Blogs from West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 15

One Day To Go! Well, we're finally off on our big trip tomorrow after months of saving, weeks of planning, days of organizing and just a few hours of panicking (machine readable passport? what the hell is that?), so as a way of embracing the 21st century nearly 7 years late we've decided to join the world's sci-fi fans and other 'misunderstood' types by setting up this little websitey type thing of our own! Hopefully we'll manage to keep you all up to date with how it's all going and attach the occassional photo too. Unless it's too complicated and time consuming, in which case you'll probably get a big group email instead... Either way, this is a quick, rough map of our route for anyone who doesn't know: Our Route No point saying much else ... read more

WELL. an interesting 24 hrs. saw antony and cleopatra at the globe theater. it was really good, but i had to leave early to escape my first UK creep. dont worry guys, look at the score. i won madame tussauds wax museum was a blast. i was SO MAD when i saw that i couldnt touch indiana jones, but i got over it. wait til you all see pictures! i found the cheap supermarket so now instead of JUST pb& j's i'm eating £1.50 gormet sandwiches (seriously...yesterday i had wild salmon & cucumber. yummers). i even still have money left! i leave for amsterdam today...sad b/c i heart london (as my new shirt says....dont worry mom. it was a kids shirt so it was only £5). but exciting b/c i mean. c'mon. amsterdam is going to ... read more

So last night Ted & Shea got me plastered. Totally and completely gone! That's what I get when I try to out drink 2 boys who are much much bigger than me. Anyway I passed out at the dundas, lost my glasses, woke up an hour before my flight in the wrong city and realised I hadn't packed. Then I poured myself into ted's car, demanded he speed me home, threw my entire underwear drawer into a suitcase and barely cleared customs. Past that I thought about throwing up on the plane then decided to fall asleep. So I arrived in London completely better but a little bit twitchy. I checked in, my roomate wasn't there. AIFS (my travel program) had assigned her to me so I had never met her before. And being the brilliant ... read more

As I write this it is seventy three days until I will arrive in Russia. My adventures will take me to Yaroslavl in september for the first semester, then after a quick trip home I'll start in Tver next spring. Both cities have a population of about 600,000, and are situated roughly a six hour train journey north of Moscow. At the moment the idea of going to Russia is really exciting. As most of you already know I tend to act first and think later - I'm not the type to get nervous about things! There might be a last minute panic, but the move should go well if I do everything that I need to on time. I haven't applied for a visa yet, or found out about tuition fees. My Russian isn't great ... read more