Ok so for some reason I am missing NC tonight, It might be because my house is so quiet because everyone has gone out but I am missing many things from home.... I am missing LKW, southern accents, MC cornhuskin, football (and i dont mean soccer), southern cooking, mary and april brown. driving down Ebeneezer church rd in the fall with the leaves changing, the fair, Mema, southern homes, the beach, beach music, pearls, NC Mountains, my girls, Boonefires, the boys, Holly and James, Brother, Anne and Betty. My crazy cousins... and the cute ones too : ). Bo's, sweet tea, [View Full Entry]

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Today on our cross country trip around the U.S.A. we stopped by to pep at the obama rally in raleigh (haha theyre like homophones lol) anyways... it was really fun. my dad gave campaign money so we got in and I got an awesome t-shirt with his face that says One Hope. Obama. and a peace sign button with obama/biden under it. sorry if u like mccain, but im LOVEEEEE OBAMA! GOBAMA 2008! We stopped at a quaint Pilgrim looking pub with Thanskgiving treats that they might've had at the time the Pilgrims came in. There were fruit harvests and seasoned [View Full Entry]

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We arose early with expectations of a short drive to San Fran to return the rental car and board our flight to Raleigh-Durham.Theyanks pronounce Raleigh different to us and they have ifficulty understanding where we are heading for.So we thought we better change but it is a bit tricky when you are used to speaking in a certain way. We were one of the first down for breakfast and I am pleased to say that waffles were back on the menu again,yippee.Gretchen managaed to burn the one side of her toast that toasted.Somehow the toaster element was only working on one [View Full Entry]

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Hey everybody.... well its already crept up on us, and the time did fly. the time to come is soon, which kinda sucks bc that means it will be a memory soon. We are all set. Only thing left to do is pack and get cash. The euro was at .61cents when we planned this, its currently at .71cents. Thas an extra 300 euros over an estimated $3000. We have made some significant travel changes however. We are no longer going to Naples, Capri, Pompei. Instead we are going to the Adriatic Sea on the east coast to a town called [View Full Entry]

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I truly cant believe it is already here. Sometimes I think it seems weird that just a few months ago I was goggling " Jane Austen Internships" and ASE popped up. Who would have know that now I would be leaving for the semester. Packing has been such a headache. I have packed and repacked my stuff at least 5 times and finally gave up on trying to make one of my bags under 50lb. O well I think I rather be warm in England. I am leaving tomorrow at 6PM and still feel like I have a million things to [View Full Entry]

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I got an email today from the British Visa Office which told me my Visa and Passport were on the way!! I am so glad. I was stressing over if it would get here or not and though it is not here yet... I have full faith it is on its way!! all I have to say is that there is someone up there looking after me : ). [View Full Entry]

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So about to leave England in about 10 days and I am just trying to figure out this blog. [View Full Entry]

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Well I'm back. I've spent the last few days slowly uploading pictures and videos to all the post. If you've been following along my journey please take a few moments to check out the previous posts as now relevant pictures are scattered about each posting. Click on the picture if you want to see it enlarged. Any videos are at displayed at the top of the entry. Most videos were taken in the second half of my trip though. Actually, I do have a final story about my trip too. The last afternoon in Bangkok I walked around looking for possible [View Full Entry]

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Traveling up the East Coast through St Augustine, Savannah and Cary on the way to Washington D.C. [View Full Entry]

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A fair warning: this entry is going to be long and picture heavy. :P I talked with Felix a little bit today about guidelines with regards to relationships, and how religions and other personal morals govern them. This not only includes married couples or couples in general, but also the relationships we have with our friends, our families, and people that we meet on the streets in everyday interactions. We each have our own personal morals by which we live; we each have standards on how our life should play out, and we each have our own different ways on how [View Full Entry]

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