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It was a busy week...

This past week was the first week of classes so there was a lot of time spent figuring out how to get where and not a lot of time thinking about updating this blog.

So here is a summary of my week!

Monday!

Monday was the first day of classes. In the morning was our main lecture class, with all of the study abroad students. Here is my first day outfit while waiting for the tube.

Outside the front doors to school.

In the evening I had my photography class, which is going to be a really incredible learning experience. The teacher is a professional photographer and has been working in fashion and music for a very long time. He began with film and obviously now uses digital but I understood and agreed with everything he had to say. We're already beginning to work on our first photo shoot, which will be a beauty shot.

Tuesday!

My usual Tuesday class doesn't begin until this week, so I had the full day off. Bianca and I joined the gym that day, and had a killllerrrr workout. I had been two weeks since I had been to the gym, and I think I made up for them in that one session. I was sore until friday... This is our post workout shot, when I could barely lift my phone.

Wednesday!

On Wednesday the camera on my phone decided to entirely stop working, so I have no photographic evidence that the day existed.. BUT I had my first British Cultural Studies class. This is the one that tours a different part of the city each time we meet. This class took us to Big Ben, the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and Piccadilly Circus. Places I had been before, but the professor Michael taught us a lot of different things about each. 

Thursday!

Thursday was one of my favorite days in London so far. I had my Fashion History class at the Natural History Museum in London. I arrived in a fluster after getting confused on the tube and lost between the two entrances. But after meeting up with my flatmate and friend Sinead, I won tickets to a concert that night! (It was a really crazy 15 minutes in my life.) Sinead and her roommate had already gotten tickets the day before, so I was the only one waiting on them. I struggled to focus on the butterflies and dinosaurs at the museum because I was too excited for the evening!

The concert was the band 5 Seconds of Summer, who opened for One Direction on their past two tours. This was my third time seeing them live in less than a month. If you don't know who they are, they sing the song She Looks So Perfect. The show was apart of the iTunes Festival, which takes place at the Camden Roundhouse every September, with a different act each night. I have been looking forward to coming to the iTunes festival for the past two years. The tickets are always free, just difficult to get. But we got them!!

The other two had a class later on, so I met them at the school, then we traveled to Camden Town together. The line was already impossibly long, because the venue is entirely standing room. We waited for about an hour, and realized we were probably the only Americans there.

Once we got in, it was a really great time. It was a small venue, so the show was fairly intimate. I felt so close to them. And of course, pictures from the show:

(I will always be a fan of the pre-show stamped-hand picture)

The entire festival is live streamed through iTunes. I watched the videos and found myself! 

(Don't argue with me I am absolutely positive these are my arms.) You can go on iTunes and watch a couple songs if you so desire.

Friday!

My first styling class was on Friday. I had heard a lot of good things about the class and professor. Unfortunately I didn't feel the same way.. He has been a celebrity stylist for a long time and works with Kim Kardashian. He seems like a cool guy, but kind of has a big ego and I felt belittled and dumb when I left class. I understand that this is the fashion industry, but in the role of a professor, I think he should support us and understand that we don't all read indie fashion magazines that are only sold in one bookshop in London, and don't know every fashion stylist and designer.

I had to hit the gym right after to get my endorphins flowing.

Saturday was an adventure, so I'll save it all for one post!