I started my internship on Tuesday and on Thursday all of flat 14 went out to celebrate at Dirty Martini in Covent Gardens to celebrate! It was really fun, and 1/2 off martinis! I got a chocolate one, which was delicious! Then switched to champagne to really celebrate our first week in our internships. Last night (friday night) after work we all were kind of tired and just laying around and didn't feel too much like going out. Except for the fact that two of the girls are working for a P.R firm (Halpern Associates) and they said they could get us on a VIP guest list for a club called Embargoes which is right in Chelsea not too far away. So after getting excited, having a few glasses of wine and dancing in the common room we went out. When we got there, to our dismay, we found out that after 11 there's a 15 pound cover. (barf.) Which by the time we got there and all the effort of pre-lashing (aka pre-gaming in british-talk) and getting ready we decided it was worth it for a night of fun. A bottle of beer ended up costing me 5 pounds 20 so after that I called it quits. Overall it was a really solid night, so much dancing and singing and having fun with my flat and that's what a night out should be!
Tonight was amazing as well. It's Guy Fawkes weekend to celebrate our capturing of him in 1606 when he thought that he could try and bomb parliament. So there was fireworks all around London but we chose to go to Battersea park and pay 6 pounds to see the show there. The show was so great with music to go along with the fireworks and I was smiling so big during the entire thing. It was worth the money to me. And they had a huge bon fire there, too. The biggest i've ever seen and it was a crisp night out and was perfect to huddle around with a group of friends. Not to be too cliche or anything, but during the fireworks they started playing green day "time of your life" and I got a little teary eyed. Just thinking how happy I was with my new friends, in a new place that I love, and looking at this spectacle in the sky I was just overwhelmed with feelings for the moment. "So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind. Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time," "It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right, I hope you had the time of your life."
To be honest, everyone uses that song as their high school song and remember all the great times from then, but I never thought it really applied to me. But listening to it and being in the environment that I was in I felt a strong connection with the lyrics. I really had no idea what to expect from this experience but I've never felt better about a decision I made in my entire life. I've had a really great college experience but I really think that my choice to go abroad made it that much more memorable.
Sometimes it does get hard. I've felt homesick a few times, and especially seeing life in Albany without me there makes me feel a little sad. It's especially had being without Anthony and Emily for this amount of time. We do talk and catch up but it's just not the same relationship being over 2000 miles away. In that case, I do admit that i'm very excited to go home and be with my family and friends (and it will be christmas!!) but I really am not ready to leave here in the slightest bit! Since they don't celebrate Thanksgiving here everything is already decorated for Christmas and looks so pretty! My street that I have my internship on doesn't turn their lights on until the 19th of November but I'm so excited for when they do! Harrods is already decorated and so is all down Oxford Street and store windows. I'm in christmas heaven :)
It's 1am here and i'm getting a bit tired but I will promise to set out time to blog soon. There's a Chelsea v Liverpool game tomorrow that I must attend to (in a pub of course) but there will be more to share soon. Until then... x
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