LETTER TO AMERICA (2008)
Dear Mom,
Having finally gotten to Venice I thought I'd update you on the first week of the course in London. Knowing that I was one of only two Americans in the group was a bit intimidating, but after my first day I realized that the English are all really nice if rather eccentric. I'm also looking forward to adding all the British, uh, slang I've heard to my vocabulary...
I'm also getting used to the English accent fairly rapidly through pretty much solid lectures and hanging around my new friends. But most importantly I'm getting an even more extensive knowledge of Art History through our visit to Christie's, the Tate Modern, Richard Rodger's Architecture partnership and a private visit to the National Gallery. The public Art lecture by Vivien Lovell has inspired me to pursue a career in Art History.
The London week was a really great way to get to know all the other students. On Tuesday night Christie's hosted drinks for all of us-and when they kicked us out at 7:30 there was a mass exodus to the pub across the street. All 42 students crammed into the top floor to knock back a few, uh, lemonades, which was a great ice-beaker.
I'm really glad that we had the London week to bond instead of being packed onto a 36hr train journey to Venice, as they used to do back in the day. I'm having an awesome ("fab") time here-I hope everything in Cleveland and the USA is going well!
Lots of love!
Laura
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