Blogs from North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sorry i haven't written much lately or anything at all. As you can see from the title i have been wasting all of my creativity on my classes. But Just to quickly try to fill you in. I love England. At least most things, some things I still am trying to get used to (like crisps that come in very small bags very much unlike our extra-extra large crisp bags)(and the bags even say they are for sharing... as if). Classes are very lax and i have been finding i have more free time then i am normally used to so i have started reading for fun (but i also read a whole lot for classes)... also i got to see the beautiful and amazing english countryside and i definitely had a flash back to elizabeth ... read more

Dear Blog Readers, I've had one of the most amazing weeks of my life and decided it was definitely blog worthy. I will try and loosely relate them to travelling so that the diehard travelblog readers aren't too disappointed! After a couple of months of practicing with my excellent driving instructor Ros (please get in contact if you want her details - highly recommended!) and going out with my nerves-of-steel Mum have been very effective. My test wasn't great. In fact, I my reverse around a corner was so dire that I actually assumed I'd failed within the first two minutes. Maybe it was the lack of nerves after that which made me pass! So I now hold a shiny new (manly) pink driving license which opens up the opportunities when travelling abroad. My instructor was ... read more

Hello all from Liverpool! Life is great over here in the UK. I am busy writing lesson plans and reading about British history. I am very grateful that I took the British history seminar and not the American seminar. I have had a lot of British history, but I am afraid that history classes in America do not dwell on British history for long and do not do it justice. During lunch breaks I often find myself staring at the timeline of monarchs on the walls trying to study a culture that by first glance seems so much like America, but in reality is very different. This week I took over the year 8 class (which would be equivalent to 7th grade in the U.S.). Both lessons went well. I have a lot of ideas on ... read more

One salmon ain't no good to them ........... sang Chris Rea on the song of the same name, before singing about the M25 became more the norm when the pressures of the business made him move closer to the centre of the industry. This blog was just an experiment with a new camera, but in some senses it became a journey down the Tees. I published the photos, but didn't write the script until a few months after - ironically on the day the steel plant was due to come back into production. It was meant to have been back on stream when the photos were taken in December, so whether it'll materialise is another matter. The plant - the 2nd biggest in Europe I understand - was mothballed after Corus and Tata couldn't find enough ... read more