What an amazing day! Today is the last FULL day in Derry, and I must say that it was a day well spent. Today was the first day that class wasn’t all mixed up with the rooms for exam taking and everyone found their way safely to warmth up on the 6th floor of North … Continue reading My Lovely Derry, Oh Fare-the-Well~ by Karissa Skarpias
I have been in The Untied Kingdom for five days. This trip is more than I could ever ask for. I have achieved so many dreams, met new and interesting people and saw amazing historic sights. London is a fast pace city full of daily adventure and customs I’m not used to. Friday evening May … Continue reading Part of the London Experience by Krystal Weldon
I have been having the time of my life here in London and Stratford. We have been here for four days now and I have already seen enough remarkable things to last me a lifetime –Buckingham Palace, The London Eye, Big Ben, The Tower of London, Oxford, Shakespeare’s birth place as well as where he … Continue reading Day #5- England by Kiersten Hurst
Today was, surprisingly, beautiful. The sun was out and the sky was blue. On the other hand, the air was cold and the wind was strong. Welcome to London in May. Our journey began at the National Theater. We got a tour of all three theaters (Olivier, Listen, and the Shed). We learned a lot. … Continue reading Oh, the places we did go. by Erinn Botz
Today was the first day we had completely free to ourselves and nothing scheduled on our itinerary, which after being in Ireland for over a week I think all of us needed. Mr. Slevin provided a full breakfast as usual. After breakfast two of us took Mr. Slevin’s dog, Clay, for a walk around a … Continue reading And On The Ninth Day, We Rested by Austin Timmons
For weeks I have been hearing the song “Good Life” on the radio, which starts off with the lyrics: “Woke up in London yesterday, found myself in the city near Piccidilly…” Well, today that finally came true and I couldn’t be happier about it. The day started off with a simple breakfast at the hotel, … Continue reading Fish 'n Chips Ahoy! by Scott
For weeks I have been hearing the song “Good Life” on the radio, which starts off with the lyrics: “Woke up in London yesterday, found myself in the city near Piccidilly…” Well, today that finally came true and I couldn’t be happier about it. The day started off with a simple breakfast at the hotel, … Continue reading Fish ‘n Chips Ahoy! by Scott
Saturday May 11, 2013. No Class today but we did have a wonderful trip to Glenveagh National Park on the schedule. Breakfast was at 8:30 and our bus arrived somewhere around 9:30. The 45 minute ride took us to a part of the country we had yet to see. After making it out of the … Continue reading The reward was worth the effort! by Jered Tatum
I guess you cold say day 2 of the adventure started started on the airplane somewhere between St Pete and Newark because that would have been after midnight in London. Anyway, we arrived right on time and breezed through Customs. We found our tour guide with no problem, a delightful and quite helpful man named … Continue reading We made it to London! by Harry Weitkemper
Today begins our travels. There have been many texts, e-mails, phone calls from anxious students this week mostly about the unknown. “Where will I sit?”, “How will I know what to do?”, “Do I need this?”. I have answered each with a smile and patience….it is scary to do something you have never done before! … Continue reading And we are off… by Scott Cooper