Everyone keeps asking me: Are you getting excited? Well, no - I want to respond - who could be excited about traveling to lovely London, exploring its many wonders, making new friends, experiencing new things, and learning new skills, all while earning credits toward my degree? My penchant for sarcasm aside, let me assure everyone here and now that YES, I am very excited and indeed have been since I first heard of this program over 6 months ago.
I have spent some time in London before now. Spring semester of my junior year at University of New Hampshire I attended Regent's College, and I loved it! London is an amazing city -- and this from a confirmed country girl. What fascinates me is the juxtaposition of the old and the new. There is an ultramodern hotel near city center which has all the angles and sheen of the new age of architecture. But if you travel through an arch set into the building you enter a courtyard. And there, with the massive hotel towering behind you, is a preserved section of the London Wall. The London Wall encompassed the original city of London about 1800 years ago when the Romans first descended upon what was then called Londinium. This evidence of the living history incorporated into an ever changing city is one of my favorite aspects of London, and one I hope to incorporate into my assignments.
So, with the countdown to departure almost to single digits (10 days left!) I am more than ready (and very excited) to start this new adventure.
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