday, 24 January 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
The Start
So I'm finally starting this blog. This is primarily for friends and family to keep up with what I'm doing while studying abroad in London.
Thus far, I've been getting established, taking a couple classes, and seeing some parts of London to get a feel for how things run here. Most everyone at Roehampton University is very friendly, but registration and just communication around the school seems pretty unorganized. Basically, if you want something done, expect to do all the steps yourself.
I'm taking three classes while I'm here, and they're all on Thursday and Friday, which is a real nice set up. Francophone Postcolonial Studies, Postmodernism & Performance, and Classical Greek and Roman Drama in Context. I'm pretty excited about them all, and hopefully they'll only get better.
The exchange rate is not what we'd want it to be, but hopefully it'll get better the longer we're here...
Yesterday I bought tickets to see Caribou (Feb.) and Deerhunter (Mar.) and today we're going into Central London to see a postmodernist exhibit at a museum. Can't remember the details right now, but I'll post more about it later.
I'll probably be using this blog to post some pictures, so keep checking in, and I'll have more to say later on.
Thus far, I've been getting established, taking a couple classes, and seeing some parts of London to get a feel for how things run here. Most everyone at Roehampton University is very friendly, but registration and just communication around the school seems pretty unorganized. Basically, if you want something done, expect to do all the steps yourself.
I'm taking three classes while I'm here, and they're all on Thursday and Friday, which is a real nice set up. Francophone Postcolonial Studies, Postmodernism & Performance, and Classical Greek and Roman Drama in Context. I'm pretty excited about them all, and hopefully they'll only get better.
The exchange rate is not what we'd want it to be, but hopefully it'll get better the longer we're here...
Yesterday I bought tickets to see Caribou (Feb.) and Deerhunter (Mar.) and today we're going into Central London to see a postmodernist exhibit at a museum. Can't remember the details right now, but I'll post more about it later.
I'll probably be using this blog to post some pictures, so keep checking in, and I'll have more to say later on.
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