"You alright love?"
The most common British greeting ever. P.S. You are everyone's love, darling, and sweetie here. Fear it, embrace it.
Haven't actually started "teachings" at all, things don't officially start till October 4th so my flatmates and I have decided to travel as much as possible.
Flatmates ar amazing by the way. There is:
Stephanie from California.
Stephanie and Kait the twins from Cheeks!
Wei from Denmark/China.
Hazel from Korea.
Katie from Surrey.
Sophia from London.
It's a wonderful mix and everyone is super sweet and brills.
(We spend most of our time coloring in MY Hello Kitty coloring book which makes me a GENIUS for bringing it in the first place. People from other flats come by to color in it as well. *toots horn*)
The other USAC kids are fantastic as well. Charming bunch. Our advisors in the American office, Mary and Zoe, are terrific. Their advice to us? "Please don't be a boring lot, we are trying desperately to forget the last group that was here. And that one girl...pain in the arse."
All in all Brighton is marvelous and I am very blessed to be here.
There are a few film festivals coming up and I am so excited to be able to meet local English filmmakers and see what types of stories they wish to share with the world. The cinema here is completely different from America and the narratives are fascinating. There is a local cinema here, kinda like The Pageant (shout out) and I am excited to visit it. Also, I cannot forget about the theatre scene, there are tons of plays I am excited to see as well. It is almost like Brighton is San Francisco and London is New York. So much art and history to soak up. So many stories, so little time.
Another interesting fact is that our flatmates, well and other random Brits love the American accent. They think WE sound sophisticated. So...grass is greener y'all. Oh and another thing always be prepared to answer, "So what do you think of Obama and what is it that he has done that you dislike?". Number one question. ALWAYS.
I need to start reading the newspaper again because changing the conversation to Oprah and Disney does not always work.
So this video has London, Lewes and Wales.
London - can't ever put into words. Even more brilliant the second time.
Lewes - a super small town with mounds of history. Thomas Paine used to hang out here. THOMAS PAINE! COMMON SENSE! The man that more than pushed us towards our Revolution. Lewes also features a 15th Century castle, Anne of Cleave's house (Henry dumped her in Lewes after he divorced her luckily she saved her head), and no noise what so ever. Super quiet town where everyone can see the bloody castle from their backyard.
Cardiff, Wales - my new favorite country. 50% of the population speaks fluent Welsh so most of the signs are in Welsh. CRAZY! We only stayed for 2 days but Welsh people have to be the most hospitable people on the planet. The hostel we stayed at was the nicest place. Thanks Abi and Charlie!! If you ever need a place to stay The River House is the spot. Wales also is where Roald Dahl is from which, if you were ever a child, is a pretty big deal.
Till next time
S'later
Cheers!!
Youtube is crap so there is that. Also I need to stop filming with my iPhone but whatever, I am lame as well.
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