Perfect weekend

How could I describe how perfect was my week-end!
First, last Friday it was the return of the sun. Fours days without a drop of rain. Can you believe it? But the best surprise was that my parents came to visit me. They arrived with my little brother on Saturday monrning, and in two days I visited almost all the most famous places of London. First we went to Carnaby Street; to see all the little and very cute shops of course (I bought some tops and a pair of shoes…), but also in order to try the very typical “FISH & CHIPS” (I had to!). We went to a restaurant called The White Horse, and even if it was really fat, it was definitly really good! Now I can say that I am a real girl of London

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Then we visited Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Westminster City with the Big Ben, Buckingham Palace… And all these places with a shinning sun, it was WONDERFUL!
Then to pursue our experience of London, we go to the omnipresent STARBUCKS and with our “grande hot chocolate with whipped cream”, with tasted a big muffin with blueberry, DELICIOUS. My parents finally left on Sunday, but the sun stayed, and now I am ready to go everywhere!

(Images from Google)

Regent’s Park

This morning I am walking in the Regent’s Park. Just a short walk in order to breath, and I am not disapointed. It is like a little piece of paradise in the middle of the big city which is called London. All the trees all around me look like they are dancing in the wind. Sometimes I feel like they are even singing. The smell of the grass and the smell of the flowers immerse me in the middle of nature. When I come near the lake, several curious squirels approach me, maybe to see if I will give them something to eat. I have nothing to feed them, but I like there presence. Far off, I can see a fox running after the swans. I don’t know if I am lucky or if it is usual, but it is the first time that I see a fox free! Now I am in front of the lake. The sunbeans are reflecting on it like on a mirror, and the drawing of the trees anthe clouds on the lake make me think of the painting of Claude Monet. This is the end of my walk, but for sure, I will come back!

Today I love London…

(Image: Claude Monet – Autumn effect at Argenteuil)

The National Gallery (04-02-13)

This week, I visited the London National Gallery. And I have been really impressed, there are some such famous paintings like some Van Gogh, some Cezanne, or even some Monet. And the most impressive is that the entrance is free. In France, we have some huge and famous gallery (like Le Louvre or Orsay Museum in Paris). But to get in, we have to pay. That is why I have been really surprised by the Gallery.

The inside is really huge and it looks like an old palace. The ceiling is so high, like the doors, and it makes the place almost intimidating.

I think that I will go back to the National Gallery, because even if stayed there more than two hours I feel like I saw only a small part of all the beauty of the museum.

 

By the way, another place that I really would like to visit is “The Barbican’s rain room”, it seems so strange, I have to try it!!

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St Paul’s Cathedral (28-01-13)

This week, I went to the St Paul’s Cathedral with my class of “Art and Society in London”. It was WONDERFUL! The inside is really huge, very high. On the ceiling, there are a lot of paintings, and all the windows are in fact some stained-glass windows which colored the entire Cathedral. We also went upstairs (after having climbed at least a hundred steps…), and I think that it was a real chance to be able to see the inside from that angle.

At the end of my visit, I was sure that I had already seen that place before. But where? And then I found…

…MARY POPPINS!!!!

I am really pleased to have take that class (Art and Society), because it enables me to discover a lot of new places.

Let’s discover my program for next week!

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(Image from google)

When the snow moves in London (22-01-13)

Who said that London was a rainy city? Definitely not, this week-end it was more “The city of the snow!”  When I woke up this morning, I opened my curtains, and then, what did I see? All the streets totally white!! What a beautiful sight! I slipped into my boots (some new one that I bought especially for my trip to London), and let’s go for a walk at Regent’s Park. It was looking like if all the trees were covered with a tiny coat of sugar. SO CUTE!! But I have to confess that with my big scarf, my mitten and my hat, I felt like an Eskimo!

See you guys for more adventures !

(Image from google)

Beginning of classes (17-01-13)

Yesterday was my first day of classes. Honestly, I was a bit scarred on the morning when my alarm rang. I didn’t know what to expect. I travelled by my usual tube (the fantastic Nothern Line), and it was so crowded that I saw two trains leaving before being able to enter in one. A new facet of London that I am afraid, I will have to face every class day. But let’s go back to my classes. It was AWSOME! I have to confess that I was afraid it would have been a bit boring. But I was definitly wrong. It is really interresting, and finally not so hard to understand (even if sometimes I have to ask the persone next to me to repeat or to explain some words).

In short, the semester starts rather well.

See you guys !!

First week in London (12-01-13)

I think we should call London : “THE GREY-CITY” !!!

I wonder how long I will have to wait to adapt myself! On the morning, when I wake up, I look by the window and the weather is so dark that I feel like it is already the evening. It is really depressing…

But even if it’s grey outside, let’s have sunny thought ! These last seven days happened so fast that I can’t say I didn’t have fun. Every night it’s a new club or a new bar, new people and new games. It seems like if it will never stop!! (I have to confess that I am already a bit tired..).

Now let’s discover the second week and the beggining of our classes.