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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham May 20th 2006

Hiyas everyone! I'm in full tilt British mode now and getting my internet connection sorted out at my place in Leicester. It's really a great city and I'll be posting pics of it within the next week. Leicester people don't get many Americans visiting, so my accent is a suprise to most people. I must look as if I fit in, though, because everywhere I go, someone asks me for directions. So, today I took a twenty minute train ride to Nottingham. That's right, the old stomping grounds of that fabled hero, Robin Hood. The most interesting aspect of Nottingham has to be the castle. Though the original structure burned in the mid nineteenth century, the castle walls still remain and they are quite huge. Right next to the castle is an Inn and Pub called ... read more
Nottingham Castle Gate House
Replacement Castle?
In Honor of Robin Hood

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham April 25th 2006

As it is my 21st birthday, I continued to do my typical Tuesday routine. A bit lame for some people, but at least it kept me busy. So I went to class, which was a bit boring but not too bad and then hung out with Amy at Rutland. We scarfed down our lunch and then headed off to our seminar which was incredibly dull as usual. There's just something about that class which makes the seminars so incredibly tedious. Afterwards I decided that I wasn't going to do any work because that's just no fun on your birthday, plus I had gone to 2 hours of class already and that was the extent of school for the day. Yay! While the day of my birthday was a bit boring, the night adventures were much better. ... read more
Amy and I
Happy 21st to Us!
Leslie & I

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham April 24th 2006

Hi Borts, So we awoke from our night at the travel inn, collected our belongings and headed off to a nearby maccy d's for breakfast. After satisfying our stomachs we headed off to the great Centre Parcs. The weather was looking a little grim and felt a tad bit chilly but we decided we'd make the best of it. On travelling along a newly built road to centre parcs (no more recognisable bus stop landmark Liam) Willis spotted something of great interest to her. "Look Dave" she said excitedly "there's a Mc Arthur Glen over there, oh my god whats that doing here ?". I laughed at Willis and we decided to divert and go take a look. It was quite new looking and posher than the one at Ashford. We took a quick look around. ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham March 25th 2006

Well, what a send off !!!!! Thanks to you all for making it such a funny evening - just wish you'd cleaned up before you left !!!!!! That's the last time we ever have a house party ! Highlights of the evening : - sticky's shock at carl's choice of outfit for him (when will sticky ever learn not to trust him) - sexy laura turning up with 2 bottles of shloer and ending up swinging in the palm tree all night (funny how the shloer was hardly touched the next morning!) - elvis's special package and the finesse with which he/she moved across the dancefloor with one crutch !!!!! - fat britney's irish dancing & antics - oops she did it again !!!!!!! - stan laurel (aka mad Sandra) kicking daddy oakland up the posterior ... read more
Elvis & Bird Flu Boy (aka Hoppy & Big Bird)
Fat Pat & Fat Britney (aka Sticky & Nettie)
Carl reminiscing of the days when he had the long curly flowing locks

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham February 26th 2006

Sitting in my room listening to Simon and Garfunkel, procrastinating once again, I've decided to update everyone on past events and awesome future plans. So here goes.... I gave my only seminar presentation for the semester on Thursday, which went really well I think. We were the first in our seminar group to go and after a scary and shaky start we actually pulled it together and really knew what we were talking about. Amazing, isn't it? The topic was pretty interesting as well: sexuality and asceticism in 6th century Europe. This weekend Nott'm hosted University Women's Indoor Nationals (UWIN) for frisbee. I went to watch on Saturday morning, since I wasn't playing in the tourney, and the girls did a really good job. I don't know how they fared overall but Saturday they were well ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham February 12th 2006

In talking to other international students the number one question asked after one finds out which country you hail from is what the culture is like, in order to compare to what they understand as culture from home. Well, I've found that there's a problem in answering this question with the answer close to being "I don't know" until one actually stops to ponder if there actually is a culture and how do I find it. For the US it seems that there isn't one overarching culture that can describe such a vast landscape of different peoples. And in addition to that, since the nation is relatively new compared to the rest of the world (excluding Australia and other new nations) that it hasn't had enough time perhaps to distinguish one separate culture that defines the ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham February 10th 2006

As a lot of international friends continue to catch flights home, we begin to attend numerous bon voyage parties and get-togethers. Thus it was the case, although for the second and perhaps for a third time, when Tarishi was headed back to Melbourne, Australia. In honor of her departure, a few of us got together and headed to Wagamama's, a fantastic Japanese noodle restaurant unique unto itself, and to which most of the Aussie's had not yet experienced. We talked and observed and ate some delicious food. However, Kateri's food was incredibly late so we all tried to eat rather slowly (we were told to so our food wouldn't get cold) until her food arrived. Stuffed on some great food, lots of water or green tea, we still felt we had room for dessert. Afterall, it ... read more
Regine, Jackie & Kateri
Tarishi
Regine

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham February 9th 2006

with a full day of classes for me. Or so I thought. Apparently I'm not very good at reading the module timetable, or lack of one for my Protestant Nation class. Both Amy and I thought that we had a lecture for that module this morning and showed up for it, but apparently we don't. Which means that my Thursday classes go from 1pm to 5pm, rather than a class from 10-11am as well. At least I can sleep in on Thursday mornings then. My classes this semester seem to be really good so far. And for those who are interested they are: Politics, Religion and Culture in England 1558-1640: A Protestant Nation? 'Exploring the causes of political and religious instability in England in the century before the Civil War, with a particular focus on the ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham February 8th 2006

Famous around Great Britain with Uni students are pub crawls. They could possibly be famous elsewhere but it seems that it's a great pastime for social clubs to participate in. And therefore I found myself dressed up like a Carebear and walking from one pub to the next with a whole bunch of other people dressed up in likewise outrageous outfits and all members of Fling. The theme for our pub crawl social was the A,B,Cs. So each team, either team A, B, or C had to dress up in a costume of some sort that started with the letter of their team. I was on Team C and had an interesting time coming up with an outfit, especially since I didn't have any time to go buy anything because I was away enjoying Amsterdam. However, ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham January 27th 2006

Today Taylor and I decided that we'd go on a day trip. Our trip took us to Southwell Minster, about a 40 minute bus ride from Nottingham within Nottinghamshire. It was quite an interesting and fun trip, although a bit gloomy and rainy, but altogether not too bad. We took a bus to the city centre and then caught the 100 bus to Southwell. It took awhile and there weren't very many people on the bus but it was still fun to actually see more than just the area around the university for a change. Once we got to Southwell we alighted and stepped into the tourist information centre to see what we could find out. There isn't a whole lot to do there but enough to keep Taylor and I busy for a few hours ... read more
Gossip's Coffee House
Bramley Apple Free House
Saracen's Head Inn




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