Blogs from East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 37

From the family thing we travelled to Brighton to catch up with Corb's mate from Engineering, Ron (Rob Lorimer). He has a pretty sweet flat in a cute terrace house with an attic that we are sleeping in. It's close to town which is sweet but the trains that pass by every 10mins shake the place which is a little unnerving in the middle of the night. After a beer and a quick catch up we headed into town to the South Laines where we had a great Spanish feed, visiting several pubs on the way home. Waking up today we saw Ron off to work and then set off to see Brighton. The sea front was nice but kinda cold and blustery this morning, and the empty and motionless pier fairground was a little depressing. ... read more

Victoria & Albert Museum img=http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b62/newharth/england/london/victoria%20and%20albert%20museum/entrancelobbyarea.jpg ^entrance / lobby area I went to the Victoria & Albert Museum on a field studies trip for one of my History classes: England Since 1851. We almost didn't get to see the British Galleries section, which was the main part we had come to see. When we got there they said it was closed for renovations. But one of the security guards ended up opening it up for our class so we could still go through it. Most of the displays were of artifacts from various different British colonies throughout the empire. We were supposed to be thinking about how they all contributed to British culture and national identity. British Museum img=http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b62/newharth/england/london/british%20museum/b... read more

Goodbye London...hello Brighton! For two and a half days, we walked miles around London, exploring the city's districts. Just imgine walking from one side of New York City to the other in three days. We coincidentally arrived for London's biggest festival-the Thames River Festival-and were enticed into playing on a gameshow on the Yahoo! bus (where ALL of the questions were trivia about London...very unfair) and heard a concert by Stunt-Man (some UK boyband) and watched the equivalent of Mardi Gras during their Night Parade. On Monday we took a bus to Brighton, where we were met by Phil, (my sorority sisters husband) who welcomed us into his flat with beer and a futon. Gratefully, we accepted for two nights and went out for amazing Thai food. What a luxury to have the internet and be ... read more

Birling Gap Brighton ***click "photo pages," then SCROLL DOWN... read more

7:30-8:30 - Breakfast Slept through that. 9-9:45 - Medical Registration Filled out a bunch of medical forms. 9:45-10:30 - Introduction to the Academic Programme for all Upper Year students Boring, don't remember much of that. 10:30-11:15 - Healthcare and Well-Being That wasn't memorable either. 11:15-12 - Library Talk Learned about the library and the resources available, etc. 12-13:00 - ID Photos They posted these on the school website so we can look people up if we forget their names. 13-14:00 - Lunch 14-15:00 - Academic Registration 15-16:00 - Introduction to the Field Studies Programme... read more