Destination: United Kingdom

Photos: London

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By xiani31 | Photo Gallery

Weekend in the Winch

Mon, 24 Feb 2014 | By cfleisch10 | Views [473]

As Winchester was once a great city under King Alfred, it seems fitting that Atsede’s Alfred University would send her on a program there. This summer, we were shocked to discover that we had both applied to go abroad to England. When we both got ... Read more >

Tags: winchester; cathedral; round table; great hall; m

Exploring Aloneness and Learning To Be a Good Traveler

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 | By alannahammesfahr | Views [287]

There's nothing quite like exploring a new space, a new city, a new country on your own. In the past week Alex and I have spent three days exploring Dublin and one day gallivanting in Galway. All of it was incredible. The Temple Bar District oozed the ... Read more >

The Power Is In You

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 | By annekscott | Views [695]

Last Sunday the 9th February 2014 I was in Los Angeles completing the third day of William Whitecloud’s inaugural Million $ Book Club Congress. William is the best selling author of  The Magician’s Way  and  The Last ... Read more >

Tags: anne k. scott, crossing frontiers, imagination, intuition, los angeles, william whitecloud, writing

York

Sun, 16 Feb 2014 | By cfleisch10 | Views [445]

After a tumultuous week of an insane amount of work, we finally got to Thursday and Study Tours. This weekend, SLU paid for groups of us to go to various destinations for 2 days: Edinburgh, York, Bath, and Cardiff. The Econ class, meanwhile, got to go ... Read more >

Tags: york; yorkminster; cliffords tower; vikings; jorv

Popping Bottles at the Henge!

Sun, 16 Feb 2014 | By cfleisch10 | Views [483]

I wish. But really, how many other people can say that they got to go to Stonehenge for their 21st birthday? The day itself was perfect: sunny. That's about all that you can ask for in the UK this time of year. Stonehenge itself was incredible. Although ... Read more >

Passport & Plate - Shirley Rankins (Passionfruit Yo-yo's)

Sun, 16 Feb 2014 | By makingshirleyrankins | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: Passport & Plate: ITALY 2014

Maybe I Should Just Tattoo "American" On My Forehead?

Thu, 13 Feb 2014 | By alannahammesfahr | Views [976]

All in all, the first few days of my big adventure have been awesome. I've finally met Alex's parents in person, experienced some fantastic food, seen huge portions of the countryside by coach, taken some really cool pictures of buildings older than ... Read more >

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself" - Where It All Began

Thu, 13 Feb 2014 | By alannahammesfahr | Views [316]

Historically, when my friends/family members/acquaintances/random people on the street/clowns from the circus asked what I wanted to be/do/think/feel/believe when I grew up/graduated college/entered "the real world," I always had an answer. The answer ... Read more >

3 Days, 3 Plays

Tue, 11 Feb 2014 | By cfleisch10 | Views [474]

This past week was as eventful as promised. To begin the week, I was able to see The Duchess of Malfi at the new Sam Wanamaker Theatre. The theatre is a Jacobean reconstruction, created to provide a year-round space to perform theatre in the round;... Read more >

Tags: globe; coriolanus; donmar warehouse; london; thea

Photos: Feb 13 to Feb 14

Wed, 5 Feb 2014 | By dawnnbrian | Photo Gallery

A Weekend In Bangladesh

Mon, 3 Feb 2014 | By cfleisch10 | Views [456]

... Not really. But a girl can dream, right? However, this weekend I did get to experience the next best thing. As part of the St. Lawrence program, we have the opportunity to go and stay with other families in different areas of London for the weekend.... Read more >

Photos: people and places

Sun, 2 Feb 2014 | By timtysonshort | Photo Gallery

Tags: india, ngo, pragya, uttarkhand

My first trip to London

Thu, 30 Jan 2014 | By travellinglight | Views [6846]

My first travel diary will be a short narration of my five days trip to London with my girlfriend Marla. Please excuse me in advance for my English: it's far from perfect and there will be some grammar mistakes and misspellings... Please don't get ... Read more >

Tags: england, flight to london, london, stansted airport, travel diary

The desicion to move Down Under

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 | By naomiandchris | Views [407]

April 2013 - It's a cold wet weekend and for some bizarre reason we're making the 5 hour drive to Wales for a weekend of rock climbing!!! Looking out the window at the dismal weather I posed the question to Chris "So where are we going to move ... Read more >