Internship Placement and Pics

So, today was an exciting day!! I had a meeting with the woman with FSU that is coordinating our internships and learned that I will be interning at emc3, which is a lively event-planning/marketing company in the Notting Hill neighborhood of London. I am so thrilled to learn more about them, and I have a meeting with the director next Wednesday to get to know him a little better as well. Here is the link to their website, check it out! Apparently they do some pretty big events, like "stuntman training, Sushi Masterclasses, Fashion events, and Olympic treasure hunts". I hear it is a lot of work, but I'm up to this exciting job! AHHH CAN'T WAIT!

http://www.emc3.eu/

Also, if you're wanting to give me a shout out in the form of presents/money to fund this insanely EXPENSIVE study abroad shindig, feel free to mail packages to:

Heidi Faust

99 Great Russell Street

London, United Kingdom WC1B-3LH

Okay, so today a group of nine of us went on a site visit to a massive company called Lloyd's of London, which is a major insurance exchange. This is one of the neatest buildings I have ever been inside. It is very secure and the dress code was very strict (we had to get "business prof" as we call it). The neatest thing was that the building was inside out. All of the piping, bathrooms, elevators, and meeting rooms are located in pods suspended on the outside of the building, and the inside is clean cut and simple. This maximizes the inside space the company can utilize. The building housed four entire floors of desks where "Underwriters" sit and negotiate with brokers looking for coverage on things from J-Lo's butt to Water-Skiing Elephants for movie sets to army fleets. This was definitely a site visit I enjoyed participating in.


Lastly today, some of us joined our professor, Dr. Mee and his wife for scones and tea, and took part in a religious discussion about C.S. Lewis and how his life changed and how our lives have changed since coming to college. This was very enjoyable, and is a great way to get to know my classmates better. The night ended with many of my peers jetting off to the pubs while I stayed back and worked on the big Statistics assignment we have due tomorrow. They were able to finish their work while I was at Lloyds...oh well! There will be plenty of nights out!

Still working on getting batteries for the camera to upload pics..oops. Stay tuned chaps (<learning new lingo everyday)!

Okay so I'm gonna throw some random pictures at you, enjoy.

My room in our lovely flat. 

Kitchen

Living Room

 Me, Liza, and Amanda

The whole group before seeing a play called "39 Steps"...it was mehh. 

 I think this picture is so cool, it shows how many new buildings there are going up in London, and are surrounded by beautiful old buildings like the one below it. This was right outside Lloyds.

Me, Andrew, and Amanda looking spiffy for the Lloyd's visit. 

The "Inside" of Lloyds (looks like the outside should)

 Four floors of Underwriters and Brokers waiting to negotiate insurance. There are about 4,000 people work on these floors. 

 View from the "outside" elevator. 

 A room in Lloyd's that was transported in some thousands of pieces (maybe 15,000) from another older location. This is definitely a surprise to see in such a modernized building. 

 Escalators on escalators...

anddddd to wrap this up....DIAGON ALLEY....THAT'S RIGHT...HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!