carolyn explains it all: Being a Tourist...

The past few days have been hectic and busy but so great! On our second day, we started off with a orientation for the summer. We learned about the internships and life in London in general. After a break for lunch, we headed off on a three hour walking tour! Our tour guide took us on the tube over to Buckingham Palace and then we walked all around. We saw Trafalgar Square, Picadilly Circus and most of the popular tourist places. We were able to take some good pictures but we didn't spend too much time in one place. One of my favorite things was seeing all of the elephants around London. The elephants are everywhere! They have all been painted by famous artists and will be auctioned off in the next few weeks and are rumored to go for hundreds of thousands of pounds! The money will all go to helping with the near-extinction of the Asian Elephant. We were exhausted afterwards but we had made plans already for the night! We grabbed a quick dinner at a Lebanese restaurant which was delicious- however we experienced some intense anti-Americanism there. We hopped on the tube and went to the Jack the Ripper tour! Apparently, it is a very popular tour- so much so that there are bunches of them and we almost got scammed out of going on the 'acclaimed' tour we saw in our tour books. The tour was so interesting and disturbing. It's amazing how historic London is, and that so many of these buildings have been around for so long and every area has its own story!Today most of the students had confirmation interviews for the internships. Another student from KU, Courtney is also working at MediaEdge so we were able to travel together this morning! The interview was so informal which let me breathe a sigh of relief. I met my supervisor, Susie, and we just sat in the cafe at the office and talked about the job! The company seems amazing and I can't wait to get started!

Below are some pictures of my apartment and from the walking tour!