Hi again! We just got home today from a 4 night stay in Costa Brava on the coast of Spain. We stayed at an all-inclusive resort called the Sunrise Hotel in the region of Lloret de Mar. Our resort was located only 300 metres from the beach. We spent our few days lounging by the pool and on the sand next to the Mediterranean. The 'sand' along the beach was surprisingly rough. It wasn't as soft as we had imagined, but rather a cross between sand and gravel. We soaked up a lot of sun and came back to the rainy [View Full Entry]

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Hello again! This weekend is a long weekend for us (Monday is a holiday, although we have no idea what the holiday is.) We've been rather busy enjoying our three days off! On Saturday we went into Milton Keynes to watch a football match (soccer) with some colleagues. We met up at a pub for a few pints before the match and enjoyed a social day out. We had a great time! It was the last match of the season so the fans were in high spirits! On Sunday we ventured to Windsor to see Windsor Castle. We took a train [View Full Entry]

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For the last leg of our journey we visited two cities: Verona and Venice. After leaving our hotel in Pisa, we made the three and a half hour drive up to Verona. It was the longest stretch of driving we had to do all trip and we managed to drive it successfully without getting lost. After checking into our hotel we drove into Verona for the rest of the day. While we were in Verona, we saw the Arena (the third largest preserved amphitheatre in Italy, built in the first century AD), the local market, and the Casa di Giulietta (house [View Full Entry]

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Ciao! Our four days exploring the region of Tuscany has come to an end. On Thursday we picked up our car in Rome and drove a scenic route along to the coast to Siena. Siena is one the most beautiful medieval cities in Italy, second only to Florence for its artistic and architectural treasures. Siena sits on top of a very high hill and has many narrow streets. After spending the afternoon and evening in Siena we headed towards Florence (Firenze in Italian) to find our hotel which was located in Campi Bisenzio (about 10km outside of Florence). The drive took [View Full Entry]

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Buongiorno! It’s our last night in Rome so we thought we’d put up our pictures before going to bed. Tomorrow morning we pick up our rental car and start driving north. Our plan, as long as we don’t get too lost, is to make our way to the beautiful medieval city of Siena and then finally we will arrive in Florence tomorrow evening where we will stay for three nights. After Florence we will be spending one night in Pisa, one night in Verona, and then three nights in Venice. We will put up another blog post later with more pictures [View Full Entry]

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Happy Easter everyone! We spent Friday and Saturday of our long weekend visiting Stratford-Upon-Avon and Warwick Castle. We've put up lots of pictures for you to look at. Stratford is a very pretty city! We rented a car for the weekend so we can now officially say that we've driven on the wrong side of the road and did not cause any accidents! Driving on the left definitely takes some getting used to, but we managed to go the correct way around all the roundabouts. We began our day on Friday driving along the winding roads to Stratford-upon-Avon. On Friday we [View Full Entry]

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We just returned late last night from spending three days in Germany. We went to inspect the locations and hotel that we will be visiting in June with 45 students. We flew into Cologne early Monday morning and were greeted at the airport by the car rental agency that we had rented a car from. They drove us to their office where we picked up our car, a Toyota Auris. Bri was the driver since Will isn't quite 25 and also because our colleague that came along is an Aussie and he's used to driving on the left side of the [View Full Entry]

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Hello again everyone! We're at the beginning of another half-term here in England. We've decided not to go traveling this week since we're saving up for a two week trip to Italy in April. Well, more accurately, we've decided not to go traveling on our own dime. We leave for Germany early Monday morning for an 'inspection' trip! We're going to Cologne and Boppard to 'inspect' the locations that we're bringing 45 students to in June for Activities Week. It's a "vacation" so to speak that we aren't paying for! We're traveling with another teacher that we work with and we [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! Another week has passed, so we're now one week closer to our next half-term break. There's nothing exciting happening at work other than we've started negotiating a possible contract for next year, just in case we decide to come back. But, we went into London for the day yesterday with our housemates and visited Madame Tussauds wax museum. It's amazing how realistic the wax figures look. Enjoy the pictures! [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! We don't have any stunning, scenic pictures to put up like in our last threes posts from Berlin, Zurich and Paris. We hope you enjoyed seeing all of the pictures! We are now three weeks into the current term. There are only three more weeks left to go until our next one week break. We are happy to report that some our classes are going a lot more smoothly! Dare we say that the students are beginning to settle down and behave? Knock on wood! The first Monday back to work, January 7, was Briana's 25th birthday so we [View Full Entry]

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