Today was a bit more of a lazy day, though it was good! I got up a little later than usual, but made it to breakfast before it ended with 2 minutes to spare. Whew! Gotta get that free toast and tea! I hung out for a bit, not doing a whole lot, and waiting for my friend Jenni, so that we would walk into the city centre together. I was going for info on what to do this afternoon, and she was looking for a pin that said Belfast, or Northern Ireland. She left me at the info centre, so [View Full Entry]

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So today I headed out on a daytrip to the Giant's Causeway, the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge and Derry. I made a new friend last night at the hostel, Jenni, and she saved me a seat on the bus. Nice to have a seat companion without having to ask that question "Can I sit with you?" I hate that! We headed out to the rope bridge, and our tour guide had told us it would be £2.70 if we went in together with 15+ people. When we reached the cashier to buy our tickets, she told us that the money was supposed [View Full Entry]

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So I arrived in Belfast yesterday, and was greeted by some cloudy, misty weather. I arrived at the hostel, checked in, and then headed into the city centre to check out the tourist office and book my tour to the Giant's Causeway. They also had a big souvenir shop in the tourist office, so I thought that I would check out other shops and then maybe come back. Shops here seem to be open a little later than in England, until about 7pm, or at least on a Wed. night. I also saw the funniest of sights.... TIM HORTON'S COFFEE! It [View Full Entry]

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Well, Liverpool is not one of my favourite cities, sad to say. I seem to have managed to see a huge portion of the city in just a few hours. I also wasn't very impressed with my hostel, which may have influenced my opinion of this place.... I got out of the train station to wet weather, so I put on my jacket and started walking to the hostel. A 10-15 minute walk? Maybe if you're not carrying a million pounds of stuff on your back!!! Anyway, I arrived at the hostel, sweaty and hot, and was able to dump my [View Full Entry]

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Well, I saw a lot today, but I think I saw just about everything I wanted to before shops closed down and the various colleges closed their doors. It's weird that everything down here closes at 5:30pm (or earlier!). I wandered around the city, saw a bunch of different colleges of Oxford University, and climbed Carfax Tower. Talk about small, winding staircases! I got a good view of the city, and took a bunch of photos. Hopefully some of them will be okay. :) I saw Keble College, which was red brick buildings, the Sheldonian theatre, with lots of stone heads [View Full Entry]

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Well, I made it to Oxford, but it was a bit of a challenging day. I had to check out of my hostel in Cardiff by 11am, but my train wasn't supposed to leave until 12:30pm. The hostel there was SOOOO nice, and the guy running it, Charlie, was so nice, that I thought I would give away some of the Canadian souvenirs that I had brought with me (to give to Anna, Ayaz, Ade and Sara, and promptly forgot each and every time that I saw someone!) and they were thrilled! I asked if I could hang out in their [View Full Entry]

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Got up early today.... not by choice, but by necessity. Two of the others in the room were leaving this morning, and making quite a racket as they got ready and packed. I was up and out of the hostel by 9:30am. That's early for me! And I took my time this morning getting ready, having breakfast, etc.... The hostel is really nice. For breakfast there were 4 kinds of cereal to choose from, two types of bread for toast, 6-7 different spreads for your toast, coffee, tea, orange juice, apple juice, milk.... Some places don't even offer breakfast as part [View Full Entry]

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Well, I'm now in Wales. Since I wrote yesterday, I went for dinner with my new friend Stacey and her friend James. He came all the way from London to Chester to see her, and I joined them for dinner! :S I think that she was glad though that I was there, because I don't think she realized that he likes her until last night. After dinner we went to the partially uncovered amphitheatre and Stacey and I did some singing a la karaoke. I had my iPod to help me with the words. Then the three of us sang our [View Full Entry]

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So I had an interesting time getting back to the UK the day before yesterday..... I had booked a flight on Ryanair to leave Paris at 10:50pm and arrive in Glasgow at 11:20pm UK time. While I was waiting for the bus to go the airport, I met an Australian couple who mentioned that they thought they were going to miss the bus they booked from the airport to the downtown area, and was I willing to share a cab if the bus had already left? Sounded good to me, as I had no idea how I was getting out of [View Full Entry]

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Today was interesting.... I left my room around 10:30ish, and it was already stinking hot. I finally felt able to wear my contact lenses for the first time this trip, since my allergies here in Paris haven't been nearly as bad as throughout the rest of my travels. Of course I forgot my sunglasses! :( I decided to go by the Arc de Triomphe with the thought of climbing it. It was 9euros just to go up! That's like $14! Decided to forego that. Then I headed to the Sacre-Coeur on Montmartre. I tried to go in the church, but I [View Full Entry]

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