Blogs from Europe - page 11608

Hello all! So far I’ve been in Italy 11 days and I’ve been soaking up every minute of it. The pre-planning has actually paid off. I am overjoyed when I know exactly where I’m going to be putting down my bags. It is a bit heavier than I intended, and when you add about 15 more pounds of camera equipment over my shoulder, it’s not quite that easy to move around. But, we’re still movingggggggg. We started in Milan, arriving in the morning and spending the afternoon viewing the Last Supper and the famous gothic style Duomo. We climbed to the top and the city views were great. We found a park on the other side of a large castle, which reminded me of Golden Gate Park, with people playing sports and a drum circle ... read more

We left rainy and cold London yesterday to arrive here to beautiful HOT and sunny Croatia. We flew from Gatwick to Dubrovnik on British Airways. When we arrived in Dubrovnik we were pleasantly surprised how sunny and hot it was about 33C or 91F. We read in the Frommer’s guide to take a bus into the center of old town which we did. The Croatians use Kuna for their money and it is about 5 Kuna to the dollar so our money goes a long way. This is a nice change from London. We took a cab to our hotel, The hotel Neptune. The hotel is very modern and nice and a short bus ride to old town. Once we got settled we went to the old walled city. It is so beautiful with all ... read more

Hej allihopa, nun sind es nur noch 2 Tage bis zur Heimfahrt. Ich bin schon ein wenig aufgeregt. Ich hoffe, dass alles gut geht, keine Staus, keine Probleme mit dem Auto usw. Gestern war CSI-Abend oder auch kvinnokväll (Frauenabend). Kristina und Johanna sind mich besuchen gekommen, um mit mir zusammen CSI zu schauen. Natürlich haben wir uns auch schön unterhalten, ne Kleinigkeit gegessen usw. Nach CSI war dann die große Verabschiedung angesagt. Johanna werde ich wohl erstma nicht mehr wieder sehen. Sie ist nur noch 2 Wochen da und dann fährt sie wieder zurück nach Greifswald und macht dann ihr PJ (Praktisches Jahr) in der Schweiz. Kristina ist noch bis Ende Oktober hier in Stockholm, also werde ich sie auf alle Fälle im September wieder sehen. Heute habe ich mich dann nochmal mit Wencke und Sven ... read more

So this morning we had a guest speaker named Andy Golding, he is the director of photography at University of London Westminster. He was absolutely amazing. He was so enthusiastic and genuinely interested in us learning something about photography and life from his lecture. I would love to take a class from him, if it was a possibility I would definatly come here for a semester after I graduate and learn from him. The work we saw at the gallery yesterday was his students and the quality was so good. I could just go on about him forever. After class Meg, B-Town, Christina and I went down to the Park/Graveyard and took pictures for our projects. I think I am going to be focusing on the different food in London rather than couples because I ... read more

“Who’s Jim” is my usual response to “I’ve been to the gym” and now I am one of you!! What has happened, having never stepped in a gym I have JOINED one!!! Actually rather pleased as I can now go swimming lots, before work/at lunch/in the evenings! This not only will help me get fitter (my stomach is growing - perhaps all those entries about food give that away!) but it actually is making me feel better generally. More awake, less grumpy and refreshed. The sauna is also nice, helps me chill down whilst heating up after my swimming. The gym has a golf course that I can use (the 9 hole 3 par bit, and yes I do know what that means - well sort of!). It also has a steam room and hot tub. ... read more