MUSING
1 Month Words by Emma Larson
3 Countries
In January of 2019, I sped away from the cold and snow and instead, explored London, Amsterdam, and Florence! Although exhausting, the experiences and new friends I gained were incredible and invaluable. I had never been on a flight longer than four hours to Mexico, I had also never been out of the country besides Mexico so an 8 hour flight was daunting, but surprisingly quick! Jet lag is SO REAL and I had never felt so tired in my life. After I gathered my bearings (and took a long nap), I headed out on stop one of this adventure.
London London Eye The London Eye was one of the coolest things I had ever seen but I unfortunately didn’t get the chance to go up. It did however make for a great photo op. We actually took a boat up the river to the eye and then back again so seeing it from the river as well was a great experience.
Buckingham Palace
Of course, we HAD to see where the royals live and it definitely is a place fit for a queen. The pure architecture outside was amazing. I could easily get used to living here.
Photos courtesy of Emma Larson
Borough Market & Shakespeare’s Globe
For this J-term class we read Shakespeare’ As You Like It so it was fitting that we visit Shakespeare’s Globe. On our way there we did run into the famous Borough Market, this place I’m telling you gives food truck festivals a run for their money. Filled with every food you can imagine as well as other goods like meats, breads and juice bars it was the ultimate food lovers dream. I was sad when I had to jet off to the Globe but was excited to check out such a cool part of history. The modern Globe was built in 1997 was modeled after the 1644 version of the Globe, an important ode to Shakespeare and the impact he had on literature. We were lucky enough to be in London when Macbeth was playing, being it was January, we saw the play in the separate indoor part of the Globe Theatre. One of the best plays I had ever seen. 28 | Canvas
Harry Potter World I myself am not a huge Harry Potter nerd, (I’ve seen maybe one movie) but it was a really neat experience getting to see where the movies were filmed and all the real sets and costumes on display! I lived vicariously through the real Potter nerds while drinking butter beer and watching their excitement filled me with a want to read the books and understand the amazement.
