Blogs from Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 19

Today was the day we planned on doing most of our sightseeing in London. We were going to take a Tower of London walking tour, and then take a three hour London walking tour where we saw all the sights. When we arrived for the Tower of London walking tour, we discovered that it was more expensive then we had thought it would be (because of entrace fees), and Sarah decided she didn't want to do the second tour anymore. I was disappointed about that, as I had really been looking forward to the second tour. The Tower of London walking tour was fun, and we didn't have to wait in any lines, though it was more being told the history of the Tower of London than anything else. We didn't really walk anywhere. We did ... read more

Since we were leaving for London on Tuesday, anything we were not taking with us had to be safely locked in Newman by 5 pm. Since I was going to be spending the day climbing the Liverpool Cathedral with Sam and Adam, I wanted to take my stuff over in the morning. The guys at the security lodge had no idea what I was talking about, and I spent a good amount of time waiting there. I finally had all of my stuff that I wasn't taking locked in the room by 11, and Sarah and I met Sam and Adam at Austin. It ended up being Sam, Woody, Adam, Tarloke, Sarah, and I. Jack would have come, but we didn't give him enough advance notice. It was extremely windy on Monday. It was worse than ... read more

First Day in the Schools Today was our first day in the schools, which I was very excited about. However, we had to be there before 8:30, which meant we had to be at the bus stop before 8. We all agreed to meet outside the security lodge at 7:50, as Katie and Jess were the only two that knew how to get to the schools. We walked to the bus stop and gave each respective person (Katie or Jess, depending on which school we were at) our money for the bus. The bus showed up around 8:05, and Jess and Katie got on first to give the bus driver the money. When they told the bus driver there was nineteen of us, he got pissed off, and said he didn’t know if we could even ... read more

Though we all planned last night to leave at 1 so that we could all sleep in and get lunch before we left, I definitely did not sleep in. I woke up at 8 am to my flat mates singing and playing the guitar. Danica and Katie are very good though. Around 11:30, I got a facebook message from Katie (Dill) that she was at the library and would be going to McColls in a little while if I wanted to go with her. While I was walking to the library, I ran into Jessica, who screamed “American”! Apparently she had been wandering around for at least an hour looking for an American, because everyone else was still asleep. She ended up coming with me to the library. At the library, we ran into Dr. Scho, ... read more

Today is our first official day in Liverpool. We had a guest lecturer at 10 who talked to us about the British education program, and that was fun. After that, Katie, Heather, Erin, Sarah, and I decided to walk to the chemist. While there, we visited the post office, McColl's, and some other random places before walking back to campus. Katie and I tried to show the girls our secret garden, but it was locked today. :( So instead, we decided to go take a tour of the laundrette. When we left the laundrette, we ran into Dr. Scho and Dr. Salsbury, who decided they wanted a picture of us in front of the laundrette. We ended up asking this random Ball State student who was standing outside the laundrette if he wanted to take a ... read more