October 19th, Immigration

Today for our morning free I was part of a group, which went to see the National Gallery. There were many amazing paintings here, but the one, which stood out to me, was the painting in which you had to look at it from a certain angle to see the skull. If you just looked at it from the front it just looked like a giant blob. After our free time we went to a lecture at the College of London where we talked about immigration. Although the topic had little to do with Bloomsbury but it was extremely interesting learning about the Jewish immigrants in London. That night we had a delicious dinner at an Indian restaurant, which also didn't have much to do with Bloomsbury, but was enjoyable. This day had the least to do with Bloomsbury, but it was an enjoyable day none the less.

The National Gallery was beautiful. Not only because of all of the beautiful paintings on the inside, but the building itself was a work of art. I could definitely see some inspiration from the Romans with the columns, which in front of the building. I know I'm impartial because I'm from there, but I think this gallery looks very similar to the Museum of Art in Philadelphia. The talk on immigration was also very interesting because I never really thought of London being a place Jewish people migrated to. I always knew about the Indian population, and found it interesting that the Indian's to the Jewish spot in London.