Erin Sanzo

We arrived in Split and went to our new hostel on the other side of Diocletian’s Palace. We had decided to stay in a new hostel to get a change of scenery, but decided to meet up with people from the other hostel later. We had a delicious and cheap 3 course fish dinner at a local restaurant and met up with the guys from the other hostel just as they were heading off to a pool hall. Luckily, most of them were people we had already met on Split and Brac, so we had a great time hanging out at the pool hall with a large group of friends. The next day, Alex, Emma and went in search of a rental car to drive to Plitvice (pronounced “Plit-vitz-ah”) Lakes National Park, about 2 hours away ... read more

The flight from Bergen to Split itself was amazing. The sky was clear for almost the entire flight and the views were beautiful. I’m not sure if you can take pictures on a plane but I definitely did when we flew over the Austrian Alps. The views of all fot he islands and the Adriatic Sea when we were landing were stunning and we found ourselves getting incredibly excited to land and play in the sea. Getting off the plane when traveling from a cold climate to a Mediterranean climate was incredible. Our bodies were so confused but we were happy. It was kind of strange to get on the bus to the town and find out that all of the beautiful white buildings that I had seen from the air were white because they were ... read more

Emma and I finally escaped the volcanic ash cloud that stopped flights from leaving or entering the UK for six days and arrived today in Oslo, Norway. I will write more about my semester at LAMDA when I have more time, but I want to stay up to date with this current journey. Sorry about my ridiculous lack of entries throughout the semester... So to begin: the initial plan for studying abroad in London was to come home the day after the course ended (April 17th) and go back to the real world and my American life, but shortly after spending time in London and falling in love with it, I realized that this was the perfect opportunity for me to do some traveling throughout Europe after school. I realized I had both the time and ... read more

I am about to complete my first week living in London and attending LAMDA. This has been an incredible week. I have absolutely fallen in love with London and the school. LAMDA has re-awoken my love of theatre and opened new possibilities that I might explore. I'll explain more. My flight out was delayed about two hours due to the inclement weather in the UK. The entire island had been covered in snow and very few flights had gone out. It's really unexpected because it does not snow very often in the UK, and they don't have the technology to clear the snow like we do in Colorado. In the UK, snow means life stops. I was really lucky to only be delayed two hours. The flight was not bad and I was able to sleep ... read more

I took a trip to London with my friend Megan, but since I'm coming back to London next semester, I'll leave most of my London stuff for next semester. However, the major highlight of that trip was Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral. Westminster is absolutely gorgeous for non-history folk, but for people who are particularly interested in English history, this was absolutely incredible. I was so excited the entire time that I was in the abbey. It houses the tombs of Elizabeth I, Bloody Mary, and Mary Queen of Scots, three incredibly famous queens. It also has an area called Poet's Corner with tombs and tributes to many incredibly famous poets. Here is a link for more information: http://www.westminster-abbey.org/visit-us. St. Paul's was a beautiful cathedral and provided a wonderful view of the city. Enough about ... read more