{"id":1428,"date":"2018-11-12T13:15:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T17:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2021-01-11T19:55:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T19:55:21","slug":"a-year-in-london-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/2018\/11\/12\/a-year-in-london-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Blankenship: Post 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian Blankenship
\nLondon School of Economics
\nLondon, England
\n2018\/19<\/p>\n

It has now been nearly two months since I arrived in London and began my studies at LSE. It has been difficult adjusting to the different class format here at the school, but it\u2019s been a refreshing change. I\u2019ve had to improve my studying habits and time management skills in order to properly take advantage of the many activities present in London, and to also keep up with the rigorous schedule here. Aside from the different class structure, I do slightly miss the short 5-10 minute walk to class from the ABC\u2019s that I had last year. It currently takes me 25 minutes of brisk walking from my dorm in order to reach the closest lecture hall. However, I very much enjoy the walk to class every day. It\u2019s a pleasant experience to prepare for class and the coming day. During that walk, I cross the Blackfriars Bridge, which provides me with a view of the River Thames along with the London Eye and St Paul’s Cathedral. This view has become especially nice the past few weeks when the sun is setting.
\nAdjusting to the different pace that people move and act here in London is much faster than back home. Aside from lunch and dinner, where people seem like they have all the time in the world, everyone seems to be in a huge rush to get wherever they\u2019re going. It\u2019s like everyone is running five minutes late to work at all times and cannot afford to be late anymore. This rushed attitude is extremely different from the sauntering that\u2019s commonplace at Hampden-Sydney and back home in Danville. It\u2019s taken quite a while in order for me to speed up my walking pace so that I can keep up with the people I\u2019m with. Another thing about London that has surprised me is the food. Before I arrived, I was warned by many people who had previously visited London that the food was not very good. I came into the city extremely worried because we are not provided catered meals in a cafeteria and I\u2019m a rather picky person. However, I have been pleasantly surprised by the food options. I have not yet had a meal I didn\u2019t enjoy, and I\u2019ve only resorted to eating McDonalds three or four times. Unfortunately, there is no Chick fil-A in England and that has been a huge struggle to deal with. Overall, the food has been delicious and the huge variety of cuisines has me excited to try new things every meal.<\/p>\n

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The view from Blackfriars Bridge at sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christian Blankenship London School of Economics London, England 2018\/19 It has now been nearly two months since I arrived in London and began my studies at LSE. It has been difficult adjusting to the different class format here at the school, but it\u2019s been a refreshing change. I\u2019ve had to improve my studying habits and time management skills in order to properly take advantage of the many activities present in London, and to also keep up with the rigorous schedule here. Aside from the different class structure, I do slightly miss the short 5-10 minute walk to class from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-year","tag-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2225,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428\/revisions\/2225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}