The past five weeks of my life have been spent studying abroad in London and they have been both the best and worst weeks of my life. I have always had a love for British culture and for experiencing the world and I never thought I would actually get this opportunity and while it was …
For my neighborhood assignment, I wanted to pick a neighborhood I knew nothing about but that would be somewhere I would spend my time if I were a local. I decided on Hackney because I had heard there was a music scene there but my expectations were pretty open. I decided the best way to …
Since getting to Europe four weeks ago, I’ve visited three countries and seven cities. Though this traveling was a new experience for me, I feel like somewhat of a pro navigating new places. I’ve been the go to navigator and somehow always manage to figure out how to get us home, even when I’m five …
Walk into any bar on Rainey Street in Austin, Texas and you’ll see a room full of young, tattooed hipsters comparing music tastes and discussing the newest reason why Trump is the literal worst. Walk into any bar in the old Truman Brewery or any other hip bar in Shoreditch and you’ll hear the exact … Continue reading
Walk into any bar on Rainey Street in Austin, Texas and you’ll see a room full of young, tattooed hipsters comparing music tastes and discussing the newest reason why Trump is the literal worst. Walk into any bar in the old Truman Brewery or any other hip bar in Shoreditch and you’ll hear the exact … Continue reading
In a country with a drinking age of 18 and a huge population of people from countries like Ireland who are known for their drinking, having a variety or liquors at your disposal at all times of the day is a vital part of London and U.K. culture. Going out in London means paying at … Continue reading
Every society has its own unique social structure. In the U.S. it revolves mainly around racial economic issues resulting in distinct social groups. Economically disadvantaged people in the U.S. are stereotyped as poor, black or hispanic minorities taking advantage of welfare and other social programs. The terms “Inner City” and “Welfare Queens” bring to mind … Continue reading
One of the things I was most excited about when coming on this trip was seeing things that are old. Like really really old. The fact that there are buildings here that were built thousands of years before America was even “discovered” excited and fascinated me. Over the weekend, a group of us went to … Continue reading
In general, Western cultures do a really crappy job of representing all types of people in any real way. Coming to London, a crowded, big city in a “white” country, I was expecting about as much diversity in advertisements as you see in Austin. In some cases this is true but there have been times … Continue reading
As we’ve been spending more time in the United Kingdom, it has become more clear that there are many things unique about UK politics. Like us in the States, their politics are on a spectrum of left to right with the right leaning conservative and the left leaning liberal. In the past few elections, the … Continue reading
