The days have flown by this week as I have gazed bleary eyed from train and coach windows at the wintry landscape. I am concerned slightly for myself at the minute however, as I manage to fill my hours eating copious amounts of bread and procrastinating from doing anything other than what I should be doing! In the last 7 days I have visited no less than 4 UK cities all along the M4. I spent a quick Friday night in Cardiff and then on to Swansea for Saturday to while away the 'big wide world' fears and pretend I was an undergraduate again just for one night. I then travelled briefly back to Kent before popping to Bristol for a couple of days. I have always wanted to live in Bristol as my view of it is a busy eclectic city still small enough to bump into friends in the town, so this was a great opportunity for me to learn more about the area. After one cocktail and a couple of ciders I was into my friend-making zone and danced the night away with some lovely random people in a small graffiti-covered bar. I relish the opportunity to make new friends and see life from a different point of view; think of all the billions of people you'll never ever meet in the world, at least I'm almost scratching the surface! Aside from the intoxication of my week and weekend, my biggest revelation was walking from Victoria Coach Station to Charing Cross in London along the Embankment and through Westminster. Despite the gloomy weather and drab concrete smothering the lifeless grass, I smiled as I remembered all of the other European cities I visited last year, and how amazing London really is if you look close enough. I have lived 40 minutes outside of London all my life, and yet it is only now that I am beginning to appreciate its history and value, despite the weather. I often think there is a joke about a person being 'touristy' especially if they are local to an area, however really we are all tourists, and should grasp the opportunity to discover new places and learn more about where we are from with both hands. I suppose in writing my blog I'm not only telling a story to you, but also to myself; putting my thoughts down on paper so they become more palatable and can be used for your and my personal development. In this case my lesson of the week is that being comfortable in what you are doing is not enough, you must 'do one thing that scares you every day' (Eleanor Roosevelt).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
About meI enjoy writing and have had experience from my degree and through working on news posts. I hope to use this blog as a summary of extraordinary things I've discovered or witnessed in everyday life. Archives
March 2020
|