Blogs from Europe - page 11606

I am tired. This has been one of the longest days ever. I’d like to point out that a total of 2 hours of sleep have been had since my last entry yesterday. And that’s a generous figure. I just did the math: I’ve been up for 27 hours, with at least one more to go. The upside to all this consciousness is that I had a long and eventful day in Madrid. I arrived about 8:30am Madrid time and promptly met several of my U of I companions and also some from a few other states (Nebraska and Michigan.) Universidad de Deusto Staff took us to the Hotel Tryp by bus, close to the heart of Madrid. My roommate Dan and I went out into the city immeditately because he still needed to convert ... read more

Day 7 (6/27) See photos from our travels today url="http://picasaweb.google.com/kosmatka/NiceFranceCoteDAzureDay2?authkey=2Y11jRZPh-I" target="_blank"here Seeing as how we stayed up until 3 in the morning watching a scary movie (in French of course), it seemed only right to sleep in until 11. When we finally finished getting ready to start our day (just slightly after 12 noon), Michael thought that it would be a good idea to ask something only a silly American would ask. “Are there any good places where we could get breakfast around here?” The Frenchman at the front counter seemed puzzled. “Breakfast?” he asked, checking to make sure he had heard right. He looked at his watch and chuckled. That’s when we decided to go for a walk in the local square to see what we could find for eats, sans a recommendation. As ... read more

*still catching up on missed entries!* We caught the train from Waterloo up to Edinburgh on the 27th, and just happened to get lucky with our choice of day to travel on. The two days before we left, all trains had cancelled service up to Edinburgh due to excessive flooding (typical Scotland summer..), so the trip was a little bumpy, but at least we made it in time! All seat reservations were cancelled as the past few days had been a bit of a mess, so there were quite a few unhappy people demanding others to get out of the seat that they had reserved...etc etc... but luckily we had made it into our original seats so we escaped that bit of drama. We had to stop once and transfer trains due to a technical difficulty, ... read more

Der kommer tekst en af de naermeste dage. Husk at der ogsaa er en video fra 'den roede plads'. Desvaerre Karl - med du bliver noedt til at punge ud med en sodavand. (Der ligger en Mc. Donalds 100 m fra den roede plads, men ikke paa selve pladsen.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27. juni 2007 kl. 14:00 - Leise paa netcafe Claus ligger desvaerre med snue og tungt hoved hjemme paa hotelvearelset, saa jeg (Leise) er taget ind til centrum og paa netcafe i et par timer. Bare rolig, han er forsynet med те og сафе (the og kaffe), vand, pulversuppe, pulver karteffelmos (ligesom knorr supper. med smag og croutoner), frugt, broed, boeger, dagbogen og meget mere. Tror det er det russiske vejr der er den skyldige: rimelig varm og lummert (omkring 20-23 grader) kombineret med koelig vind, ... read more

We started our class yesterday. Behavior Modification with Dr. Madsen. So far I love it. I've been trying to do something new and "cultural" everyday. Yesterday after school a few of us walked to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. It was cold and rainy but that seems to be the norm lately...The museum was incredible. They house some pretty famous works, and of course I didn't get to see them all but it's free and is in walking distance. (-: I stuck with a mostly French theme and looked at Cezanne, Gaugin, Monet, Manet, Seurat...also some Van Gogh, Picasso...Turner. I loved every minute of it, can't wait to go back. I had to buy a jacket on my way home because I've been freezing!! I split up from my group and walked all the ... read more