Blogs from Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Day 15- I woke up late and got out of bed with enough time to shower and make eggs. I went to investment analysis today and it was interesting however the teacher still upsets me. His attitude is just completely different from what I was expecting, I don’t understand why he teaches it if he doesn’t like the stock market. At night I went to spoons, they have a burger & beer deal. I got a gourmet burger with half fries, half onion rings. I ordered a Carlsberg to go with it. After we ate we all ordered pitcher mix drinks. I got something called a WOO-WOO. Jomar made a bet that Michael couldn’t chug the 3/4ths left of his pitcher. Michael was down for it. He took out all the ice and downed it like ... read more

Day 12- This was the first time I experience the British heath care. I woke up feeling terrible, I could barely swallow. During the night I woke up several times soaked in sweat. I decided it was necessary to visit the doctor. I emailed my ISA advisor and she told me to call some places to see if they would take me. 3 places said no and when I was just about to break down she called and told me to go to one just down the street. I had to go to school and print something off first. This was not very fun since the computers took forever to start up and then I couldn’t figure out how to get the document to print. Finally, it worked but I was exhausted. I made my way ... read more

Day 5- We woke up this Monday morning and HAD to attend an orientation. We were all very excited to decide are classes and see what days/times we had class. This ended up being a very long day to say the least. We had to listen to all the safety orientations, and how to use the student email and blackboard. We met several professors and the American football coach. My favorite parts were the breaks, during the first part they brought us tea and pastry’s which I thoroughly enjoyed. During the second break they brought us sandwiches and greek salads. Tea was also available, so I was happy. I have grown accustomed to drinking tea, I enjoy mine milky with sugar. They also taught us some of the slang in London. Don’t ask someone “How’s your ... read more

Went to London to visit the Golden Hinde and on the way to Drake's ship we came across Southwark Cathedral. I've walked past it a gazillion times but never been in. It's really good with lots of 13th Century architecture, a memorial to those who died on the Marchioness (including Lawrence Dallaglio's sister), more gold and marble than you can shake a heathen at and a gift shop that sells whisky marmalade! Highly recommended. The Golden Hinde was fabulous, a replica of the ship on which Drake circumnavigated the world in the 16th century and St Trinians circumnavigated David Tennant in the 21st Century. What's striking is just how small the ship is, especially given its sizable crew and the fact it must have carried a shedload of supplies, powder and shot. The gun deck was ... read more

Udv Mindenkinek! A remek karacsonyi szunet utan kisse nehez volt visszazokkenni a munkaba, de azert sikerult. Es mar vege is a januarnak! Szerencsere az ido nem tul rossz most - ma plusz 2 volt odakint es ragyogo napsutes. Hallom, otthon nagyon hideg es ho van - remeljuk, nem sokaig tart mar! Ujabban rakaptam a sutesre, es amikor olyanom van, sutok a kollegaimnak valamit. Tavaly osszel kezdtem, ha jol emlekszem, es az elso egy piskotatekercs volt. Kettot csinaltam: egyet baracklekvarral, egyet a nyers, tojasos csokikremmel Horvath Ilona alapjan. A krem remekul sikerult (jo edes lett, ahogy kell), az egyik tekercs egeszen jol nezett ki, a masik kevesbe, kisse toredezve... Ebbol kifolyolag a jobban kinezo lett a lekvaros, mig a toredezettet sikerult jol bejavitani a kremmel, es igy egeszen esztetikus lett. Akarhogy is, de izlett a kollegaknak :) ... read more