Blogs from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 10

Hello Everyone! I'm writing to you from the Nottingham flat, it's about 9:35 London time so it's been a long day (several days.) For those of you unaware here's the scoop. After packing up my stuff and forgetting things (oh, mom--I found those quarters) my parents drove me to the cities to meet up with Erin M, a fellow Notter. We had a huge breakfast at Baker's Square then we went to the Lindberg terminal by way of Humphrey. Baggage check and all the check points went just fine, even with the highened security. Erin and I said good-bye to our folks and went to wait for our 2:55 plane. Loading and take off were right on time, however landing in O'Hare was different. we were about twenty minutes behind, circling the airport when we finally ... read more

I know we must be going on holiday soon as the house looks cleaner than it ever has. A completely non essential job when you've only just found out that you're flying out a day earlier than you thought. The mad panic of getting everything done has now ground to a halt - now that Coronation Street has begun. Judging by the time i've got about seven more minutes before its all systems go again. Have almost sorted out all the hotel problems that only just emerged. We found out last night that the hotel we thought we had booked for Hong Kong hadn't actually been confirmed. The new hotel is more expensive but at least we've got a harbour view. Will try to spend the rest of the night playing about with the new camera. ... read more

Flight RouteKia BurresonHello everyone! Even though there is still 68 days left (Kate and I are counting down) until I leave, I thought I'd get a head start and try to find a site that would help me to keep in touch with everyone still at home here while I'm abroad for the year. So far my summer has been enjoyable, I've been trying to work as much as I can while still allowing myself time to think about next year. Anyway I hope you are all well and this site will help you all to keep abreast of what's going on in my world while i'm away. ~Peace~ FlightMap ... read more

Having been awarded one of only fifteen places on the Media Net Academy at the Churches Media Council Conference, turned up excited by the prospect of three days at working at the crossover between the media (specifically, the web/internet) and Christianity. The general gist, as I understand it, is that many Christians see the media as a place of ‘evil’, and by encouraging more young Christians into the media maybe we can change the perception of this… We were soon introduced to each other as a big group, then divided into streams. Our ‘web stream’ was Elizabeth (a journalist), Fran (PR), Gareth (radio DJ), and myself. Rachel, our trainer, talked us through our aims for the site, etc, and then introduced us to ‘wetpaint’ so that we could concentrate on site structure and content, rather than ... read more

Sherwood Forest--yes Robin Hood--is a 450 acre country park. It used to be bigger and a hunting ground for royalty. The Sheriff of Nottingham also hunted in the forest. There are actually many things to see and only a smidgen of the forest is devoted to Robin Hood. Of course that's where we started. The visitor center for the forest is in the middle of Robin Hood country. Most of what we know about Robin Hood is folklore/legend and the story changes in each time period. But we had fun walking around and learning more about him. We walked along a trail that leads to Major Oak. Apparently as the legend has it, this is the place where Robin Hood and Maid Marion pledged their undying love. How romantic! It's also supposedly the main hideout ... read more