Ciao! Hola!

I just got back from my Fall Break trip to Milan and Barcelona! Both cities were amazing! Kaeline and I ate our hearts out in Milan, and then went to Barcelona to party with the rest of the crew! We met some interesting people: a few different people from Australia, some girls from Columbia, and some American students who were studying abroad in France. It was a great trip that I will never forget! There are a lot of photos, so here are the ones from Milan. We walked around a lot, we went and saw the Duomo and other sights. It was a successful trip!

A pretty street in Milan!

The flea market at Saint Agostino

Two of my favorite things: Elle Italia and Wine!

Two more of my favorite things: Vogue Italia and Chocolate!

The Aussies!

A pretty high fashion street in Milan!

Lily Pads in a fountain outside of Prada!

Yes, we drank wine out of Happy Halloween plastic cups

This is my Italy belly, slightly bigger than my regular belly

The Duomo

The statue outside of the Duomo, so many pigeons!

The Columbian girls!

Inside the Duomo

I liked taking pictures of people praying, but it was difficult because other people kept getting in the way!

This is my favorite

The statue of Leonardo Da Vinci

On the roof of the Duomo

Kaeline and I on the roof of the Duomo

The spout!

Inside the Chiesa (I can't remember what it's called)

Ok, and here are the photos from Barcelona. Unfortunately, my camera died on the third day, so there aren't quite as many. Barcelona is an absolutely beautiful city! It is one of my favorites! I did a lot of walking around, and we trekked up to Mount Tibidabo one day. My camera died before that, so there aren't any pictures of it :(.

Pretty flowers!

I just thought the birds on her arms was funny.

One of the many street performers on Las Ramblas

The harbor was beautiful!

More wine!

Some girls we met that were from Virginia; we went to a place called "Chupitas" that had hundreds of different kinds of shots. It was a fun night!

There were a lot of little ally ways to go exploring down

They have their own Arc de Triomph!

Well, my camera battery died right after that picture! There were tons of more beautiful sights after that! I recommend going to this city!

Now I am back in London, and it is very cold here!

Beautiful, Just Beautiful.

Wow! Today was the most beautiful day I've seen in London! It felt like I was back in California! After recovering from last night, I decided to go for a walk through Hyde Park to take some pictures. It was probably one of the most fun times I've had by myself. I also walked over to Buckingham Palace, which really isn't all that awe inspiring, to be honest. I took about 70 photos, here are my favorites:

So what do you think?

Rules for Going Out in London

Over the weekend, Kaeline and I came up with a list of rules for going out in London:

1.    Always start at a Wetherspoons- the drinks are cheap.

2.    Always go to the restroom before leaving a pub- you never know how long it will be before you reach the next one.

3.    If they have it, order a Weston’s Perry Cider- it’s 7.6% alcohol compared to the regular 4.5% of other ciders and beers.

4.    1 pint does not equal 1 drink.  1 pint > 1 drink.

5.    English men are rated on a scale of 1-7- they don’t reach the 8-10 scale.

6.    If you find a man who is more attractive than a 7, he’s probably a foreigner.

7.    If you had the great idea of wearing flat shoes and then changing into your heels when you reach the club, DO NOT change your shoes in front of the bouncers- they will think that you look drunk and won’t let you in.

8.   When the bouncers ask you how many drinks you've had, DO NOT say, "Oooh not that many." Instead, say, "Only 2." 

More to come...

Cheers,

Erin and Kaeline

Let's Crawl

Last night we did a pub crawl in central London! Well, sort of. We only ended up going to two pubs, so I don't know if you can call that a real pub crawl. I think we started too late, next time we will start really early so we can make it to all the pubs. It was a fun night anyway! We met lots of new people and had a great time! No fights this time, so that was good. And I got lots of free shots! Now that's what I call a good night.

Earlier in the week, George and I made a new friend, Fiona, when we stopped in a pub to avoid rush hour after class on Wednesday. She is really cool and is going to show us around Soho, Covent Garden, and Chinatown next week! She also bought us shots of Southern Comfort, mm mmm mmmm.

Fiona, George, and me at Wetherspoon's, our favorite pub because it's so cheap!

 I also went to Harrods on Monday as I said I would. It is so beautiful there! It's a huge store of all the high end designers. I was drooling over all the beautiful clothes and shoes, but, don't worry, I didn't get any drool on them! I can't wait for Christmas time. It will be so fun to walk around Harrods when its all decorated for the holidays! Oh how I wish I had enough money to buy things from there!

Classes this week went as usual.  We went to the Tate Modern again this week, but this time we were looking at the Surrealism gallery.  We studied paintings by the likes of Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, and Pablo Picasso.  We also had to turn in an essay on Cubism, Futurism, and Vorticism, and how Cubism influenced the other two.  Mine was a little shorter than it was supposed to be, but quality is better than quantity!

This is my favorite: "Metamorphosis of Narcissus" by Salvador Dali

I got to write a couple more blogs this week at my internship! It is really my favorite thing to do.  And it's great to be adding those to my portfolio for future reference. I also learned about the project I'm going to be working on with Laura.  Johnson King recently landed a new client, Connect, for a 3-month trial basis.  So now we have to show them that they chose the right PR firm.  I am going to be meeting the CEO, Mark, possibly next week, and the week after my midterm break we are hosting Connect's launch event in which there will be lots of journalists to talk to.  Basically, we want to make sure that Connect is well-known in the journalism world. It's very exciting!

I have also been working with other teams, basically just helping them with any task they need done, like putting together features lists or media coverage analysis, that sort of stuff. PR is turning out to be something I really enjoy! Although, ideally, I would like to do PR work in the fashion industry. :)

I have also been talking to Ethos, the magazine I worked for over the summer, about writing a few pieces for the website about my journey abroad.  I was thinking I could write a piece about Great Britain, and then a piece about my trip to Milan and Barcelona. There's lots of writing going on!

I also recently received an email from AHA wondering if any students have a travel blog they would like to submit to them for their website. My mother sent me an email saying, "Do not, I repeat, do not, send her to your blog!  I don't think it's what she has in mind!!  Ha ha!!  (If any other parents read it, the AHA program will be at an end!)."

Oh come on, my blog isn't that bad... :)