Internship Weekly-Journal 6

Holly Osborn

Tuesday & Wednesday 28-29 February                                                  Total Hours: 9

This week Lucy and I did a lot. Yesterday we were assigned to go to different venues to get leaflets and diaries for upcoming events. We split up so we could get it done faster. I went to the Barbican Centre (way out where we usually go). It's hard to find, but since I'd been there for an assignment before I was able to find it. I waited for like 30 minutes for a March diary of events so eventually the man working gave me their copy, which was nice. I then made my way to Wigmore Hall near Oxford Street. All day the tube lines were delayed, needless to say I'm glad I brought a book to read. At 2:30 we made our way to Trafalgar Square to meet Julie on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery. We went inside to the cafe where we got tea (look at me, getting addicted to tea), where we gave her the leaflets we collected. She then went over some of our work she proofread, making suggestions and letting us know what we needed to fix. We hadn't seen Julie in 3 or so weeks, so it was good to touch base with her. We came back, made the corrections on the work she went over with us, and called it a day.

Inside of Harrods

Today was probably another one of my favorite days/"is this really my life" days. We were assigned to go shopping (rough) at Harrods and Fortnum & Mason's. When I say shopping I mean look around and see what our 5-star tourists would like to buy...because honestly I would have to use all the rest of my London money to afford a scarf in there. Although I couldn't buy anything I had a blast looking around. Harrods is like Bergdorf Goodman in America...it's huge, has everything you could ever need, but it will cost you an arm and a leg to get it. They had restaurants, a wine/cigar cellar, appliance area, as well as every other typical large department store. My favorite area was the women's dresses area, where they had 5,000 pound red-carpet dresses, which I am sure I will dream of wearing while I sleep tonight. We then made our way to Fortnum & Mason's, not easy to miss with it's adorable outdoor musical decorations. This place was a lot more quirky and open than Harrods. We were surprised to find that it didn't have clothes, but a lot of other small specialty items. It was a little less pricey, but don't get me wrong I still found a 2,500 pound bottle of Dom Perignon. I saw a ton of adorable tea-pots that I will definitely go back for at the end of the program if I have extra money. We came back, arranged our thoughts into notes for a later piece, and called it a day. You really could spend a whole day in these stores if you wished.

2,500 GBT Bottle of Dom Perignon 

Adorable music art in Fortnum & Mason

Last week I wrote about trying tea for the first time, now this week I can safely say that I have become addicted to it. For the first time when we met Julie I could order a tea with everyone else and not just a lame hot chocolate. I thought this addiction was harmless, until my mom informed me that tea has caffeine in it, now I'm in trouble. Aside from more tea adventures, a cultural experience that I had this week was being able to experience a more posh lifestyle of Londoners. Although I couldn't spend money in Harrods I got to observe how the people who shopped their live. People seemed less rushed than those who frantically run around Oxford Street are, and the sales people didn't get up in our faces trying to convince us to buy their product. I was afraid they weren't going to let me in my sweatshirt and jeans, but they did. It was definitely a more relaxed shopping experience than I'm used to. I saw a woman walk out with like 6 full bags of stuff, I wonder how much she spent? Probably as much as my house is worth back home :)