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By Token Ginger
October 6th 2008

The Whirlwind Tour part Deux: I wasn't reacting to you physically...

Europe » United Kingdom » England

Lindisfarne Priory
I told you it was a pretty day.

Ok, this week has gone by really quickly, and I’m still behind. I’m going to do my best to catch up. I really want to document my first week in London, but I really need to finish up the tour now, don’t I? I’m feeling a bit removed from these stops at this point, but here we go. Friday the 19th we went to Lindisfarne Priory in a city called Holy Island that can only be reached at low tide because the only way to access the almost-island is by one causeway that can become water-logged very easily. The Lindisfarne Gospels [View Full Entry]

By TSSCCAT
October 6th 2008

Reality

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Durham County » Durham

Today it the magnitude of the trip has really hit me previously it has just been wonder and excitement. I know that the family are really supportive on this trip but I am feeling their loss of my presence for a while. We caught up with friends at the weekend and I was excited to tell them about my trip but also asked them to keep an eye on the other half whilst I was away. [View Full Entry]

By travelon86
October 6th 2008

Pictures

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City

Hey all. I'm on my lunch break at work right now. I'm allowed to go to whatever site I want to while at work, so I decided to update my blog. It hasn't been a very exciting day, but nevertheless, I'm excited to just be here. I have some links to pictures, for anyone who doesn't have Facebook and can't see my albums. Here are the links: Skydiving: http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2096446&l=e0903&id=185000720 Switzerland: http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2097348&l=7ff2d&id=185000720 Salzburg, Austria: http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2096438&l=4e4f9&id=185000 [View Full Entry]

By OneForTheRoad
October 6th 2008

Blues Brothers and Backpacks

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Bloomsbury

Flat 12!
Andy - above me Jessica - in the middle Matthew - in the back Dana - on the right

Quickly quickly, quickly. This is just going to be a quick entry of a few things of note that have happened lately. I had a very relaxing weekend. Worked some on my religions paper, 'the character of the history of the Jews in England' yeah...... I didn't do as much as I should have. But I'll get there. The kittens are as cute as ever, I didn't take anymore pictures, next time I will. Chris and I are planning our holiday, which is over my break and is coming up in 2 weeks. I found flights for as cheap as £1 [View Full Entry]

By amandacheong
October 6th 2008

Eurobeat/Portsmouth

Europe » United Kingdom » England

Photo 1

So recently I've been incredibly anxious about the upcoming essays that are due, considering the fact that all of the next few weekends are going to be spent on field studies or traveling, eep! Last week I spent the morning at the British Galleries, staring at the portraits that are going to be the focus of my Art History paper. It's quite surreal to be so physically close to the history that we're learning about - I could literally touch Rembrandt's bulbous nose, except that I would have been swarmed by several security guards and kicked out and things like that. [View Full Entry]

By steve mcqueen1234
October 6th 2008

Rewind

Europe » United Kingdom » England » West Midlands » Coventry

OK, lets rewind, lets take it all in. It's November 2006, Iran successfully test-fires 3 new models of sea missiles in a show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf, South Africa legalises gay marriage and 'I Wanna Love You' By Akon climbs the music charts. I'm studying Youth Work at an Adult College and working in a coffee shop. Enough is enough. I spur-of-the-moment but a ticket to Athens to visit my grandmother's island. It is a one way ticket. For the next two years I visit Greece (three times), Turkey, Holland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Morocco, Spain, [View Full Entry]

By steve mcqueen1234
October 6th 2008

Countdown

Europe » United Kingdom » England » West Midlands » Coventry

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By hdnn in uk
October 6th 2008

Home for the Weekend

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cambridgeshire » Peterborough

the Parlato home

This past weekend, I travelled to Peterborough for a host-family stay. It was my first train experience, and it did not start well. A few of us (IFSA-Butler students) missed the train because of a ridiculous demand for buses from UEA to Norwich city center on Friday afternoon. It was really hectic and stressful; our group got split up because of the crowd. Five people in our group were able to squeeze onto a couple of earlier buses and barely caught the train. The rest of us waited about 45 minutes, watched at least five buses pass our stop because they [View Full Entry]

By Elaine and Simon
October 6th 2008

Full Circle

Europe » United Kingdom » England » West Sussex » Gatwick Airport

Arriving home into London Gatwick

After 365 days of travelling and nearly 70,000 miles, we have finally made it back home to England! We landed back at London Gatwick Airport to an emotional welcome home from our parents, who had come to meet us at the airport and it was so great to see them after such a long time away. We were soon back at Elaine’s Mum & Dad’s house, drinking our first cup of English tea for a long time, and enjoying a good bacon sandwich again to wake us up after our long flight across the pond! We’ve been back a few days [View Full Entry]

We grew to love our backpacks... we will miss travelling with them!!

We had so many great memories in China, the Great Wall, Terracota Soldiers, the Yangtze... and who could forget the cute Giant Pandas!

By sarahroundtheworld
October 6th 2008

Nostalgia

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lincolnshire » Lincoln

Sandy memories

Well.. Ive just this evening rediscovered my blog and photo sites from my trip to Australia in 2006 and have become very nostalgic! It's around about 2 and half years since I left there, which seems really strange to think! Looking back at all the things I wrote about and photos I took, I realised how much I had forgotten about the trip. It really was a fantastic time. I also forgot how many people followed my progress and left lovely comments! Anyway, I'm posting this in order that I don't lose track of the web addresses for the blogs and [View Full Entry]

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