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One of the best parts of studying abroad in London, is the fact that I have such easy access to traveling to close by countries. This past weekend I travelled with my friend to Dublin, Ireland. Dublin has always been a place I’ve really wanted to visit and when I found out how cheap theContinue reading “My Weekend in Dublin”

Over this past weekend my friend Alex Zecca visited me for a weekend trip in London. I was super excited to show someone all my favorite places and see someone from back home. She arrived Friday night, and we ate dinner at an Asian noodle place called Wok to Walk, after we met my otherContinue reading “My First Visitor”

Pancake Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday is always held the Tuesday before ash Wednesday which is the beginning of lent. This year I got to celebrate and eat pancakes at a cute pancake restaurant called My Old Dutch Pancake House in the Chelsea area of London The Chelsea area is a good ways away from whereContinue reading “Pancake Tuesday”

I am taking a course here at Westminster University called Creativity. For one of our field trips we visited the Victoria and Albert Museum located in the South Kensington part of London. This area has a number of museums to see and awesome places to eat. One of my favorite parts of the V&A museumContinue reading “Victoria and Albert Museum, Class Field trip”

One of my favorite parts of living in London, is all the food. There are countless restaurants and food places to enjoy. This past Saturday I explored the Borough Food Market in London. They had all kinds of food, pastries, and deserts. They had Mexican, Italian, Asian, and every other possible type of food. IContinue reading “Enjoying the Borough Food Market”

Through the program I came to London with, I get the opportunity to engage in a number of activities and excursions. One of these activities is High Tea. High tea was held at a bakery in the Covent Garden area of London, called Brigit’s bakery. When we arrived, everything was all set up for us.Continue reading “Experiencing High Tea in London”

This past week I attended a movie at the Prince Charles Theater in London and I also attended an immersive play of the Great Gatsby. I was super excited to explore more of the theater and film side of London. On Monday I went to see Taylor Swift’s new documentary, “Miss Americana” at Prince CharlesContinue reading “Exploring a new side of London”

One of the nice things about classes here is that each class only takes place once per week which allows me to have my Monday’s and Thursday’s free. This past Monday I decided to take advantage of no class and travel to Oxford with my friend. We took a train to Oxford which took aContinue reading “Monday Adventures”

This week I began my classes here at Westminster University in London. On Tuesday I had a course called Creativity and today I had a course called Introduction to Image Media. Both of which are major classes for me in my study of communications. The classes have difference and similarities to my classes back atContinue reading “Learning in London”