Blogs from Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 49

With two days till lift off my life revolves around the bathroom scales in my room, lonely planet roadmap and the Australian visa service. The Quantas economy tickets that I’m flying with allow 20kgs of baggage, a bit on an issue as my kitesurfing kit is 21kgs. The solution involved a phone call to Quantas head office, I managed to convince a nice gall there that kitesurfing kit should be counted a sporting equipment and classed as say a sailboard. So hopefully I should be able to take all that kit free of charge! Jim and I have been studying the roadmaps of Ozz, along with google earth, kitebeach.com and kiteforum. Were planning a week and a bit around Sydney, the hunter valley where Jim worked, and north of sydders at Seal Rocks where there are ... read more

So I finally got all my class schedules and what not worked out. It seems that the rest of the group is on their way to getting that done as well. I’m surprised by the amount of complications this has caused because I would have thought that in an international program things would have been much more better coordinated and thought out. I’m a little aggravated because we weren’t supposed to have classes on Friday and now I definitely do. I had to change my tutorial concentration around a bit so that the credits would transfer properly and unfortunately, I was assigned to a tutor who only works on Fridays because he doesn’t live directly in Oxford. Luckily I was able to talk him into meeting with me early, however, so my class is only from ... read more

Our White Xmas trip would not have been possible without the support of friends in the UK, who put us up and entertained us when we weren't somewhere else. We are also grateful to the A&E staff at Stoke-Mandeville General Hospital, who replaced Elaine's cast so that we could get home without too much distress. ... read more

Today was the only day that we've had any AWAKE free time since we've been here. So in light of that we decided to make the most of it and get all of our errands done. Of course because of the time difference both Emily and I cannot seem to sleep for the life of us and at 5:00 this morning I hear here whisper, "Tanya" and nearly fall out of my bed as I don't expect her to be awake laying in bed frustrated and bored just as I am. So instead of wasting the day staring at the bland ceiling and the porcelein chandeliers we decide to get an early start. We walk up to the local grocer where we find that this country doesn't make any sense. You have to pay for SHOPPING ... read more

Hello. Just finishing my packing and cleaning in Oxford. Moving back home for the week on sunday (mum is chuffed with all my stuff!!). Trying to push everything in my bag. Never going to be able to walk. Flying next sunday (15th) after my sisters engagement party!! ( hmm ...maybe a bit of a hangover to come). First stop Singapore for 3 days. Will let you know my thoughts of Singapore soon!!! Love Vicki... read more