I tried to blog yesterday but blogger wasn't working for me. Yesterday, Monday, Sally and I met in front of the flat and met up with the coordinator of the program, Jenny. She let us in and we were in for a great surprise. The flat is huge, with three bedrooms, and in a very central location. Here are some pictures:
My room!
Anna C's Room:
Sally's gigantic room! :)
Half of the living room:
Other view of the living room:
Adorable kitchen!
Bathroom #1 that has shower and no toilet:
Bathroom #2 that has just toilet.
We were told that the other Anna was coming in on Tuesday due to a delayed flight. So Sally and I decided to get acquainted with Old Town, walked around, ate dinner, and went grocery shopping. We then spent 2 hours successfully fixing our gigantic television. It was fun and we get along swimmingly. Today we woke up to let the other Anna (Anna C.) in and showed her the place. We met with our program coordinator, Jenny, who took us to lunch (thanks epa!) and explained that we'd be meeting with our internship companies today.
I was told on Monday a little bit about my internship and learned that I would be working for the Media Company Limited. This company produces four popular magazines, Spain, Living Abroad, Foodies, and Edinburgh Festival! (Their most popular magazine in the summer). Today I met with my future supervisor, Sue, and she is awesome. She basically told me that I would be in the production room with the editors of the magazine daily and that I would be insanely busy and have a lot of responsibilities ranging from pdf making to image research to writing articles and everything else in between. The staff includes only about 12 people who seem upbeat and creative. I start on Friday and will work 9-6 five days a week. I'm really excited about this. Sue gave me copies of all four magazines and they are so interesting and comparable to magazines that I like a lot in the US. The job will be really fast-paced and I feel like that suits my personality. I definitely won't be bored! More on that after my first day Friday.
The city is so beautiful. It's friendly and small and not that busy and the views of the castle are fantastic. The city screams nostalgia and romance. :) :) :) I just like the fact that the streets are not overcrowded and each side street apart from the main downtown has a lot of character.
Tomorrow Jenny (program director) takes us on a tour of New Town. I will try to take more pictures and post! If I don't get to blogging regularly, it's because I'm having a smashing time OR we haven't installed internet yet at our flat.
Hope everyone is well, leave some comments so I know you are alive, too!
7 comments:
How great your job sounds. I bet you're going to be really busy which is good! Really nice flat you have too. Nice to have your own room eh????
Much love to you. All is well here.
Mamishka
NOSTALGIA! That was the city screaming.
That's it. I'm out. I have nothing else.
Is that my coat wadded up on the bed????
fun to follow your grand adventures (or at least their beginnings) -- everything sounds and looks great -- let me know how that church was -- greenside presbyterian??
love
Steve
I'm alive, and I will survive (a la Fame lyrics...). Also, I'm totally loving your pictures and blog updates. Your job sounds like it will be the good kind of crazy. Woohoo!
Anna Bo,
I just read through your entire blog thus far and feel like I'm traveling with you--thank you for taking the time to share your adventures with all of us! Your job/internship sounds fantastic and I know you'll do a smashing job! Miss you already and can't wait to read more of Anna's Amazing Scotland Affair. Love you girlie,
Ash
I'm alive and missing you! So excited to hear about all the fun stuff you'll get to do at your internship. Hurrah for SCOTTIES!
~Al
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