Destination: United Kingdom

Two weeks to go...

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 | By nicholaivey | Views [253]

Only two weeks until I go to St Jean Pied de Port. I can't believe it has come around already. I still have things to sort out- what bags will I take? What will be my final packing list? What else needs to be thought about and planned? Are there more ... Read more >

Day before the flight.

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 | By appleyard91 | Views [225]

Well here it is after months of waiting/organising/saving my flight to Sydney is tomorrow! :). Even though I am slightly nervous I am also very excited and cannot wait until i arrive!

Summer

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [738]

It rained yesterday and the forecast for tomorrow is more of the same.  But summer, glorious summer, arrived in northeast England today.  The temperature topped out at 20 C, that's nearly 70 degrees F!  And the sun shined all day long. We were at the ... Read more >

Photos: First impressions

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 | By vampyrlady | Photo Gallery

Work day 2

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [360]

Well you can´t really say I worked today, because most of our residents are visiting their families right now, what means I don´t really have a lot to do, so my work was finished already at 1 pm. What means I was getting a bit bored today, because I ... Read more >

78. try every single J20 flavour

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [353]

another fail on this one. there are a bazillion j20 flavours. okay, maybe not that many but there are alot! we tried maybe 5 or 6 of them. nothing like leaving it to the last minute. we tried one at the airport about to fly to greece. whoops.

First day of work

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [409]

Well I got up at nine and meet another Staff member. We had breakfast in the kitchen today, because we were just four people everyone else is either away or on break. Afterwards we went swimming, with a few people from the other houses. It ... Read more >

Short-shorter-Scottish

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [414]

Oh my I feel like super tired right now, It´s already six o´clock and I slept for over two hours. But it slowly gets better, now I just go and take a bit to eat and than I probably walk around a bit and try to not get lost^ ... Read more >

Well day 2 =)

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [481]

30.07.2011 Well, change of plans, I´m going to write only English now, because of my little sister. Dear Jenny, have fun practicing, you can do it. Well today was pretty relaxed, but I sure am going to lose weight here xD We ... Read more >

Welcome in Scottland

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [440]

Klein Bienschen endeckt Schottland 29.07.2011 Man glaubt es kaum, Ich sitze grad unter dem Dach eines uralten Schlosses (naja dreihundert Jahre alt) und werde hier nun ein Jahr leben. Ich teile mit mein ... Read more >

Newchurch Treasure Hunt

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [920]

We have been staying with friends in an 18th Century cottage in Barley, a small hamlet in Lancashire.  Everyone in England, it seems, claims to live in a cottage but theirs is the real deal. The ceilings are low, the creaky stairs are steep and ... Read more >

Back to the Shire..Reflecting on my Tour of the Globe

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 | By dancinnadz | Views [1067] | Comments [4]

I've been thinking about writing my final blog of this trip for the last 2 weeks. How on Earth am i meant to summarise 10 and a half months travelling and working my way through 3 continents? Seeing hundreds of sights, trying dozens of varieties of food, ... Read more >

Week 20: If you don’t succeed try and try again

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 | By rachthe1st | Views [603]

I started this week armed with my Royal Historical Palaces membership and my newly acquired National Trust membership determined to make use of them. So off I went on a surprisingly warm Monday to visit the first place on my list; Morden Hall Park.... Read more >

The Flower and Willow World (Kyoto)

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [617]

Day 3 (Tokyo to Kyoto) I was excited for the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) though not the price (13,720 ￥!)　But really, its just a very fast train that goes through a lot of tunnels。It did, however, strike me how little flat land there is in Japan, which ... Read more >

Photos: Morden Hall Park and Ham House

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 | By rachthe1st | Photo Gallery