My Study Abroad in England
In and around United Kingdom
Hey everyone! I'm so excited about this trip. I have been working on all the planning details for almost a year now. Being as this is a "study" abroad trip I should probably tell you what I am going to be studying. I am a Business major at Cal Poly and have recently declared my concentrations in Accounting and International Business. I will be focusing my studies for the next year on International Business. I will be attending the University of Bradford in Bradford, England.
Route taken and entries written by Kristen in the UK
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Packing
So I leave on Friday and today is Tuesday. I started earnestly packing last night and so far have packed and repacked about twice. I have actual space... Continue reading »
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Planes and Trains
From London I took a connecting flight to Manchester, which was about an hour's ride. I sat next to a very nice gentleman who proceeded to talk the wh... Continue reading »
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Flying over
So I left my house in Salinas at 10am on Friday the 14th. We had couple things to do before we left Salinas, but that didn't take too long. We stopped... Continue reading »
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Registering for Classes
I registered for classes today at the Management School. OMG it is so beautiful over there. I think that the surrounding part of Bradford where the... Continue reading »
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Skipton and Bolton Abbey
Today we left the University at 11am and headed straight to Skipton. There we were give two hours to look around and have lunc... Continue reading »
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York for the day
So the second "field trip" of the weekend was a day in York. We started a bit earlier today as the drive took about an hour. I... Continue reading »
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And the modules (classes) begin...
So I started my modules this week, which means I've started riding the "school bus" and attempting to understand the way school wor... Continue reading »
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First Hike with Hiking Club
So I decided to join the hiking club so that I could get out of Bradford on the weekends and see some of the countryside. We've actually signed up for... Continue reading »
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Lord Mayor's Reception
Today we were invited down to Bradford's City Hall for a reception and welcome from the Lord Mayor and Mayoress to all the International Students. The... Continue reading »
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England vs. France---Rugby
So night we went to watch the big game. It was the England vs. France semi-final for the world cup in Rugby. I'm slowly learning the rules to the game... Continue reading »
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Nottingham for the weekend
Ian, one of Ramsey's roommates invited us to go with him to his hometown of Nottingham for the weekend. Of course I accepted! We left Saturday morning... Continue reading »
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Lake Distict Hiking Adventure
This weekend we went with the hiking club on their weekend hiking trip to the Lake District. We left Friday night with the club. We had to tie all our... Continue reading »
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Halloween
I decided that I wanted to celebrate Halloween with my roommates. At home, Halloween is a big thing. Everyone ends up participating in it in some way.... Continue reading »
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Monica's visit from Spain
So Monica came to visit from Spain this weekend. I went to meet her at the airport on Thursday night. I had the bus route all planned out. I was going... Continue reading »
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London for the Weekend
So we left Friday evening for the trip to London. This is weekend four of our five planned weekends. We took the National Express, a coach, so we had... Continue reading »
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London for the weekend-day two
So day two...We got up in the morning, a little later then the day before, but oh well. I waited for what seemed like forever for the showers to be op... Continue reading »
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Back in Bradford
I'll have to think of something that happened this week. Didn't want the map to show that I went straight from London to Dublin, which is pretty much... Continue reading »
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UBU Squash Dress up night
So I joined the Squash club/team earlier in the year. Every Wednesday night all the sports teams get together and have what they call "Circle." Each t... Continue reading »
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Can we get to France??
This morning we got up at 5:10am to get to the train station to catch the 6:23am train. I did not go to bed until after one last night because I was u... Continue reading »
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Search for food....
Today we slept in. I did not even bat an eye until around 11am. I stayed in bed until about 12/ 12:30pm. When I got up, I walked out into the living r... Continue reading »
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Just a day of relaxing
Today was another relaxing day. We set the alarm and ended up getting up at 10:30am. Josie and I went and officially checked in to the resort. The lad... Continue reading »
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not going to italy for the day
Today we wanted to drive over to Italy to add another country to our growing list and to go to a market in a town called Cuneo. Unfortunately, we were... Continue reading »
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Skiing in the French Alpes!!!!
This morning I messed up the alarm clock and first woke everyone up at 6:00am instead of 7:00am. I went and got back in bed and then Kyle came and tol... Continue reading »
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Skiing Day Two
Today we went up to the slopes again. I was pretty sore from yesterday so it wasn’t quite as thrilling. We had to stop in town, so that Margeaux and... Continue reading »
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Getting ready for the next part of the trip
Today we just kinda spent time getting ready for everyone to go their different ways tomorrow. We had to do some washing, which was a little difficult... Continue reading »
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Dropping everyone off
So much stuff happened today and I didn't have enough time to write it all out so I have made a bullet point list of the key events. Enjoy! Got up... Continue reading »
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On to Germany!
Got up early 6:30amMade tea in the kitchenWent to the train station and met up with KevinBought a chocolate croissant and fresh squeezed o... Continue reading »
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Christmas Eve In Fussen!!
Breakfast in the morning-ChampagneScrambled eggsBacon, like at home!!Croissants to die forGranola and yogurtThe we decided to go out and explore... Continue reading »
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A white Christmas in the Heart of Bavaria
Got up had breakfastWent to the castle/palace Hogenschwagnau We took the bus out to where the castles are. Only this castle was open today... Continue reading »
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Leaving: Germany; Entering: Austria
Get up and pack all our stuff up.Go and eat breaskfastGo to pick up the carWalk around town because bus coming in half an hourBus drops us off a... Continue reading »
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Day out in Vienna
Not a real good night sleepPeople rude in the morning and coming and going and being loudHad breakfast downstairsReally good jamBad oj, co... Continue reading »
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Out for the Day
Before Christmas break I signed up for this program called the Home Link Scheme. It links international students with a local family or couple to meet... Continue reading »
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Exams Exams Exams
So this was the last day of exams. I am very very glad that they are over. Taking finals here is nothing like the USA. Imagine when you took the SATs,... Continue reading »
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Outing to Lincoln
Last night Gaynor, Ben, Mia, Kyle and I had a relaxing evening in. Kyle and I taught the British how to play Beirut. We had a fun time. Then we played... Continue reading »
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Hiking
So today I wanted to just get out of the flat before school starts up again. I woke up early and despite the threat of rain I went on the hiking day t... Continue reading »
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Girls Day at the Studio!
So I had so much fun in Manchester yesterday. It was really great. When we first got there they took our jackets and bags then asked if wanted somet... Continue reading »
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