Yes it has been an awfully long time! We apologise for our lack of blogging over the last few months, it really is not acceptable. After the last blog we finished our degree which was a welcome relief. We put up our shows (Photos of Anna's to follow) and survived the private view...
...organised, built and promoted our London show with many thanks to the help of our amazing families and friends. It looked amazing, we had a brilliant weekend in East London and quite a few people had interest/got jobs from it. Altogether, a big success(more photos to follow).
Lots of hard work, energy consumption, blood sweat and tears took us right through to the end. I am glad to say we have come out the other side too...
Since then we have...here goes... been travelling... Italy...Slovenia...Croatia...Bosnia...Serbia...Hungary...well that ticks off five new countries on the 'I have been to' list. Along with lots of beautiful beaches and fresh seafood...
...1 incident with cackling, howling jackals, much night swimming, a discovery of sea urchins (I had a lucky escape but ended up being doctor to all), head-banging and getting involved with the face-paint at a HALF YEAR(!?!) Party...
...eating the juiciest peaches and nectarines ever, my first time driving on the other side of the road in a left-hand drive...
...many mosquito bites, lots of good books, a photo shoot at Selma's house in Sarajevo (WATCH THIS SPACE!), a massive history lesson and a trip to our first festival of the summer 'EXIT' in Serbia. Exit was amazing, enduring, overwhelming, music, booze and sun-filled. It was the reunion/celebration Anna and I had been waiting for after finishing uni...
Jack Murray gets first prize for best-dressed at Exit it in the male category...
...or maybe second after Alex Bec in Katie's sequinned top, on his birthday...??!
...but it has to be Anna in the silver Lame leggings in the 45 degree heat that takes the women's prize!
After the endurance test that was Exit, we travelled home via Budapest. We spent one much-needed day at the beautiful Gelert Spa, bath and pools. The same night, Voytek took us to some of the most interesting, inspiring bars and clubs, all hidden away on tiny nothing-looking streets. The unassuming entrances led up the the highest roof gardens or breaking out into massive courtyards full of recycled furniture, collected lamps, pictures, mirrors etc. The language barrier proved particularly testing on our journey to Balaton airport (never do it-pay the extra, trust me!). We awoke to the train inspector waving his finger in my face and then pointing at the tickets exclaiming "no,no,no,no...no". Half-asleep and confused, it took us about 20 minutes and an amateur game of Pictionary (illustrators, what illustrators??!) for us to realise we were on the wrong part of the train...phew panic over and we arrived...home.
Thankfully tanned, we then GRADUATED!! Both with 2-1s. We are very happy with our 2-1s as the marks we lost (or rather the marks we never gained) were replaced with occasionally partying. Anna and I both agree that this is always necessary in order to hold on to a little bit of sanity...
WOW. That was one long post that involved hours of finding/organising and choosing photos...I will re-cap on other things that have been happening recently in my next post...for now I must pack for Bestival (watch this space too!)
(N.B Some Photos borrowed from fellow friends and graduates: Jessica Bonham, Vaughan Ward, Katie Waters and Isobel Evans. Check the links to view their work.)
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