Oh, the Places You'll Go!...
In and around Europe
I, along with my friend Laura, am traveling to Europe for eight months...We'll study in London, take side trips on the weekends, and then move to Ireland after the first four months and get a job there...wish us luck!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler christina
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All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...
They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step...and it looks like I'm about to take that first leap. I've b... Continue reading »
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Ireland: Consume Me!
Greetings from the Emerald Isle! And that is definitely not a misnomer, let me tell you—green is definitely in abundance, even in January!
Yo... Continue reading »
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Foggy London Town
Well, that last night in Ireland did bring on some more Guinness…and fun. We ended up calling Padraig and meeting up with him at Tig Coili, where t... Continue reading »
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St. Paul's, Piccadilly, Knightsbridge...
So the other night, in case you were wondering, we rescued Amber just in time from museum overload. We didn't manage to get to the orientatio... Continue reading »
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Covent Gardens, Leicester Square, Portobello Road, Windsor Castle...
The sightseeing continues!
Yesterday, when Laura and I had to go to another pointless orientation for our school program, we left Amber... Continue reading »
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Tower of London, Museum of London, and General Gallivanting around Town...
Wow...now I realize why I have to keep up on this blog really regularly--if I don't, I completely forget what I did since the last entry; and if I... Continue reading »
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Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's (again), Soho, Camden Town Market, Warwick Castle, Stratford...and maybe a Good Frolic.
Well, friends, about a week or so has passed since I’ve last managed to write on this blog. The main mental block about doing so comes down to one... Continue reading »
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A Very Silly Blog which I thought apt, and which I'm posting for lack of a real blog...
I was pretty inspired by Shakespeare's Richard III, and so I decided (since I had some spare time between classes today) to compose an epic poem...... Continue reading »
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Some walks about town, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, and a Real British Home-cooked Meal!
Don't worry, I'm back to my usual self, now...I promise I won't break out in such archaic and ridiculous speech for a while--meaning a good month o... Continue reading »
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In Search of Sherlock Holmes, Donovan, and Various Good Times: My jaunts to Regent's Park, Baker Street, Hyde Park, Bloomsbury, Goodge Street, Bits of the East End, and Superbowl Misadventures...
Thursday, of course, brought some much un-needed class...but it was followed up by a trip to the Phoenix Theatre, near Leicester Square, where... Continue reading »
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Dover Castle and Canterbury
We had a really great lecturer on Tuesday night come in and tell us all about medieval Britain, to prepare us for Wednesday's field trip to Dover C... Continue reading »
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The Lion (King), The Which (Way Should I Go?), and The Wardrobe (of Clothing at Petticoat Lane)...as well as some other Not-So-Tackily-Described, Non-Literary-Alluding Places.
After the buses made their way back from Canterbury, Kevin and I went out to the Hammersmith area, to a little independent movie theatre that was s... Continue reading »
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Film, Theatre, and Getting Ready for Travel...
Kevin and I went to Hammersmith for a double feature at the RIverside Studios movie theatre, and we saw Annie Hall and Brief Encounter. Annie... Continue reading »
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J'Adore La France! (And it's a Big One, so Do Not Read unless you have Plenty of Time)
Our trip began at about 12:00 midnight… After packing my miniature messenger bag full of all the bare necessities (thank God for space-saver vacuum... Continue reading »
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Stonehenge, Bath
Alright, kids. After that last, rather long-winded one, I’ll endeavor to make this one a bit shorter…
We barely made it back in time for clas... Continue reading »
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The National Gallery, A Taste of Home, Giving Peace a Chance, Tower Bridge, and Midterm Excitement
“Thoughts ran in me that words and writing were nothing and must die, for action is the essence of all and if thou dost not act thou dost nothing.”... Continue reading »
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Last Day of Class, Walking Home for the Last Time...
I know that there's so much to say--to much to say, really... I've got travels to catch up on, journals to write, and memories to catalogue. ... Continue reading »
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