The (A)typical Tuesday in London

June 16, 2016

No day in London was consistently the same for us on the Dialogue, so I will describe our last day in London from start to finish. We wake up around 8 and what would usually follow is a 40 minute Tube ride to school with two lectures by dialogue professors and possibly a guest lecture. However, this Tuesday it was completely different from the rest. It was our last Tuesday of the trip and it was a free day. After waking up and getting ready, we had to pack the rest of our belongings and weigh our bags so that we make sure we are not going over our 50 pound limit for the airplane. After that we decided to go to Hyde Park on the two so that we can ride to the city bikes through the park and around the lake. Even though it was slightly raining, we managed to ride the bikes for about an hour and still have fun doing our final sightseeing.
We also visited the natural history Museum where we were able to see exhibits on evolution of the world and animals, exhibits on volcanoes and earthquakes as well as exhibits on different types of insects. They had a number of simulations that correlated with the exhibit it was in. For example, in the earthquake exhibit, there was a simulation set in the Japanese store people were in when the 1995 earthquake hit. To beat out the rain, we entered the nearest Pret to grab a quick bite to eat. Pret tends to be our go-to stop for a quick snack whether on break between classes or on break between field trips and class activities. Before we know it, it’s already the evening time and we decide to take the two back to our dorm to get ready to go out for our last night. We go out to a local pub to grab a quick meal and drink and listen to a live band and music to dance to. We were able to have a late night on Tuesday considering the fact that we did not have class the next morning. However, we would usually be in early so that we could get out for the next morning. No day is very typical in London, so it’s hard to describe one as if they were the same since they were all very unique in their own way!

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Cynthia Orofo

Living in America for the entirety of my life has blanketed me in a shell of American culture and lifestyles. I aim to expand my limited view of the world that I live and learn in everyday and in having the possibility to study abroad, an individual is granted the opportunity to broaden his/her global outlook by experiencing every aspect of that nation’s civilization, culture and society. With this dialogue, I wish to be thrown past my limits and experience first hand what it means to live, work, and learn in an environment completely different from my own. One of my long term goals in life is to better the lives of the deprived and disenfranchised, essentially helping those who may not have or have lost the ability to help themselves. This I aspire to attain later in life by constructing a free health clinic in impoverished villages in Nigeria. This dialogue gives a global prospect on health care systems which can broaden my way of thinking in progress towards a better understanding of the differences in health care systems.