Blogs from Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 6

March 30th George insists on going as early as humanly possible to catch flights (which, I guess, is why we didn't miss one) so we were first in line at Etihad. Although first class wasn't an option (it doesn't hurt to ask!) we managed to score ourselves some emergency exit row seats! We were right behind the bathroom though, so people kept disturbing us by cutting through and there was a 3 year old next to George. Going to make a mental note about that to try to avoid it in the future. Once we landed in Heathrow and braved the non-EU lineup, we found Claire's smiling face waiting in the arrivals for us. She had headed out at two, and here she was, five hours later, to give us a warm welcome. We met her ... read more

Well the day is almost here. Sitting here at Kev's parents in Norwich just packing the last few bits n' pieces,, and paying the BT Bills! Going to be getting the train in a couple of hours down to London & spending our last evening in the UK with a glass of wine in hand. First stop is Bangkok, and should arrive there about 9am on Friday (UK time). You've heard us talking about it for so long, we can't quite believe that now the day has come & we're off. Next Blog from the wilds of Bangkok!!!! ... read more

So, my original flight out to Gold Coast, Australia was booked for 24th Novemeber. However, after seing ym brother leave i thought to myself what am i still doing here, why was i not on that flight. Ive just spoken to the companies and i should hopefully be in Surfers Paradise for the 29th October! Visa and innoculations, money etc are all sorted. Just need to get these flights secured and il be saying my goodbyes in 3 weeks! The plan is to head to Surfers Paradise on the Gold coast to meet up and stay with my brother Rob and 2 friends from school. Nick and Nathan. From here we'll just have fun for a couple of months before Elliot comes out to visit then Elliot, Rob and I will head to Sydney to meet ... read more

Wednesday night, UEA's International Students Society (ISS for short) hosted an enormous party at a club called "Indulge" in the heart of Norwich. At first, I was under the impression that this would be a small/maybe medium-sized gathering of study abroad students. No, sir. There were hundreds of students; it was crazy and so fun! We met in The Square on campus (see photo) and took numerous buses together to Norwich. When my friends and I got to The Square, I was like, "Okay...let's find the ISS group." Turns out that everyone in The Square was there for the ISS party. In the midst of the hundreds of people, I lost my orientation-group friends, but it turned out to be really cool because I met some really interesting people from around the world. We also played ... read more

With a week until I leave to catch my flight to Bratislava, I'm now making the final preparations for my journey. I've booked the hotels, got all the rail tickets I need, and now find myself with no (British) money. I have maps of most places, and thankfully half of the hostels/hotels are central in the cities and won't take much finding, but when they do, I'll be ready with a whole folder full of maps! .. ok, so taking a folder might not be the wisest idea in the world, but it keeps things organised! The countdown until my flight begins here... ... read more