 | Sugar Cookies
2004-04-21, Business Computer Lab, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | Yesterday was a really lazy day. It was raining/cloudy all day and when I got back to the flat around 3pm all my flat mates were watching TV or sleeping. Finally around 7pm Rachel and I decided we w... |
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| Hostels
2004-04-20, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | Hostels are an interesting experience, to say the least. The first hostel Hilary and I were at in Prague was a little scary at first. They sent us into this building that looked really rundown and u... |
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 | Easter Break: Sleeping in the Airport
2004-03-24, Stanstead, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | “Hilary, we should have come earlier to reserve a spot!”
Hilary and I didn’t realize that the airport was such a popular hangout. We thought that 1130pm was early, but found out that there were ba... |
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| Easter Break: Overview (Read this first)
2004-04-13, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | If you don't have time to read all the journal entries about my trip this is a good place to start. Each of the other journal entries goes into much more detail about each city and various experience... |
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| Back: safe and sound
2004-04-08, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | Hey everyone! Hilary and I made it back from our travels yesterday at about 3pm. Since them I've done laundry, loaded my pictures onto my computer, and slept a lot! Unfortunately I won't have any p... |
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 | Back in England
2004-04-04, England, United Kingdom. By: khart | | Unfortunately my trip has been cut short. When I got to Miami airport after a great week in Barbados, I found out from my parents that my Grandpa had died. Needless to say that I changed my flights th... |
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 | Still here!
2004-03-28, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. By: fuschia | | A few little details, for anyone who's off to another country for a long time. I phoned up to get my E128 which arrived within a couple of days, very efficient. I also easily got an E111 and a form to... |
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 | Losers' Club
2004-03-22, London, United Kingdom. By: celind73 | | The Generator youth hostel is a wonderful establishment. Dirt cheap and safe accommodation in central London. With a late night bar. Generous prices in the bar, gaming activities, big screen TV, and p... |
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| Update on Education Issues
2004-03-21, Student Village Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | I recieved the following email from the Student Union Treasurer at Swansea today. It's in regards to the issue of top-up fees. The way education works over here is that everyone pays about £2000 a y... |
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| Preperations!
2004-03-21, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. By: fuschia | | So, it's five or so months before I set off for my year abroad but that doesn't mean there is nothing to do! As part of my four-year degree at Leeds Uni, it is compulsory part of my Italian/Philosophy... |
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| Final Plans
2004-03-18, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | So Hillary and I booked our Hostels today. Everything is almost all set. I'm just waiting for a UMasser that's in Geneva for the semester to get back to me. I can't believe we leave in under a week... |
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 | Oscar
2004-03-18, Bilston, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | To avoid confusion, Oscar is my parents' cat. And the last picture I made myself when I was still at home. I just really like the picture. The first two are made my by sister and were recentely send t... |
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 | St Patrick's Day Parade
2004-03-14, Birmingham, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | Because this was the weekend before St Patrick’s Day (which is on the 17th) there were a lot of activities in Birmingham. There was a big parade for example. After New York and Dublin the biggest St P... |
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| Easter Break
2004-03-16, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | I'd first like to point out an interesting fact I learned yesterday. I guess I had just assumed that it would be a requirement like it is in the States for British students to take typing lessons in ... |
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| Politics, Education, and $$
2004-03-09, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | Looks like UMass isn't the only place that in recent times has been having issues with budget cuts and department closings. There's been a lot of strikes and what not going on here recently. I'm not... |
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| Beautiful Spring Weekend
2004-03-08, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | This weekend was very nice. I didn't go anywhere except horseback riding on Friday. I just spent the weekend relaxing with my roomates.
Horseback riding was very relaxing. We went to Brecon Beac... |
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 | Shrewsbury
2004-03-06, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | I went to Shrewsbury today, it's about 30 minutes by train. And I was very lucky because it was a beautiful day. The train took me through a beautiful landscape with a lot of hills.
Shrewsbury (60.... |
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| Remembering
2004-03-05, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | How the hell did we wind up like this?
Let's rewrite an ending that fits
Instead of a Hollywood horror
CD 3/5/2003: in our hearts wherever we may be. |
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 | It's not fair
2004-03-03, Bilston, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | One thing that drew my attention here is that, not matter what the weather is like, a lot of English people wear practically nothing. Especially when you go out. All you see is girls with miniskirts (... |
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 | Pembroke
2004-03-01, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | When Tristan, Allison, and I departed by train on Saturday to Pembroke, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. We decided pretty last minute that we were going away for the weekend and d... |
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 | Snow Day!! (Yesterday)
2004-02-27, Campus Library, United Kingdom. By: trip2wales | | It actually snowed!! Ok, so it was only about 2 inches that stuck to the ground but that's way more than they usually get. My flatmate Alice told me that she hasn't seen that much snow since she was... |
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| Food
2004-02-25, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | To end the chocolate discussion, a colleague of mine bought me a Cadbury chocolate bar.
A very nice thing to do. And I have to admit that the chocolate was very good. Very sweet, it reminds me of Mi... |
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| My Friend The Blue Whale
2004-02-24, London, United Kingdom. By: celind73 | | London, UK. One of the largest and most famous cities in Europe. More tourist attractions and sights than most other places. Enough to create memories for a lifetime for the average person. My first v... |
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| Wolverhampton Nightlife
2004-02-23, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | Fridaynight we went out with a 41 year old woman and her daughter.
That sort of thing seems to very normal here :-) But she went to all the nightclubs with is and showed us around. It wasn't strange... |
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 | 10 Duke Street
2004-02-24, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. By: Manda | | I had a discussion at work today, that nothing that came from the rest of Europe was any good. That the UK makes the best cheeses (I do not agree!), the best beer and the best chocolate (Cadbury's)in ... |
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