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Learning to Live as a London Local
Because it’s midterm week and I’m in the middle of writing like seven papers, today I’m just going to share a post I wrote for AIFS’s student blog. I already shared this on Facebook a couple days ago, but here it is again if you missed it. If you want to learn more about the American Institute for Foreign Study,…
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Dam Good Times in Amsterdam
My relationship with Amsterdam up to this point consisted of pinning endless amounts of canal houses to my Pinterest board. Canal houses at sunrise, canal houses at sunset, canal houses in the rain, shine, and with or without the perfect bicycle in front. I love cozy things and places and people, and in my mind Amsterdam was the epitome of…
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A State of the Nation
“The only times the city can breathe freely is when a wind blows in from a far-off place . . . . this city is a world of its own, a country within a country,” writes Amanda Craig in the novel Hearts and Minds. London may as well not be part of England, for much of its Englishness has been…
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I’ve a Feeling we’re not in Kensington Anymore
I ventured out of my posh little West London bubble yesterday to East London, specifically the Shoreditch neighborhood–not to be confused with “Shortage,” which is what I thought it was when British people say it. While probably not as famous as Camden Town, which I’ve yet to go to, the market on Brick Lane is probably one of my favorite…
