http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Surrey , Egham en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:27 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:27 +0000 Tim has the keyboard We are off at last. Now sitting on the flight from Auckland to Seoul the past few days have been a blur of packing tidying grooming the property and generally losing sleep over the nay things we thought we would forget. Thanks to all who helped out as we have got ready. I know I will forget some of you but special mentions go to everyone who entertained Kirby and Gemma http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-444311.html As I normally find myself this time of the summer I become awe struck at the entire process. We come here take over make our mark pack up and return home. I spent today cleaning out many years of activities materials. For the last couple of years I get some guys to move big boxes marked Activities Office into my office and have never had a real chance to sit down and look at it all. I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-426291.html July 19 was the 75th anniversary of the press launch for the Lagonda Rapier. This years attendance was the best in many years. The room was booked for High Tea with 39 members attending. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-423376.html Last week I went into London and saw Sister Act compliments of my job here at TASIS. I guess due to the amount of tickets I purchase I was given two free tickets to the show. It was incredible Even better quite honestly than seeing Jerry Springer in Chicago. I have no pictures from my move as it was frantic. I was told on friday morning at 8.30AM that I had to vacate my apartment. Due http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-422802.html Last night was the final Riverboat of Session1. My job basically entails driving a van into Central London Lambeth Pier dropping off a bunch of teachers with DJ equipment on a curb and then driving by myself to Festival Pier. All went as planned and I remembered the way by memory alone from last summer. I had a bit of trouble parking but flirted my way into a truckers lot. I then walked down http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-419828.html So the last few days have been quite busy. Sending off my first weekend of trips is always a bit hectic. As I was returning home to get ready for an evening in London to see Chicago I started chatting with the maintenance guys. In front of my building is this huge mound of dirt. Every day the guys rake the mound and finally I got curious. Turns out this isn't just any mound. It's a Victoria http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-412661.html I made it across the pond with no major mishaps. I've been here for what seems like years now ... rambling around in my enormous flat that will house 6 girls in the winter school. Orientation week has gone fairly well ... as it is my second summer as the Activities Director here at TASIS things are going much better than last summer when everything was new and I felt like I could mess up just ab http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-410589.html On Thursday I departed for my first administrative meeting in England during the winter. I arrived in Thorpe to find everything as I had left it for the most part. The new construction on campus finally started after excavation in the fall revealed bones and ruins and had to be halted yet the charm and the fantasy of the town remain even during the winter months. As I passed my favorite stre http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-365409.html Yesterday was technically the end of the summer. I did an airport run and spent FOUR HOURS with a french kid who can contort his body into strange positions ... so called the elastic boy. Yes that was super fun. I then returned and prepared for the final faculty party of the summer. It's always a bit bittersweet as everyone moves on and back to their lives. The people here may touch me fo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-310499.html Last night was the big banquet and riverboat for the 6 week students. I planned the coach assignments got my Friday evening trips off and went to get all dressed up for the night. As I am about to get into the shower I start thinking about the coaches and realized that if I didn't order the coaches who the hell did It hit me out of nowhere 2 hours before departure that I was lacking two 50 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-307588.html As the end of the first session is drawing near we are doing a lot of activities for the kids as a farewell. Although I have always participated this year I am actually in charge of them. Oh first I forgot to order the wood for the bonfire that was a problem then I though I lost a box of TShirts for signing and they were next to my desk. They don't really make marshmallows in England so http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-300145.html So I finally made it to the Victoria and Albert Museum. As life is extremely busy here in Thorpe and it's my job to organize the trips it's sometimes more than a chore to actually go on them. I did however get into London visit the museum and eat at Wagamama's Tiffany I could only think of the afternoon I spent with you there and how you literally taught me how to navigate Harrods. My Harr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-297109.html As I have been here for over two weeks now I am finally spending a quiet evening alone. Things have been quite hectic with my new position here at TASIS. I am running new trips and am completely familiar if not living London and southern England. I do miss having a dorm and the girls but my flat is just adorable and the yard is beautiful. I do work long hours from 9 in the morning until some http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-295403.html Well I have survived two weeks of classes at Royal Holloway I really can't believe how quickly the time is flying by. The semester is only 10 weeks long and we're already onto week 3 I'm enjoying my classes here a lot but I'm finding the teaching style very different. Students are required to be very independent in their studies and there is not much assigned coursework. In fact most of our http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-210699.html The most interesting part of being here so far is the international culture I've been experiencing. My flat has 7 people so far and there are only 2 Americans. The rest are from various parts of Asia Hong Kong China South Korea and India. They are all 3 year students here the equivalent of our 4 years so they are also accustomed to British culture. The campus is also much more diverse http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-206333.html Well here I am in England After months of anticipation I've finally arrived. My flight left Newark airport at 915 PM. I was a little apprehensive before getting on the plane but then I met another girl from Muhlenberg. She is going to Goldsmiths in London. She also told me that her friend Sarah who is here at Royal Holloway was supposed to fly on a Virgin Atlantic flight from JFK but it g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Egham/blog-205078.html