Happy Guy Fawkes Day! As you might know, Guy Fawkes was a Catholic man who tried to blow up Parliament in 1605. He stored barrels of gunpowder underneath Parliament, and his aim was to destory Parliament and King Charles. He was caught before he could ignite the bomb, and he was later drawn and quartered (or some form of pleasant torture...). They ( Read more... )

Sorry it has taken me so long to update this week. I've been really busy for no particular reason ( Read more... )

Not much to say...Just wanted to let you all know Brighton and Canterbury were amazing! It was rainy both places, but that's just the time of year we are in now. This week is my birthday!!! YAY!!! I'm excited. I think we are going to go out for dessert at this great little place not far from here to celebrate.

The weekend was great. Paul and I set ( Read more... )

I apologize for not updating sooner. I have had a super, super busy week ( Read more... )

I'm off for Scotland in a few hours. I'm really excited, but I am not excited about sleeping on a train for 11 hours. haha! I've been told it's great fun though ( Read more... )

I LOVE PARIS!!! I just wish I had had more time. I feel like I ran through everything, and I didn't get to see half of what I wanted. We arrived Friday morning/afternoon. We had to be up and on the bus by 6:30 a.m. Friday, so it wasn't a pleasant start. When we got to Paris, we had a three hour bus ride...which, considering how tired we were, wasn' ( Read more... )

Today was a great day!  After class, I headed to my internship, and as I exited the Westminster Tube stop, I heard the bells of Westminster ringing.  It was BEAUTIFUL!  So obviously, that meant a wedding or a funeral.  However, that also meant they had the entire road between Westminster Abbey and Parliament, down past the streets I have to walk to ( Read more... )

This weekend, I hung around London and then went to Oxford and Stratford on Saturday.  It has been a great weekend...relaxing, catching up, preparing.  Friday, we went to Camden Market which is a great area for just getting a different perspective on London.  Saturday, Paul, Christina, and I got up at the crack of dawn...correction...the sun wasn't ( Read more... )

So once again, I'm not a good updater.  It seems I'm busy with school work.  Well, no, I just don't get around to updating as often as I should. :)

This past weekend, I went to Munich, Germany with 4 others.  I left on Friday, but the others went on Thursday.  Miscommunciation with booking flights.  Anyway, to make an INCREDIBLY long story short, my ( Read more... )

Just a quick update... Bath was very nice. Very interesting. Stonehenge was, well, a bunch of rocks. I guess it was cool. We had more fun playing around than looking at the stones though. haha!

Here are some pictures, but don't forget you can check out my photobucket.

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