Sunday, August 30, 2009

If you be my bodyguard, I could be your long lost pal.
















So London London London.. what is there to say! I has been a very good week and i have seen and observed more beauty in art and people than most people could attest to. I cannot believe how much we have packed into this one short week here so far and I definitely cannot believe that this is only the beginning of our journey. The 2nd half of the week started out with some rain which I usually Love! But it put me in a really odd mood at first but got better as the day progressed. After class we went to the Saatchi Gallery which had some amazing contemporary art. Among my favorite pieces in this place was a room full of mechanical old men in wheelchairs. Now if you know me you already know that i have a slight obsession with old people so this just about made my day. It made me a little sad at first because their expressions were plastered with saddness and lack of hope but I found the overall piece to be really interesting. After the museum a few of us got lost and just roamed around the city and then that night almost all of us went out dancing for a few hours which was amazingly fun. It was great to see everyone in a good mood just enjoying each other's company and having fun. Thursday and friday were full of the Tate museum, the Wallace Collection, Les Miserables, and the Tate Modern. Each of the Tate's had some of my favorite artists and pieces that we have recently learned about in class and I was so excited to see them in person.The Wallace collection was this amazing mansion with art combing every wall and a amazing armor collection downstairs with some beautiful pieces. Les Mis was absolutely beautiful and I got to sit next to Eug and Kruegs which made it that much better! Friday night a few of us were just planing on being lazy and relaxing but we were convinced by a certain lady to come out with everyone and I am glad we did! We went to this amazing place called KOKO which had a mixture of live music and dancing music and again we were just all so silly and fun. Saturday was a girls day complete with farmers market, Observatory, starbucks, Pjs, parks, and a ton of pictures. We had a beautiful day in Greenwich and came back home to be hit with exhaustion so we spent our last saturday night in London relaxing. It has been a wonderful week and I can't wait to share more adventures with you all! I think I will be posting a link to my flickr account because i am taking way to many pictures for your own good.. :) Love you all.
Cheers,
Dana

ps. They played this song while we were dancing and it was probably the highlight of my night knowing every word to a song we danced too! haha It was also redone with a higher tempo so don't think im crazy. :)

3 comments:

  1. Great song! Great album. The video for this song had Chevy Chase lip-synching the words. Funny. :)

    It is truly amazing how much you've packed into this first week. Thanks for the updates!

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  3. dana i love this song (and paul simon) the pictures are amazing, im glad youre having so much fun girl!

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