We hit rush hour in the tube, but I didn't care. I was focused on getting back to Edgware Road to our flat and to my bed before we met for class at 11. We were visiting Fleishman Hillard, a Public Relations company. Seeing as I was debating switching from Broadcast to Strategic Communications, this was really important for me to get to, even though I had so little sleep the night before! After dragging myself out of bed, Meg and I headed to met the rest of class at Fleishman Hillard. We sat through a couple of presentations that each of the departments put together. Though they were very long, they were interesting and confirmed to me that I want to go into Strat Comm! We headed back to CAPA to meet up with someone who is part of the newspaper complaint committee. They basically make sure that the newspapers are following certain rules, especially privacy ones, when it comes to the people in the stories.
When we got home, I started on a list for things to do with the family this weekend! There's so much that I wanted to get done with them and that I wanted to see myself. It was getting stressful deciding what to do on each of the three full days I had with everyone!
06/07/10 - Internship day! Not much happened today.
07/07/10 - Today was the Five year anniversary of the London bombings. I didn't realize that one of the bombs that went off was at the tube stop that I use almost everyday. It was pretty crazy to realize that one of the bombs went off there. No one in our group knew that, so they were pretty shocked to find that out too.
After the internship, I went to meet my family for dinner. They had just gotten in, so they were pretty tired. It was great to see them, even though they were pretty out of it.
08/07/10 - Internship and then class! We got to go to the East End for a walking tour. It was really interesting to hear about the way the area developed with immigrants moving in. It's a pretty hip place to be - we saw where Keira Knightly lives, which was pretty cool. Unfortunately we didn't see her.
09/07/10 - Shopping! Whoohoo! I met my family for a full English breakfast near their apartment. After, we headed to Harrods to hit up their sale. It was ending on Sunday, so we had to go. Everyone was in awe of it. I don't blame them, every time I went it was pretty shocking. We slowly made our way through, and ended up getting my birthday present there. After, we went to Lillywhites for the boys. It was kind of a disappointment because there was very little selection. While we were in the Piccadilly area, we went to Her Majesty's Theatre to get tickets for Phantom of the Opera. We got them for Saturday night. I was really excited because I wanted to see it really badly while I was here, and it was perfect that everyone else did too!
10/07/10 - Today was full of sightseeing. We started early, meeting at the London Bridge and heading to Borough Market. I thought it would be a good for everyone to see a London market. I absolutely love Borough, and we were going to be in the area, so it was perfect. We headed to the Globe for a tour. Though it isn't the original, the history that they discussed about Shakespeare and the Globe was really interesting. After, we went to the other side of the river to go to Westminster Abbey. Outside of the Abbey was crazy. There were so many people around it was stressful. Once we got into the Abbey, it was easy. We got audio guides that took us around the entire Abbey, it told us the history of each crypt we saw, who the person was, etc. The church was extremely impressive and was so historic. It was huge and amazing.
After a quick lunch, we headed to the Tower of London. I was particularly excited to see the Crown Jewels. What can a girl do? When we got to the Tower, we were in time for a Yeomen tour. They're the guards of the Tower and actually live inside of the Tower. The guide that we had was really great. He was absolutely hilarious, but was really informative. He told us about the entire complex, the different towers, the famous ones and stories about people who were executed on Tower hill. After, we headed straight to where the Jewels were being held. There was video playing of the Queen's coronation and during the ceremony it showed the different Jewels being used and described them. We finally got to the main part and I was incredibly impressed. I found my engagement ring. Just kidding. But what was really intriguing was that some of the Jewels were missing because they were in use. I assumed that it was because the Queen had opened Parliament not too long before and was doing some Queenly duties, but I don't know. Very mysterious. After the Crown Jewels, we went into the chapel on the grounds to sit down for a bit. It wasn't huge, but it had some memorials to people and was cool to look around in. After, we went to the White Tower. It held suits of armour that were owned by past monarchs and it was cool to explore.
We were a little close on time, so I went back to the flat while my family went to their place to get ready for the Phantom later that night. It was an amazing performance. My favorite musical is still Les Miserables, but this was a very close second.
11/07/10 - The last full day with the family and today we were meeting at the British Museum. It is apparently the oldest museum in the world, and it was huge. After two hours, we made little progress so we decided to cut to the chase and go straight to the Rosetta Stone. I didn't realize how big it is, but it's definitely impressive! Eventually, we got out and went to meet Becky for tea at the Orangery. I was really excited about it because I loved it so much when I went with my flatmates. And because they're in England, they had to experience cream tea. I think that they enjoyed it. It's an interesting experience, but it was really great. After the Orangery, we went to the Kensington Palace to see the Enchanted exhibit. They had taken away all of Princess Diana's dresses because they were doing work on the Palace, but the exhibit was really cool. Each of the rooms were connected to seven princesses that lived in the Palace. The other rooms were decorated with some sort of theme. One had just one chair in the center and if you sat in it, you were supposed to feel powerful. For some reason, I did feel a little more powerful. After a long day, I headed back to the flat with Becky and I watched the World Cup final with the flatmates.
Until next week
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