I have been dreaming of going to London ever since I was a little girl and my dream is about to come true! But before I embark on this journey one obstacle stands in my way; packing. I have been trying to pack for the past three weeks. Starting with laying out all of the…
Category: UK: Queen Mary Univ
With Love From London – I
Jetset Time: T-4 hours Today is the day. I’m writing four hours from take-off, four hours from I-don’t-really-know, but four hours from endless adventure and nerves. Of course, I’m excited. Of course, I have been anticipating this day for the past seven months, but then summer came, and things had to change. With summer came…
Last Minute Preparation
After reading the title of this post, it should come as no surprise to you that this blog post is the very last thing I have to finish before leaving for the airport. It doesn’t surprise me either. Everyone warned me that today would come much faster than I expected, and of course I disregarded until…
London Calling
It is 9 o’clock PM on September 14th, I am sitting in my home that I have lived in since birth, it is storming outside, and I can hear my parents winding down after our day of packing and running around. My mom is beside me scrolling through photos taken at our dinner out and…
Aren’t you so excited?…No, not really.
For months now, I have been telling my friends and family about my upcoming trip to study abroad at the Queen Mary University of London. Immediately, I received the question that would flood my mind for the entire summer, “Are you excited?”. It puzzled me, because I didn’t feel the usual giddy feeling I would…
Going Abroad for the First Time
I’m a junior majoring in Screenwriting and I am about to go abroad for the first time in my life. The farthest I’ve been outside of my own country is Canada and that was when I was four years old, so I really don’t know what to expect. I have been doing my best to…
Queen Mary Pre-Study Abroad Post
Greetings to all of you who are or will be following my blog over the course of this semester! Before I say too much, allow me to give you a little background. My name is Peter Schaefer, and I am currently a senior who is pursuing a degree in economics. I am from just outside…
QMUL Blog Entry 1: Pre-Departure Blog
In the Spring semester of 2017 I had made the choice to go and study abroad in the following semester, Fall 2017. The next major decision was to figure out where in the world I exactly wanted to go. So I sat down with my advisor and proposed my idea to go and study elsewhere,…
The Week Before London
Hello Readers, I will be studying abroad at Queen Mary in London, UK. It’s always been my dream to live in London and I shall finally be fulfilling it this semester. I’m very excited about living on campus at the university. I’ve known other friends studying abroad that had to live in apartment complexes 20-30…
Dining with the Worshipful Company of Loriners – Mansion House Banquet
I was recently presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity whilst in London – An invitation to attend a formal banquet at Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. I was attending as a guest of my cousin, whose father is a liveryman with the Loriners of London. The event…