 | Birmingham, second visit
2004-02-22, Birmingham, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | We went to Birmingham again today. It was a beautiful day. It was cold but it was very sunny.
There are a lot of different shopping malls here and they're all quite big.
They are all put together... |
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 | Wolverhampton Wanderers
2004-02-21, Molineux stadium, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | I was invited to a football match today (the English don't use the word soccer)by someone from work. He paid for the whole thing!
The Wolverhampton Wanderers (or the Wolves) against Fulham. There ... |
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 | Finally some pictures!
2004-02-20, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | Ok I finally posted my London and Amsterdam pictures. If you go back to those journal entries you can view them there or you can just click on the link for pictures and try to figure out which ones a... |
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 | Sorry: Delay on Amsterdam Pictures
2004-02-19, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | Sorry Everyone. I just posted a journal entry for Amsterdam and was about to post the pictures but there is something wrong with the disk. So you must wait until tomorrow when I can burn them onto a... |
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 | Amsterdam
2004-02-19, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | Amsterdam was a lot of fun. It can be summed up as a city of History, Art, Sex, and Drugs. It is quite a unique place: home of Anne Frank's House, the Van Gough Museum, the Red Light District, 'Coff... |
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 | Learning new words already!
2004-02-19, Bilston, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | I'm learning all kinds of new words here! The West Midlands have a lot of funny words :-)
My boss uses the word "bostin" quite a lot. It's another word for "terrific, excellent".
"Boozer" mea... |
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| Questions
2004-02-19, Bilston, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | By the way, if you have a question about how something works here or something. Just ask me on my guestbook and I will answer it here for you! Or you can always email me ofcourse ;) |
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| Nice and quiet
2004-02-19, Still at work, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | Oh, and Sue and her kids (one girl Billie who is about 17 and one boy, Tim who is 19) left this morning. They will be in Venice until Tuesday. I'm very happy that they're gone for a few days. It's muc... |
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 | Cooking
2004-02-16, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | I put a picture on this site with the 'gasfornuis' (sorry, I don't know the English word. Probably something like gas cooker). It's in the middle of the living room and the plates (on which you cook) ... |
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| At work
2004-02-19, Bilston, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | I'm at my work right now. Every morning I wake up at about 7:15 and I walk towards the busstop which takes about 10 minutes. Then I take the bus to Heantun Care in 20 minutes so I usually arrive here ... |
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2004-02-14, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | Unfortunately I have to write in English from now on. The messages I wrote earlier were deleted because on this site you have to write in English.
But it's okay if the guestbook is in Dutch. |
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 | Birmingham
2004-02-15, Birmingham, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | Yesterday I went to Birmingham. It was only for 2 hours but the first impression was very good. Unfortunately we picked the wrong day because it was raining, and today the sun is shining! But that's o... |
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 | breaktime
2004-02-12, York, United Kingdom. By: georgeyp | | I'm at work at the moment, trying to resist the temptation of buying a burger king when I go into town on my break. Only got three and a half months to get another £2500 saved so I’m somewhat of a rec... |
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| Beautiful Day
2004-02-11, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | It is so beautiful out today. The sun is shining and it's in the lower 50's. I went for a run along the beach this morning which was very refreshing. Then I walked to campus from Brynymore road. A... |
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 | London
2004-02-09, Bryn-y-more Road, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | Hey Everyone! Allison and her roomates got internet so I don't have to go to the Library today to email :) We got back at 1am last night from London so I stayed over (I swear Bryn-y-more is becoming... |
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| Stay in your pajamas
2004-02-07, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. By: bwest | | I’ve stayed in my pajamas all day today and it felt so good. I watched some other movies, decorated my room with more magazine pictures, talked to my mom (who I adore and miss so much) and relaxed. ... |
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| Time to slow down
2004-02-06, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. By: bwest | | So far today, I’ve had a really fun time. I’ve done some reading and caught up with my flat mates on news about each of us. Alex is here from Oxford. He’s English and he’s Ele’s boyfriend. They’re... |
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| I met my MSP
2004-02-05, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. By: bwest | | Today was an amazing day! I absolutely loved it! It was my last day of class, first of all. I ended today with my British Politics II class with Antonia. She split us into the SNP, Labour, Conserv... |
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 | Going to London for the Weekend
2004-02-05, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | This will be my last entry for this week as I will be in London this weekend with Allison, Tristan, and Josh visiting my friend Dave and Steve.
Last night was a lazy night for me. All of my flat m... |
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| Gettin' down to business
2004-02-04, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. By: bwest | | I had a terrific day today! I made my presentation in Paddy’s class about the visual arts of Scotland. It was a really fun presentation and I made everyone laugh. That’s always a plus. Afterwards,... |
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| Papers are turned back
2004-02-03, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. By: bwest | | Well, today was a real bummer! I had class with Mr. McCrone again today and he turned back our briefing papers to us. He graded so hard! He said that anyone getting above a 60 is doing more than av... |
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| Picking up the pace
2004-02-02, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. By: bwest | | Today I had class with Antonia Dodds. It was my last British Politics I class, but I have my British Politics II class on Thursday, so I’ll see her again. I went down to a library by Holyrood Palace... |
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| Rain, Rain, Rain
2004-02-04, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | So it's been raining for the past few days and it's supposed to continue for the next ten. I am very thankful for my Gortex boots and my rain jacket and umbrella! Luckily it doesn't usually come dow... |
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| Celtic Folk Dancing
2004-02-01, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | On Friday night I went with other Americans to a Celtic Folk Dancing party. It was held in a place similar to a Young Men's Club. We were a little hesitant at first because we didn't really know wha... |
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