Friday started with a bit of a mishap. We were headed to the Women's Library, when we realized that we only knew how to get the tube station nearby, not how to get from that tube station to the library. It's a pretty obscure place, so of course no one on the street knew how to get there. When we finally found it, the tour had already started and Dr. Smith was a bit peeved with all of us.
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| From Feminist London July9 |
The Women's Library is just what it sounds like: a research institution devoted to women's history, women's issues, feminism, etc. It has a huge archive of material to do research, and the idea was that we'd start doing research on our final papers there. I'm still not sure what I want to write mine on, but it was still really neat to go and see.
After that we explored the area around Brick Lane, the historic Bangladeshi area of London. We watched the film Brick Lane for our course, which is the story of a Bangladeshi woman's experience in London - I really enjoyed this film! Lots of shopping followed, until we were exhausted by the heat and headed back to the hall. We went out for a drink later to celebrate our first week in London!
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| From Feminist London July 10 |
Today, I got up early and met Eddy's dad and step-mum at the Tower of London. We had a terrific time! The crown jewels of the English monarchy are on display there - which are just stunning - and they had an exhibit on royal armory from Henry VIII's time until today. It was still super hot, but not as bad as yesterday. Later we went to Covent Garden, a big shopping and restaurant area for Indian food. Lovely! I had some trouble on the way back to the hall, as they had closed down certain parts of the underground for repair, but I finally made it back safe and sound.
Tate Britain and Tate Modern tomorrow!
did you know the queen now has a crystal encrusted pair of 3-D glasses?
ReplyDeleteUm, no. But that's amazing. I totally want some.
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