http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/EmStar-Tiffiths/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from EmStar Tiffiths en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:49:22 +0000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:49:22 +0000 Right so where were weAfter Mom and Pops left I had a month of hell. Four days after they left I had to hand in a 10000 word lit review and pretty much had to hand in the rest of the work that was due for the first part of my course within a month. And so there was coffee lots and lots of coffee. But I got it all in and at the end of the day got the equivalent of a B on my course work. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Pembroke/blog-427673.html Wow okay. What have I been doing Breathing.... So this is part one of what I've been up to starting back right before my literature review was due. Easter Break when Mom and Dad.I saw more of the UK and Ireland in that one week than I have the entirety of the time I have previously spent in this area of the world. Mom and Dad took me to Bristol Bath gorgeous Stonehenge Cardiff Ki http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-404282.html I woke up this morning trying to figure out how was going to compose the next section of my 10000 word lit review on fishing practices and how they have upset the species composition of skates and rays. I made myself a cup of coffee from coffee beans sent with love from Long Island and the smell of it remind me of my father. I wrote 1800 words this morning and I still have miles to go.I've been http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Bangor/blog-381920.html I took the train from Kln to Frankfurt and as Nora had predicted the journey was very pretty. We followed the Rein river for most of the trip. I arrived at Frankfurt on time where in the terminal Jenny and I stared at each other for a few minutes before we recognized each other because years apart introduces different hair cuts and different styles. We spent the night catching up in her ap http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Hessen/Frankfurt/blog-364624.html I find it funny that everyone one spells Kln like Cologne except from the German people. It's the same in Wales the English went in there and started renaming and spelling things. Seriously guys what givesThe first leg of Emily's German adventure took place in Kln with her awesome classmate Nora. Nora's family was kind enough to put me up for about a week before I headed to Frankfurt for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-358771.html I've been all types of busy lately. Sorry for the delayed reaction time in the travel blogs. They really do CRAM a master's into one year. I'm working my little booty off. This module is about surveying planning. The marine biologists share this module with the marine environmental protection MEP master students totaling with 26 students. We as a team are surveying Shell Island off the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Bangor/blog-352510.html So many exciting things let's start from the top.Last weekend I was in Birmingham at the Dive show buying myself a fantastic new semidry so I can dive into the colder months. Wetsuit models always look so silly no one ever looks sexy in a wetsuit. Sausage is the more accurate term to use. My roommate Sarah and I stayed at our friend Harriet's parents apartment and had a small opportunity to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/West-Midlands/Birmingham/blog-342286.html I feel like I should clarify that I am not actually living in Bangor. I barely even go to Bangor. I live on the Isle of Anglesey in a small town call Menai Bridge that lives just along the Menai strait that separates Anglesey from North Wales. Maps in first blog. I only say this because I think Menai Bridge is hella prettier then Bangor.Joining the SCUBA club. I'll be getting a bunch of dive http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Bangor/blog-333525.html As the saying goes I am alive and well.Because of reasons unknown to me and my amazing father I found myself in a business class seat from JFK to Manchester. There was REAL food and REAL space to stretch out and sleep. So I did. After having dinner part 2 I slept almost soundly for most of the flight. The only real downfall of business class had nothing to do with Delta at all. It have http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Bangor/blog-328619.html Well at 10 pm today there is a flight reserved in my name on Delta from JFK international airport in NY to Manchester international in the UK. But I will not be on that flight. My visa did not come in the mail today which also means that I do not have my passport because the British Consulate still has it. So instead of leaving tonight arriving in Wales tomorrow morning I will leave Wednes http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/Long-Island/blog-325667.html Greetings I write on the last day of our adventures of the NorthWest coast of the United States.I'll go backwards.Cory loves Seattle so much she is considering moving here. Barbara and Michael Trentalange claim that we came happen to come on a particularly beautiful weekend but it has been gorgeous. Yesterday we went to the aquarium and down to the market and checked out all the amazing http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-324044.html I leave the country in 31 days.On September 20th I will board a plane for Manchester England. On September 21st after one of the shorter nights of my life I will get on a bus provided by the school and drive two hours to Bangor University in Wales. For those of you that don't know at Bangor I will be earning my Master's in Marine Biology. A one year intensive program September to September http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-314298.html