so it is my last day at iwpr, and i am sitting at my desk doing nothing, which is par for the course really. i can't believe that time has gone by so quickly. it seems like only last week, i was interviewing with Caroline and being assigned my projects. now, i am getting a going away party of my own and i have made headway on the afghanistan elections pages. i am going to finish my articles from the states and continue freelancing for iwpr from home. i'm lucky to be able to continue working on my projects from the states. i have really become invested in the elections and it will be a nice portfolio boost to continue working with this organization.
it's also our last weekend here in london. last night, julie, amanda, cait and i went out to this fabulous irish pub in picadilly circus. it was one of the most amazing pubs i have ever been in. it was mammoth, although from the outside you would never guess the maze of stairs, floors and woodwork awaiting you. there was a giant tree carved into a pillar that appeared to be holding up the entire pub. (waxyoconnors.co.uk)
today, while eating my lunch of vegetarian quiche and blueberry tea at what has become my favorite lunchtime haunt near work, i realized just how short of a time i have here. it is going to be a week full of 'lasts'. as excited as i am to continue my journey through europe, to bavaria and finally home, it's sad to thing that i wont see amanda, caitlyn and julie for a while. we've all grown so close and thinking that i can't just go grab dinner or a cider with them will be so strange. luckily, we don't live that far from each other and are already planning visits for the fall.
really, the only thing that has been a damper on this entire trip is Arcadia University (who orchestrated the program). the class was completely useless, the paper was rushed and unorganized and they haven't been helpful in the least. my intership placement was perfect and their random roommate assignment worked out amazingly, but i feel as though the latter part of that equation was a complete accident and not at all based on research of any kind. i love my intership. i hate that i gave Arcadia an exhorbent amount of money to complete it.
our trip to italy was hectic and wonderful. it's something i am really unable to describe in words, a first for me, i know. but as ansel adams once said : "When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence". i hope that you check out the photos i have posted on the flickr site. they are just a small sampling of the 300+ pictures i took on our trip, but i feel as though they represent it well and they are the ones i like the most. i threw them up kind of hastily, so they are unedited and are exactly as i took them, no photoshopping present. (i ask that if you are going to use the photos in any way to please let me know via email: otonoga.1@gmail.com)
this weekend, claire and i are headed to surrey to see leonard cohen. amanda, cait, julie, kevin and i are going to high tea at thelanesborough (thelanesborough.com). and we are going to try to hit up harrods and portobello road again for some last minute gift shopping. i'm excited to see what london holds for my last few days here.
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