Class and work officially started this week.Blah.But I guess that kind of comes with the territory when you are studying abroad.I really like work.I am in the PR department.The office is kind of small, 150 employees total.There are 3 ½ people in my department (plus me).The half comes because there is one guy who is launching a campaign through Scouts but he is only working in the department temporarily.The office consists of mainly middle-aged men.My bosses are really funny and enjoy what they do so that always makes work a lot better.They have no idea what my talents are, and I know very little about the Scouts so for right now I am glorified secretary, but they more I do the more responsibility I get.I did get to write my press release though so that was exciting.

I managed to get all my classes on Wednesday, so I can work Mon, Tues and Thurs, which means no Fridays!The English put all their classes into one day a week instead of splitting them up, so Wednesdays make for a long day.I have all my classes with Jill, Melissa and Jordan (from next door) so it is quite the bonding day.The campus was bombed during WWII (I believe) and when rebuilding they just wanted it done fast.Not much thought or architectural design was put into it.So the buildings are very boring and blah.Pretty much it is no IU.

First I have Play Critique.Throughout the semester we get to see eleven plays for free.Of course, London being the theatre capital of the world this is awesome.During class we talk about the different plays we've seen and learn about different playwrights and styles of theatre.

Next we have Marketing in the UK.Our class is a tiny little room in the basement of one the program's houses.There are eleven people in the class so the teacher notices if you fall asleep or miss class.Usually, this wouldn't be a problem but this is painful it is so boring.The professor smells of old coffee, says 'yeah' after every other sentence and pounds easy to understand concepts over and over into your head.

We have a short break before our final class.This week we decided to explore campus.We went Saddlers, City University's pub.Yup, they have a pub in their student union along with pool tables and things of that sort.We sat around there for a little while before attending our last class.The last class is a mandatory one that everyone in the program takes.It talks about working, living, etc. in the UK.It is interesting, but it only goes surface level on all the topics so it is not very difficult.

Over the weekend I went to Portobello Market (Notting Hill anyone?).It was probably about 1-2 miles long.The beginning is lots jewelry, scarves, and random antiques.The middle section is all fresh foods and the street vendors.The end stretch is clothes, more jewelry and some other random shops.I split up from everyone and just wandered on my own for awhile.I was tempted to by a pretty sweet samari sword, but I restrained myself and opted for a scarf.

I met up with Jill and Val eventually and we went in search of a place to get lunch.The street vendors looked amazing, but we were freezing so we began to search for a place where we could sit inside, in the warmth, and enjoy our meal.Everything was packed.We had to pass about 25 restaurants that were jammed full of people.During our search we did come upon the Travel Book store (again from Notting Hill).Unlike in the movie it was not on the corner but sandwiched between other shops.After posing for a few pictures we were on our way again looking for lunch.After walking the entire length of the market we found a small little sandwich shop.We warmed up and headed back out into the market.

We did some more looking and shopping and just as the market was finishing up we picked up some fresh foods from the market section.First we had nutella filled crepes from a vendor and then picked up some fresh bread, humus and goat cheese.