http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Euro-Jules/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Euro Jules en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:48:10 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:48:10 +0000 Amber is officially gone. She left this morning. I had to drop her off at the airport last night because her flight left this morning at 6am. I miss her. I am realizing how hard it is going to be to leave the people I have met. Feeling a little down today. I am exhausted still recovering from uni stress and an emotional case This trip has changed my life and I have met amazing people. Goodbye's http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Staffordshire/blog-9546.html Well Finals have arrived upon me. I don't think I have ever studied this hard in my life and I don't know if I have any sanity anymore. Here I am to take a break and tell you about my grand trip to Venice. Things have been great here at Uni but I can't believe I only have 16 days till I am back in TX. It is sad exciting scary and a whole other load of emotions mixed together to help with my cr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-9029.html CiaoWell I made it to my homeland of I Italy. I forgot how much I love the country. I am planning to study there for my masters. I love the feel of the Italians. When I arrived I realized how weak my Italian skills were. I can't wait to really work on my skills next semester at UNT. Rome is an amazing place and it is going to be hard to describe the beauty of the things I saw. I arrived at the ai http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-8027.html Well I am officially back at Uni in England. Had a month off to do a little exploring and resting. I needed it and I am finally over the sickness that plagued me for so long HAHA I beat you stomach acid thing Anyway.. sorry it has been so long since I have written in here but did not have a lot of access to a compSpain seems like a long long while ago... I will try to remember all the funnynes http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-7700.html Ok so I havn't left for England yet. I just bought my ticket to fly to Italy to stay with my family before school starts I leave 6 January which is in 42 days I am taking Italian in school and I really need to practice more. My cousin only speaks Italian I am tired of work right now and I can't wait to be in Europe riding subways eating good food and taking naps in the middle of the day I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Stratford-upon-Avon/blog-2194.html Yesterday I went to Birmingham It was a great little well not little..it is the second largest city in England city with brillant shopping There is a mall call the Bull ring that has every store you could imagine I know this is bad but they had Starbucks on every corner Ofcourse being addicted to chai tea I went in and had a chai latte with soy milk Don't hate me I know I am in the mid http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-3733.html Let me tell you how amazing my trip was I went all over with the Southern half of the country and had my own personal tour guide. It was a whirl wind of a trip thoughI stepped off the airplane and had a cup of tea at Andy's house. Then it was off for a three hour car ride to Galway. When stayed at Jury's hotel and once everything was setteled we went on a hunt for food. Little did I know that wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/blog-3579.html I made it to uni I can't believe I am here and I love it Everyone here is amazing and is willing to do anything for you. The campus is beautiful and I have heard in the summer the whole place comes alive. I am starting to get use to the cold weather and everyday it is in the 40s and in the 30s at night. To go out u have to bundle up but I put on my ipod and walk to classI dont even feel the co http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-3581.html Today was one of those days I should have just stayed in bed. I love the fact that England is so laid back and relaxed. The problem is when you need to get something done you have to spend all day doing itMy uni in Texas was not going to give me credit for a class. I ended up having to drop two of my classes and I am trying to add another one. Their system requires you to go from building to buil http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-3609.html I am going crazy waiting for the pancakes my dad sent I donrsquot think I can make it another day There is also a comfy blanket that my cousin gave me for Christmas in the boxToday was a crazy day I woke up early it was around 730 I know this is not early but to a slacker student it is. I went to talk to Professor Bailey about adding my British Government class to my schedule. He is a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-3803.html Tuesday night is for going out The night started around 930 and a bunch of the girls who are also exchange students got together to go out on the town of Newcastle. Our night started at Revolutions and I ended up having two horrible drinks. Then I had two good drinks from a pitcher. The brits are crazy and one bloke chugged two pitchers I really like the two aussies who hang out with Amber an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-3854.html Friday was the best day I have had since I have been in England. Woke up and went for a run out in the countryside. It was beautiful and the hills made my legs hurt for a good two days I didn't realize how beautiful the land around uni is. I am going to have to bring my camera next time. Then I went home to try to do some school work and of course that didn't happen. As I was sitting there being http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-3992.html Josh Amber Kellyaka negasaurus rex and I all made our first weekend journey to Manchester. I only got 4 hours of sleep the night before because Amber and I went to the union had a little slumber party at her place. Woke up ran home and then ran to the bus stop Made it on the train and headed to Manchester.The ride was fast and the virgin trains are the nicest trains I have been on in all o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-3993.html I use to stare at my computer screen at work with its London back round and dream of the day I would be there Well I made it I spent three brilliant days in the city of LondonThe night before London I got a whole 2 hours of sleep. My friend Ben came over at 5 and we talked till it was time to go. He walked me over to Amberrsquos hall on the other side of campus and I was very glad I didnrsqu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-4385.html Woke up and headed out to the tube this saved us an amazing amount of time. We headed out to Oxford Street and that is trouble for two girls I couldnrsquot believe all the nice stores this street had and I wish I had some money to go crazy. I don't think I could have afforded a sock at any of the places except HM love that store We spent too much time looking around and exploring the st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-4392.html Once again I was up at the crack of dawn. 830 is early for a lazy student Walked to the tube to catch a train to the Tower of London. It was very interesting and I still am in shock that I got to see the crown jewels. There was an extreme amount of glitter and glam in one room.It was off to St Paul's church for the rest of the afternoon. I have been many churches in Europe but I have never seen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-4394.html Sorry I have been a little behind on keeping up with the journal. I am not sure what I do all the time ok I know some of you are thinking she goes and enjoys the drink That is not always true but I am sure it is something exciting I just want say thanks to everyone who has sent comments I am such a nerd because I get all excited when I get one Then again I am the strange person who gets ex http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/North-Yorkshire/York/blog-4888.html Spent five wonderful days in the city of Glasgow. I went to visit my friend Jacqueline who goes to the uni of North Texas as well. She worked in the study abroad office there and it was scary how much we have in common. I arrived on Wednesday afternoon and it was a beautiful train ride up there. It had been snowing and everything looked picturesque. The green hilly land was covered in snow and the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Glasgow/blog-5072.html Wednesday morning I was lying all warm and comfy in my bed. All of the sudden the horrible sound of the phone made me get out of my warm cinnamon roll bedlittle Simpsonrsquos reference there for those of you who didnrsquot catch it. It was Amber and she was going to go to Birmingham to go to the Cadbury factory with some people from her marketing class. I was content on sleeping and then wri http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/West-Midlands/Birmingham/blog-5132.html The Land of the Beatles Who knew that an amazing group of men could all come from one place Amber and I stayed up till 3 am and I am not too sure what we did. I think the night involved toast and jam with a movie We woke up and jumped on the coach. Amber slept in my lap the whole way and I just day dreamed out the window. I have been thinking about my mom a lot lately. I have had this incredibl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-5474.html