The first week of classes came to a close Friday as students prepared for their busy weekends ahead. For some, their plans included traveling to various countries, for others it was discovering new sites around Cambridge, others were settling in for a weekend of reading and preparing for the week ahead of challenging classes. Personally, I had a very exciting weekend in store as it held a visit from my boyfriend, Josiah, who had just finished studying abroad himself at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, as well as a day to myself in London (every introvert’s dream)!
Saturday was a fantastic! It included a charming production of Sweet Charity put on by the Cambridge Theatre Company, as well as Josiah’s arrival! I was ecstatic to see him, as it had been almost two months since we had last seen each other, and excited to show him my home for the summer! Once he got into Cambridge, we got some incredible pizza (thank you Pizza Express) and walked around the streets of the city!
The next day, I was able to show Josiah around our gorgeous campuses at Pembroke and King’s before we hopped a train to London.
Unfortunately, because it takes about three hours to get to Heathrow Airport from London, we did not get to see the city together, but we had a great time on the train talking and watching the countryside roll by. After I dropped him off at the airport (yes, there were tears) I hopped back on the underground and headed into the city!
Of all the things I love about London, the fact that all the museums are FREE is probably one of the things I love the most. So, naturally, my first stop once getting to the city was the Tate Modern.
The Tate was established in 2000 in the building that once housed the Bankside Power Plant, and now is home to an incredible collection of modern art!
I could spend days wandering the galleries of Tate. The halls of the museum house some of the most incredible art I have ever seen. Not only do they have works of masters such as Monet, Warhol, or Picasso, but of budding, cutting-edge artists as well. It makes for a beautiful and powerful fusion of different styles, voices, and subjects. Each exhibit has a strong and impactful message that, ambiguous or literal, the viewer can then interpret as the colors, textures, and framing of each piece sunk in to their mind. A lot of the exhibits were very impactful and striking. Some was even hard to look at and did not shy away from relevant contemporary issues, bringing them out into the open rather than shoving them under the carpet as hard issues sometimes are. The museum is a must visit if you are ever visiting London!
Anyways that was my weekend! Time to get back to the grind for week two of classes!
Comments