Blogs from Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 7

Hi Everyone, I know that I have been a terrible correspondent lately! I am very sorry! But I wanted to give you a quick overview of my adventures from where I left off, which was the Paris Airport, check in completely down. I stood in line for two hours, at least, waiting for someone to tell us what was going on. As usual, that didn't happen. I made several friends, none from the US and all with dual citizenship, which by the way I am still baffled by. Anyway, we make it onto our flight, and flying into London Luton about 2 hours late. Poor Abigail had to wait around for me all night. After one train ride, we were reunited! It's crazy seeing your friends in new places! Abby brought along two of her friends, ... read more

So the election was last night (this morning for me). I went to a party hosted by a group called “Meet Up” that organizes events for Americans all around the world. I didn’t get back until 6:30am and I’m running on 4 hours of sleep and one latte so forgive the typos. The party was pretty amazing. We lucked out and found a spot right in front of the projector screen. And then we stood for 9 hours watching the coverage and laughing at the British news anchors. The BBC did a nice job with the exception of a few correspondences that either made themselves look stupid or managed to find the most unintelligent Americans to interview which made us look stupid. But the BBC also did a poor job of being nonbiased. There were so ... read more

Just to finish up last weekend’s adventures, I went to Regent’s Park on Saturday afternoon. The park has an outer ring called the Outer Circle, which has Regent’s Park Lake, The London Zoo and London Regent’s College. The Inner Circle is Queen Mary's Gardens, which is by far my favorite part of the park. Even though it is October, there were still blooming roses. The garden is made up of hundreds of “blocks” of roses in a circular shape. Each block has different roses and its own name. Some of my favorite names were Lovely Lady, Smile Always and of course Her Majesty. Also in the Inner Circle was this miniature lake with small bridges that led to a tiny island that had walking paths and mini waterfalls all around. It was incredible. I went to ... read more

Well, I guess this is why I always failed at keeping a diary when I was little because I'm not so good at keeping up with them. Oh well, I'm going to try as best as I can:) Tomorrow, the entire UConn group is hopping onto the Eurostar train and going through the chunnel to PARIS!! I'm super psyched to go back because I had such an amazing experience the first time:) We are going on a Seine River Cruise which I didn't get to go on last time, so that's exciting! And of course we're going to do the Eiffel Tower, which I'm obviously excited for again, since it's the Eiffel Tower, DUH! As for everything else, I might be revisiting some amazing monuments, churches and sights and seeing some new ones as well! It's ... read more

Hi there! First off, I want to say hi to Brian's mom. I recently learned that she has been reading my blog so I hope I'm keeping you in the loop. Mrs. Sara told Brian and me at the airport to look after one another but I think he's working the hardest on that. Besides the fact that I'm still every unfamilar with the Tube, I also haven't quite registered that cars drive in the opposite direction, even though I'm trying really hard! There have been a few times when Brian whipped out the "mom arm" to stop me from walking into oncoming traffic. In my opinion, he has become the ring leader of the group. I find myself walking behind him, just assuming he knows where he's going. So Mrs. Sara, your son is doing ... read more