The Halloween celebrations in the United Kingdom began the week before Halloween. My roommates and I visited Thorpe Park, an amusement park a few hours outside the city. We rode some haunted themed roller coasters that took us on an upside down thrilling adventure. The park set up many haunted mazes. Once darkness came around,…
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Bye bye Fall Break.
My time for traveling has sadly come to an end, as my brief respite from school and work ends today. On the exciting side however, this week is symbolic of being in London for over half of my program! Parts of this are exciting, while parts of it are sad. Just last night I met…
Ode to Baklava
Do not go to Greece. I repeat, do not go to Greece. It will ruin you. Fall break was a whirlwind, Whereas most people seemed to explore one or two places, I ran through three countries and five cities. First up was Prague. A midnight trip to a city where words look like gibberish is…
London UK
Good afternoon, good evening or good night. Right now, it is 10:27 PM London time. What an amazing few weeks it has been. I took a trip to the Kenilworth Castle in Stratford and enjoyed the views of some beautiful castle ruins. To get there, I enjoyed a ride through the farmlands and countryside of…
Up at the O2
A little bit of background: I do not enjoy heights. Roller coasters, don’t mention them. Anything that does not require my feet being planted on the ground is not a thought that comes to mind. Well, one step at a time, and 52 meters (about 170 feet) later, I got over that fear, even if…
I’m not ready for you, Winter.
I may be from Colorado but studying at Rollins sure has made me a wimp when it comes to the weather! About two weeks ago it started getting colder, and when I say colder I’m talking the lower to mid 50s. Let me just say, I haven’t missed this weather. The funny thing is though,…
Changing the Channel
It’s dawn, if 4 am qualifies as such, and the morning of Fall Break is nearly upon us. I am writing from a London bus which is on its way to Heathrow Airport, and the driver turns corners so fast my suitcase keeps slamming into me.Even though, I will (possibly, at some time today) be…
Halfway Point!
The passed two weeks have been fun and busy, just as all the weeks seem to be. Picking up from my previous post, Saturday October 10 my boyfriend came into town. We had planned on staying in an Airbnb place, however upon arrival (and due to previous situations) we decided that it was not going…
Venturing into London’s East End
There are some who proudly proclaim that Chicken Tikka Masala is the UK’s national dish, substantiating this argument by putting particular emphasis on UK now exporting the dish to India. There are, according to the multiple tour guides who have taken me around Brick Lane, more curry houses in London than there are in Mumbai….
Fall Break Eve
As I sit in my desk at work my mind is filled with thoughts and anticipation about tomorrows early morning departure to my fall break adventure. Though I should probably start referring to it as autumn break after a colleague jokingly scolded me for using “Americanisms” but that’s a tale for a different day. We…