A first day to remember
I get asked the question all the time when I meet new people: Why in the world would you choose London? Out of all the cities that I could have chosen through the Journalism school, I have greatly pondered that question. Well, the answer is always simply that I came over here for the internship program. What a great decision! Since it was my first day today, I felt incredibly nervous about what I would be doing. I think that it will be different each day. It was easily the best day ever today. I went to shoot video of some prep work for the BAFTAs, which are the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. From my understanding, the BAFTA is like the Oscars of London. I’m excited for the coverage until the show on February 8th. I met some wonderful people who were so helpful to get me acclimated to working on a PC. It is true. For this job, I need to do away with my Mac ways. I was set up with a Microsoft email address as well as MSN messenger. It will be a bit of a change to learn a PC again after using exclusively a Mac, but I’m up for the challenge, and I’m excited to go back.
Yesterday, I checked out some beautiful sites at Bath and Stonehenge. First we went to Stonehenge, which was in a beautiful area. I still don’t understand why these people created something so massive. While the stones didn’t look that big, they weigh tons. Why in the world would these people chose to find a way to lift these stones and put them on top of each other. There must be a zealous religiosity that drove them to create something so massive.
Bath was wonderful. The city itself seemed like it was built among history. Every shop was in a building with interesting architecture. When we went through the Roman Baths, we were told not to touch the water, but just being there was an experience. There was a man who recited a prayer to Sulis Minerva (the whole bath is in praise of this god). While in the moment, I threw in a coin. Back when many visited the baths, folks would throw in curses against people who had wronged them for the pettiest reasons. I learned a lot from this tour, and I think I will really enjoy taking these British Life and Culture field trips in the future.
the Roman Baths