http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , Wales , Cardiff en-us Wed, 11 Nov 09 07:58:30 +0000 Wed, 11 Nov 09 07:58:30 +0000 I was going to start off by saying I didn't know what the beach was called. However I thought that made me seem way too lazy so I asked my housemates. We went to PorthCawl today to the beach Rest Bay. I made everyone wait because I was still in class until 5 today. I felt bad but I really wanted to go. Emma didn't go because she had loads of work to do so there was enough room in the car Lau http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-444467.html I had my first week of classes this week I also got a bank account and I have money in it I officially live in Cardiff... I guess. My first class if I haven't already said it is Reading Poetry. As you know the teacher makes me a bit nervous. I just feel like I'm not going to get the help I may need from her. Another thing is I don't feel that comfortable in her class. I feel as if I'm not con http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-442110.html ...The idea started before I was set out for my law final year exams at Cardiff university. Everyone seemed to have become a victim of the socalled travel bug. Constant talks beforeduringafter exams planning scheduling tickets. Library PC's reeked of travel itineraries printer dustbins full of waste ticket printouts students sitting with a coursebook in hand and travel website in front. Af http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-440646.html OK Here is a blog with words. Words the English people use and words Iwe use. I probably will have to add some and if you wish to do the same comment me or something and I'll see if it's true. If it is I'll add it to the listEnglish Words American Words Cheers ThanksGarden Yard back knackered exhaustedtorch flashlightKnob idiotMuppet idiot as well maybe jerk http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-440519.html I started my classes today OMGOODNESS The teacher for Reading Poetry really freaked me out My housemates laughed at me when I said that. However while Laura laughed she also knew what I was going through. Just a bit at least. I don't know why the teacher Dr. Alice freaked me out so bad. It might have been that she was very direct and blunt. Good thing about today though I talked to the tea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-440516.html I have some many things to do before and during school I need to make sure I have a note book stupid to go in without one I need to figure out what days my classes are and when I can get a time table Ugh which reminds me I should email Phil about that Ok just to let you in on these classes and how they work. Basically there is one class every week for the subject. Or there could be two cl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-439967.html SOOOO Yep this is about what you would expect from a bunch of new Uni. students... Going to figure out what in the world they are suppose to do for the first year at school As an international student we are not obligated to follow a certain path. Actually we are encouraged to try something new. Do something you can't do at you home university as long as it's ok... Sometimes even when it's http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-439482.html OK so I've been here for almost two weeks now. It'll be two weeks tomorrow WOW. I came over from Charlotte to Detroit to Amsterdam to Cardiff where one of my roommates Emma came to pick me up Her parents were with her and they were super nice Emma got me a little red dragon statue. The red dragon is a symbol of Wales. I'll tell you about that story later... hopefully. If I forget someone mig http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-439428.html SaturdayWake up 530am bags and breaky 615am Leave 7amWe had an early start today to make the ferry to Wales. This time the seas were calm thankfully. The ferry left at 845am and this time we paid for the club lounge. 14 pound and it was worth every cent. There was all you could drink tea coffee soft drink and wine plus cheese and crackers and all sorts of nibblies. No screaming children j http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-438294.html I awoke this morning to pouring rain outside. After about a half hour of waiting and extra rack time I set out for my run. I ran down to Cardiff Bay a section of town about 1.5 miles south of city center since it wasnrsquot covered in the general tour guides.When I got back one of my roommates and his wife a couple from the Netherlands gave me a guide to Paris. Yesterday I mentioned to th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-433352.html I awoke this morning in a bit of a haze after last nightrsquos undertakings. When I glanced down at the floor before hopping off the top bunk I noticed one of the lads had left the rest of us a gift on the floor in the center of the room. It appeared someone must have had a little too much Black Death.Once I got cleaned up I departed Bath and headed for Cardiff Wales. Cardiff is not quite the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-433065.html At last a chance to update my blogSpent a fabulous five days in London with Sarah getting the chores done mountains of washing and seeing the must see tourist destinations such as the London Eye and Westminster Abbey.... I also managed to walk through Hyde Park Green Park and St James Park and of course the shopping street of Oxford Street... can't remember how many shopping bags I came http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-423582.html This morning after an early breakfast we caught a taxi to Chester Station and then the 822am train to Cardiff. One thing Irsquove learned about the trains here in the UK just because you make a seat reservation doesnrsquot necessarily mean yoursquove actually got a reserved seat. We had seats reserved on Coach B but when the train arrived there WAS NO COACH B on the train. This is the sec http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-420440.html hellipAnd Exchanging Them For Castles InsteadFrom Gloucester itrsquos only a short trip to Wales and itrsquos capital Cardiff. Made famous for itrsquos port facilities back in the 19th Century when most of the world was using Welsh coal the majority of the city was then owned by the Bute family who were the largest miners and exporters of coal in the area. Because they owned the docks http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-414053.html This afternoon we return on a Megabus to London. 10 for the two of us you can't complain. We have had a lovely time staying with Miss G N and S. Their home is spacious and they have about 100 TV channels so James has been pleased to chill out and channel surf. A pleasant change from our somewhat cramped conditions in the studio in London.The weather has been truly stunning but the Welsh seem e http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-404822.html Jian and I do not get homesick much on our trip. We are too wildly caught up in the adventure of travel to realistically allow our minds to stew the way an unoccupied mind will Irsquove done a lot of mental stewing in the past actually it was probably more porridge than stewhellip. But that trip from Amsterdam to Cardiff station was looonng. Very long. Why Because we were stirring the emot http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-404413.html We caught a Megabus from Victoria Coach Station to Cardiff today. Dirt cheap tickets. Coach perfectly acceptable but the toilets were ghastly and I was traumatised.Arrived to a beautiful day collected by Miss G. Taken to her lovely flat BBQ tea in the backyard with her flatmates and family. Lots of Pear Cider.YummyMiss G will be our tour guide tomorrow http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-403990.html Right then ready to go...This is the much requested blog address please feel free to pass to anyone that ive missed.Just before I go I would like to say a big thanks to everyone that has given me a bed meal beer or a laugh over the last month. Have a look at www.youtube.comwatchvKHt6xVkEU4 if you don't see yourself then where have you been for the last few weeksKeep in touchPaul http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-382560.html Fotorelacja z Cardiff http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-366377.html I'm not actually terrible at this we've just been without internet and for the last few days I've had the flu. I think I got it from someone in Bristol the backpackers wasn't really all that clean or nice but I've been going to sleep early the last few nights and being a lazy bum the last few mornings. We're still out and about but for shorter amounts of time each day.We're in Cardiff http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-356116.html