Blogs from England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2180

So guys, this is it!!! After the rounds of, "really?! but why?!", erasmus sign-up pitfalls, semester overlaps, passport stress and of course the still non-existent accomodation, i'm off to Spain in under a fortnight. For those who have lived the last year sticking their fingers in their ears whenever i'm around, I'm off for 5 months of studying English Lit at the University in Zaragoza. I still can't pinpoint exactly why - because i could and the idea was random enough to appeal? because i want to become bilingual before i'm 30? because i love sangria and was told the fags would be cheap (I'm talking cigarettes here mike)?! Hopefully this blog can let you all know what I'm up to, show you pictures without clogging your inboxes, remind you all that I am only a ... read more

After being amused by extraneous English town names like 'Stow-on-the-Wold' and 'Bourton-on-the-Water' I found myself driving north with Benny & his mate Matt to 'Kingston-Upon-Hull' when it dawned on me that they weren't really into the whole brevity thing here in the UK... Passing through 'Little-Rissington-of-Four-Score-unto-Twain' and 'Waddington-girt-by-the-Mound-at-the-Angle-to-the-Perpendicular-at-which-the-Mistress-of-the-Stile-did'th-Micturate'... (no, no really... i made them up...) we arrived in the afternoon at a city where the sky was closer to the ground than your average 5 year old- Hull. I think the only thing Hull is famous for is being bombed in the 2nd world war... that and it's record of having the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe! Still, Benny's friend-of-friend, Adam, who was 24 and still not pregnant was an absolute legend and let us stay in his... read more

hey, we had a blast last week, this year's carnival was great and we ended up partying till 3am and taking more than 100 pictures!! the pictures are coming, don't worry, just need to download them, but feel very lazy to do so. i'm also been late to update that, i knew it was gonna happen, but this is partly because we've been out so much lately, but i promise when we'll be travelling, i'll do my best. so i'm off to france for 3 weeks, oh god that's my worst nightmare but lots of things have to be done before i leave, and i haven't started packing yet, that's partly because i'm scared to go now, shouldn't have watched the beach on tv again, the thai police is frightening me now!! anyway guys, i'll miss ... read more

Hey, Short version: I've been to Brighton: shopping, pubs, clubs, Stonehenge, and Salisbury. Interesting times. Long version: I have been all over. I am physically beat. On my way back to my flat from here yesterday, these girls asked me if I wanted to go to Brighton with them. I had no idea who they were, but they looked pretty normal....so I went. It was my first time in Brighton. I found it very very cosmopolitan; however, there is kind of dingy feel to the city. I think this is because it was really popular during the 60s among the "mod" culture (watch the movie Quadrophenia produced by The Who if you are interested in that sort of thing). Anyway, yeah so alot of it was built up in the 60s in a rush and hasn't ... read more

First, I want to say how crazy it is that my Spanish Visa came just a few hours before I left for the airport yesterday. I would have been so mad if I would have had to change my flights. Anyway, my flight left DIA on time and arrived in London a little early. It was the longest plane ride I have ever been on (9 hours), but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. My seat was just a regular one, but the plane was pretty big which I think made it better. I kind of had a hard time falling asleep sitting up, but I think that I got a few hours in. The time change is pretty crazy. It feels like days have gone by since I have left, but ... read more