Blogs from Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

MARCH 16th Routine has set in today. Wake up, free breakfast, bus to Swansea University, etc. Myself, Micheal, and Derek took a train ride to the Swansea projects. We filmed some of the not so flattering aspects of Swansea. It was really crazy to see how run down some of these areas were. Swansea has these really rich beautiful areas, and then tucked away there are many ghettos. We went to a youth organization associated with Discovery and filmed some interviews and B-roll there. When we hopped back onto the train, we did not have a ride waiting for us... so we decided to explore the city. The city square was really cool. It reminded me of a relaxed version of a shopping square you might see in New York City. We spent a lot of ... read more

Hello loves! Greetings from Swansea Wales where the sun has been shining for 3 days in a row (there may have been some cloud cover but not to much). Today our group split up ( :( ) to meet with and start filming our clients. The Discovery group left shortly after breakfast but our group didn't have anything planned until 3. So we made great use of our time and headed farther into Mumbles to exchange some currency and do some shopping. (we are actually not staying in Swansea we are staying in Mumbles which is essentially like a district of Swansea). Me, Megan, Nicole and our fearless leader Mark Scott walked around, looking through stores and such while the guys in our group went to Joe's and bought the last of the "good" premade sandwiches. ... read more

My group got the privilege of relaxing all morning as we are waiting for 2pm to arrive. Taylor, Nicole, Mark, and myself headed into Mumbles to do some exploring and shopping. They have a store called Fat Face which is basically the same thing as the Buckle. Same prices and same clothing. We went back to meet the guys at the hotel so we could get on the bus to meet our clients. We got off the bus on Bryn by the rugby field. We walked about 2 miles to Bryn Rd looking for Bryn House. Turns out Bryn House isn't on Bryn Rd. or anywhere near Bryn Rd. We ended up calling the office and some SYSHP workers came to our rescue. We were 30 minutes late to meet the kids at their cooking class, ... read more

MARCH 14th Today we woke up at about 8 a.m. We ate our free continental breakfast, and we headed out to Swansea University. We spent some of the day touring the University. We then took a bus tour of Swansea. The sights we got to see were amazing. We went to this amazing spot on the beach. A few of us climbed a big rock, that took us to a better view. We also went to this cliff that showed an amazing view of the whole beach and ocean. There were mountain goats climbing all over the place. The cliff was really high. We threw some rocks off the edge, and it took them a good 5 to 10 seconds to hit the water. I posted a few photos Taylor took of what we saw. That ... read more

MARCH 13th Today we arrived in Swansea. Our bus took us straight to the Norton House. The Norton House was nice! Myself and three other guys shared an apartment. The apartment had two rooms, which meant that we each had to share a room with someone else. I was the first (and last)person to take a hot shower. At first we thought I just used up all of the hot water, we later realized that the hot water was broken. Because of the water situation, the Norton House gave us 3 additional rooms, which meant we all got to have our own room!!! This was excellent news! A few of us decided to walk around Swansea. Swansea is a beautiful place! The beach was so nice. There were hundreds of people walking up and down the ... read more