http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Nila/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Nila en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:54:41 +0000 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:54:41 +0000 Well this is just going to be a brief post about my last week here and to say good byeThis week has been pretty relaxed other than the fact that there was studying for finals to be done... Both of the finals went well I think. Both of them were essaystyle to give you insight into what they were about I wrote 4 page essays about the following topics1 How has Blair perpetuated the economi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Oxfordshire/Oxford/blog-81270.html Well I decided it is about time for a post about what things have been like here in Oxford... This might be kind of random as it will just be covering a few events from the last week and a half.First of all the weather this week has been drastically different from the first week. I have been wearing my jacket every day all the time because it is quite cool and windy here. Additionally it i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Oxfordshire/Oxford/blog-79436.html Well I would like to begin by saying that no matter what conclusions the title of this post may bring you too I really did enjoy Paris The weather was great the entire time we were there. It rained Thursday before we arrived and dropped the temperature from highs near 100 to highs near 80. It only rained Sunday but we were in Versailles and actually enjoyed it...we were sitting at a covered http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-78818.html This past weekend I traveled to Salzburg Austria. For those of you who haven't heard of that place before... it is known as the Home of Mozart and The Sound of Music. As far as scenery goes it is absolutely beautiful I really enjoyed it I will try and put some variety in the words I use so that they aren't all beautiful gorgeous pretty and amazing but it will be hardWe arriv http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-76995.html Well I made it to Oxford safely Today was my second day of classes and I think that they will be a lot of fun. Our two professors are both very competent and yet they both have an amusing sense of humor which makes class much better My daily schedule is as follows 815845 Breakfast The food here is really good. Breakfast is buffet style and they usually have rolls with jam c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Oxfordshire/Oxford/blog-75505.html This entry is going to be short...because my next one will be really long During our remaining time in London we toured the Tower of London and saw Chicago in the Cambridge Theatre in the West End. The Tower of London was really neat we did the hour tour given by a Beefeater and he was hilarious to listen to and also very informative. Then we wandered through the towers and saw the Crown Jew http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-75500.html We made it in to London safely on Wednesday afternoon. I sat next to a 22 year old girl named Kate from Hungary on the plane over who had never flown before so we talked most of the time and that was really cool. When we landed in the airport Nate was waiting for us and then he my Dad and I headed in to London to find out hotels.Wednesday night we walked around the Southbank area of the Tham http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-74109.html Well I said I wouldnt be posting again until London but since I have free internet in our hotel here I decided I should probablz take advantage of it Most of this post is just going to be pictures from todaz.We began with heading out to Dachau concentration camp. We thought wed be there about 2 hours and ended up being there for over 3 It was incredible just walking around there and go http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Dachau/blog-73555.html A quick forewarning about this post the keyboard I am using has the z and y switched so from now on those two letters will be transposed because I am trzing to tzpe this as fast as I can. sorrzWe left Venice this morning at 515AM and arrived in Munich at 9AM. We dropped our bags at the Creatif Elephant Hotel interesting name for an interesting place... and then headed right to Neuschwanste http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-73238.html HelloWell we are just finishing our time in Venice we leave our hotel tomorrow morning bright and early at 515 AM and head to Munich. Our hotel here in Venice was our first experience with a small private residence. It is simple but adequate with several little quirky things about it such as having to turn on the electricty with the key and you must turn it off before you leave the roo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-72872.html Well I hope that this post works for everyone. I hear that there have been difficulties logging on to my site not that there is much to see here yet... so I apologize My Dad and I just found an internet cafe for the first time so here is an overview of the time here in Rome along with a few picturesUpon arrival in Rome we encountered our first new experience when traveling to the hotel. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-72352.html