HMS Belfast + London Bridge Rising

One of the perks of being an Intern at Hi-London is the fact that I am also able to see the different sights of London while helping student learn English, or being a chaperone.

Eh, no biggie!

Monday's trip was to the HMS Belfast, I had no clue what it was or the history, but on the way there I got to see the London Bridge, which then reminded me of a children's rhyme; London Bridge is falling...yeah anyways...
On the tube (train) ride to the HMS Belfast I started thinking about how I actually haven't started the 'meaty goodness' of my internship. So far I've been on several trips around London, but I haven't actually sat down in an office or a computer to do anything related to marketing or office work. I mean I've been surrounded by different cultures, the children are Italian, Spaniards and Saudi; the teens are Italian and also Saudi. Some of the office staff is German, Italian, American, Korean-American, but no office work.

Hmm...

These scared the crap outta me...they were all through the ship

HMS Belfast is the first Royal Navy Warship named after the capital of Northern Ireland, and it is also one of the United Kingdom's well known warships. Its career ranged from World War I to the end of the Korean War, and has been docked in Thames River on display as a museum. When we arrived at the ship we let the students wonder about the vastness of the Belfast, I didn't even get to go through the entire thing.

Honestly it was kinda creepy, maybe it was just my mindset. I mean England has a lots of history and the Belfast was used in different wars...pretty much I think it could be haunted. I actually think that a lot of places are haunted in England, don't ask me why but that's my first thought. Besides if being haunted I think it is cool to have something like this available to the public (for a small fee of course) to learn about an important piece that played it's part in wars and also people are able to learn about the various parts of the ship and the lifestyle. They also had the smells correct too, oh gosh the smells.

During my trek through the Belfast one of the teachers kept mentioning "I can't imagine how the soldiers lived the way they did," I replied "It's all about the mindset you know, they were prepare to give their lives for the Queen and their country..."

At that moment I realized that I have to put myself in a mindset to do certain things, the soldiers back then were no different.