Blogs from York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 18

oooooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! My first entry, try and see if i can work the complicated world of a travel blog thingy. I have set this up really so you people can see where I am and what i'm up 2. That i'm not causing too much trouble. And so i don't have to write the same email over and over. (to both my contacts). Feel free to email me, I will try and reply. But anywayz, leaving is getting close, and I have a few loose ends to tie up. First on the list was Harrogate, my finals contest with Waterbeach. We take these things very seriously, 2 hours before our final rehearsal and decide to stop in the closet pub to our accomodation, only too find that had been beaten there by about half the band. A ... read more

Yeah I know...I've written long time ago my last blogg but we've done really nothing interessting. Now,the seconde week is finish and we're have 4 weeks left:) I really miss Switzerland 'cause the two coutries are really different. But I thinkt, that's not quiet interessting go tell you all the differences. Okay...back to this day!!! "Travel back one thousand years and visit the Vikings of Jorvik. Explore York's Viking history exactly where our archaelogists found the remains of the original Viking-Age City of 'Jorvik'. Journey throught the reconstructionf of Viking-Age streets, as the would have been in the year. See over 800 of the items discoverd on site."---Flyer Jorvik was the old name for York. The Vikings gave York his name but before the Romans has given York the name Eburacum(elfenbeinfarbig) 'cause the houses and the ... read more

After a lovely British breakfast of ham, scrambled egg, bean, tomatoes, and toast, the guys muscled our luggage down 5 flights of narrow stairs. We found a cab (Our first taxi in London, weeeeeeeeeee ) , and made our way to our train station. At least we saw a bit of London before leaving. Once again at the train station, we were ushered to the head of the line, and put on a train to York within 15 minutes. Im starting to believe crutches are necessary travel equipment. Hi, we are back The train ride was great & very quick. (High speed express), the B& B was perfect. Good call, Rick Steves Now the fun began. We were helped in finding a wheel chair for Suzanne. It was a great way to go We headed into ... read more

Hi, we are back The train ride was great & very quick. (High speed express), the B& B was perfect. Good call, Rick Steves Now the fun began. We were helped in finding a wheel chair for Suzanne. It was a great way to go We headed into town for a quick lunch, and some sight seeing. Lunch was good but it started to rain a bit. Within 2 hours we were in the middle of York, captive in a bank , in the biggest downpour & lightening storm we could of ever imagined. Back to the B& B and Totally drenched, we started over, and did manage a few pictures and some pub food before calling it a night. Good-night all Beginner that I am it seems, I sent you day 1's journal with photo's ... read more

Hello again Today was my first day at Melton College. I get up at 7:40 in the morning and at 8:40 my bus left the station. At College, I met my friends and we had to do a test for the levels. My friends and I are all in the same level: Upper-Intermediate. We start school at 9:15 to 10:45. Then we have a break for half an hour. 11:45 the last lession before lunch beginns and finishs at 12:45. We have only 45mins. lunch but that's the same as in Trogen:) In the afternoon we have just on lession from 13:30 to 15:00. Only on Fridays we have school till 16:45 'cause we'll make som visits. After school we all went to the city centre of York and walked through the gates. But we didn't ... read more