Exciting Right? I'm halfway through completing an 8 week placement at a small independent museum, I'm living with Tania in a small flat in whitechapel - right around the corner from trendy brick lane which is full of markets and just a stone throw further is the columbia road flower market, my favourite way to spend a Sunday. There are so many museums that I haven't even made a dent and I'll never manage to see them all. The weather is great, the city is loud and bustling, the people are very, British.
Overall... City life has been a bit of an adjustment. Before this year the biggest city I'd ever lived in had a population of 100,000. The majority of my life has been spent in Tavistock, population 2,000, home of the world crokinole championship, the Tavistock Braves and the cheese factory. But here there are rats, smells and odd habits that I've just never encountered before. On the other hand there is culture and art and food. Great food. And out flat is clean and in a beautiful old building, although there is a pack of boys who sit directly outside my window every night. Sometimes they even blow up glass bottles.
I'm working 9-5 for the first time ever, commuting and my free time is mostly spent filling out job applications... We're all so busy we rarely have time to see our friends anymore. So its Tania and I against the city. Ok to be fair we had a pretty crazy flat warming when my brother visited and next week we're hosting a stache and balderdash party - we need help to create a Candyland Mural on the brick wall of our courtyard to cheer the place up.
Check back soon to find out whats up next. Employment isn't looking too plausible right now so it may be a trip to Malaysia to save turtles, an internship in Lijiang China or a much needed vacation in Croatia...
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