http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/AnnaAdventuring/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from AnnaAdventuring en-us Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:08:04 BST Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:08:04 BST Well I have made it through my first week on the CELTYL course I have enjoyed my first week although it has been a lot of hard work. I am lucky enough to be living fairly close to International House it only takes about 10 minutes to get here every morning which is great. There are 9 of us on the course altogether and we are quite the multicultural bunch. We are ranging in age from 2150 and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-301763.html I had a very early start today. Dad and I left for London in the early hours of the morning and reached Gatwick in good time. I had a lot of time to kill at the airport so we had a leisurely breakfast and I bought a Spanish phrase book and an alarm clock I cant believe I left my clock behind its probably the most vital thing when I have early starts for college each morningThe flight was g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-297954.html Well I leave for Barcelona tomorrow morning. I have to get up at the ridiculous time of 4am but I guess it's all for the good as I'll arrive in Spain in the afternoon which should give me some time to get my bearings and locate International HouseI am currently in the process of repacking and double checking everything http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Suffolk/Ipswich/blog-292725.html Disneyland http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-292036.html Visited Keely's old home http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-292031.html Back to Humbolt http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Humboldt-Redwoods-State-Park/blog-292029.html Trees of Mystery http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-292020.html Second day in the redwoods http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-292017.html Off to the Redwoods http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Humboldt-Redwoods-State-Park/blog-292014.html Visited the local gold mine today http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-292009.html We set off for Julian today an old gold rush town. We whiled away the drive with a singalong to Fellowship The Lord of the Rings Musical Parody We stayed at Julian hotel which was absolutely gorgeous and after a lunch with fresh apple pie set off to Julian Stables for some horse trekking. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-292005.html Day trip to Universal Studios Hollywood http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Hollywood/blog-291154.html We went to the beach today....... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-291102.html I had an early start this morning and went with Keely to meet her babysitting charges and help get them ready for their day summer camp. It was fun to meet the kids and they showed my all over the house and garden and then ate their breakfast while bombarding me with questions about England 'What's the best thing about living in England What's your oldest building Do you have fairies in England http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/blog-261534.html I woke up fairly early this morning which was very surprising. Keely took me to San Juan Capistrano where we were planning to visit the mission. It was nice to finally be alone together to catch up on news... not that we really needed to after all the epic emails we sent each other over the past year We stopped off at Trader Joes an organic supermarket and bought some food.San Juan Capistrano w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-260702.html I am now in California. The flight was predictably long boring and uncomfortable as flights generally are. I arrived in LA and had fun and games getting through customs. The airport staff in America seem to regard everyone as a potential terrorist or something and were decidedly unfriendly. In addition to showing my passport I had my photograph taken and my fingerprints scanned and then instea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-260697.html Well we set off for home this morning. On the way we visited Chartwell the family home of Winston Churchill from 1922 until his death in 1965. The weather was gloomy again but we managed to walk through the gardens to the house before the rain started. We explored the house most of the rooms were kept decorated as Winston's wife Clementine had arranged and the house still had a very homey feel. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-259925.html Well I am off to the States soon but I thought I would kick start my blog with my weekend away and hopefully get the hang of using this siteThe plan was to visit Stonehenge and Avebury today spend the night with my aunt and travel back on Sunday morning. We woke up to a torrential downpour but not one to be put off by a bit of good old soggy British weather I insisted we stick to the plan... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/blog-259668.html