A Day in the Life

So basically, this blog post is just going to be all about a day in the life of Chelsea: how I get to all the places that I have to go and what happens when you get there. I documented today (as Brittany Tankersley will surely appreciate) my journey to the British Library, and Seth came along with me! So as promised, this is mostly a picture blog...join me on my "photo" journey through London...

First, we must make the trip through Harlesden itself. Here's a look at our street:


Nice and quiet, right? Yeah, not for long! Then I turn right on the main road and it all changes - the loudness and craziness of it is not accurately depicted in these pictures because it was early in the morning when I took them:




A pretty church on the main street:


The Post Office where you can't mail things OR buy stamps:


The final stretch to the tube, where the second part of the journey begins:



There it is! The glorious Willesden Junction tube station!



Platform I always go to for the train:



Alright, I have to admit, this entire time of picture taking, I was definitely getting stare downs from all the natives. By the time I got to the tube, I was feeling a little out of place with the camera. Basically, let me explain better: the tube is a strange place. There is no other place like it. You do not look people in the eye. You can definitely creep on people when they are not looking at you, but when they do, do NOT acknowledge. Also, it is dead silent - no, worse - tube silent. Do not make loud noises. Do not act like a tourist. Do not take pictures of random people on the tube. This is the code. One must abide by it.

So I really wanted to take a picture while I was on the tube, because it actually looks pretty cool when you can see all the way to the front car - kind of bizarre really. But, I'm a chicken and I didn't. I didn't want to break the code!

Therefore, we have begun the third part of the journey, which begins at Euston station. Euston is a huge station - for trains coming into the city from the rest of the UK, as well as Overground and tube trains and who knows what else! It's also a massive bus station, so yeah, definitely a lot going on there.

The splendor of Euston station:



Then it's outside for the final walk to the British Library, which is a pretty nice walk. Nice as in pleasing, not as in a long way:




And the finally destination- the British Library! I love it!




And a peek at the inside (can't take pictures where I actually do my studying - not allowed there!):



And the glory of the locker room, where you must put your stuff before proceeding to the reading rooms, where you can study and study and study and...yeah, you get the idea:

I will work on a day in the life where I go to campus and you can see those pics as well!