May 2010
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Final Word
Ok, so as things come to an end, here is my final word on this place that I have called my home for the past three and a half months. During my time here I’ve learned not only a lot of things about others but a lot of things about myself I had no idea about. I remember gaining a perspective and attempting to make others aware of it, but as I grew to notice, you can only change for the better...
Final Days
The Land of the Orange
Once again, apologies for delay in positing but in between my last post and this one, there were these term papers due - yeah, those. But those are a thing of the past, and I’m here to describe to you what was my free weekend. The school gives us a weekend where no trips are planned for us, and we can galavant where we so choose. Being so close, a group of us dedicated the remains of our...
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Amsterdam
April 2010
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More Stonehenge
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BBC & Stonehenge (more to come)
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Bienvenue à Paris
Sorry for the long wait after the actual trip to the French capital but this week has culminated with our first exam. With our first set of papers due and a two-hour exam yesterday we are now ready for the final stretch. Anyways, enough with boring stuff, I’m assuming those of you reading are wondering how the weekend was in Paris. Well, after taking four years of French in high school, this was...
Some More Paris
Paris
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Easter
Easter comes and goes as this joyous day on our calendars where we can for the most part account for too much food, too many people in our kitchen and way too much chocolate. However, that in itself is a lie - there is NEVER too much food, too many family members in one room or ever too much chocolate. This year however would be quite different for me along with many others here. Being 3000+...
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Blenheim Palace
March 2010
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Travel Break
Wow, seems like ages ago last time i’ve written here, but now I’m back from various airports, hotels and train stations. After the madness that was handing 5 papers our last week before we could even think about a sunny beach off the coast of Africa, well, we did just that. Along with Lou and Aram, we decided 4 days at the Canary Islands was a perfect way to get away from the Wroxton...
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À Portuguesa
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Homecoming
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Island of Beauty
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85 Degrees and Sunny
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Gran Canaria
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Cardiff
More Than Kilts
Ok, so with the provided pictures below, I hope you have seen how beautiful the city of Edinburgh actually was. Mind you a 6 hour bus ride surely did not have anymore in a good mood upon arrival, however the mood quickly changed once we began roaming the streets. To begin, well done FDU, for selecting and placing us in a great hotel and in the center of the city, just an overall great location....
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Edinburgh, Scotland
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Day In Parliament
Today, was a monumental day in my life. I was pretty excited for the opportunity to go to Parliament (minus the 5 am wake up call) but actually walking in was another story. We started off with the House of Lords and our journey began. I can not to begin to explain how the rooms actually looked like. Gold crafted furnishings, the 11th century abbey, and paintings that made you feel like you were...
February 2010
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Bath and Warwick Castle
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London Exploring
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Medieval Bloke Visits a Castle and Football Match
So this past weekend was quite an action packed one on the calender as we began with a nice Olde Medieval Banquet. As you can see from the pictures below, the costumes were in full effect as we sat for dinner. Greeted with banjo players and singers, we were indulged with servings of roasted chicken and potatoes in which was eaten with…our hands. With a complimentary glass of wine, the mood...
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Aston Villa
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Midevil Banquet & Kenilworth Castle
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Adventures Continued
OK, sorry I haven’t really given a response to our past weekend adventure into Stratford and Brighton but school work is now in full effect. Let’s first start off with Stratford Upon Avon, the home of the one and only, William Shakespeare. Some had thoughts of a old english town with just streets upon streets with cottages. That might be the surrounding area near Anne Hathaways’...
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Brighton Continued
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Stratford and Brighton
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Something Different
So this week has been surely highlighted with the first signs of school amounting here at the Abbey. Tutorials have been done, lectures have been soaked in and library books have gone missing already. With all this said, by no means am I complaining; this is what we signed up for and to tell you the truth, sitting down by myself with my International Business professor for two hours, I learned...
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A Taste of London
Those of you who are loyal to following this blog may have noticed the lack of a post over the weekend and the answer to that is simple: London. We departed from Wroxton early Friday morning, maybe too early for our likes, and arrived around 10:45 with some traffic. As we began getting deeper into the city, the excitement on the bus was noticeable as everyone was anxious to dive into the British...
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Hitting the Books
It’s crazy to believe that it’s been 8 days already here and today marked the end of my first week of classes. First things first: the level of work and intensity is everything I expected it to be and the next 14 weeks are not going to be easy. Between 4 page reading lists for each course, tutorials and course papers, the library will soon be graced with my presence for more than...
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Banbury
So as I might have mentioned previously, the nearest town to Wroxton is Banbury. With a 5 minute drive through the cottages or a 20 minute walk through the green lands in the summer, are two of the options one may have. A simple yet busy town, traditional with a hint of modernization, Banbury can be everyone’s cup of tea. The old architecture can make you quickly fall in love with the...
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Touring The Grounds
So after a terribly early fire-drill this morning, I had some free time to explore. Of course when I saw how nice the weather was today in Wroxton, I asked our receptionist Amanda if she had a football. She grinned and asked, American football or English football? I smiled and responded, “English, please.” Shorts and hoodie fit the weather as I kicked the ball into the backyard of the...
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January 2010
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Oxford
After the misfortune of FDU’s wireless service almost keeping me up all night, I naturally passed out after a complete lack of rest. This morning however after some breakfast, we were off to Oxford, to visit the historical city. On the way though we passed an interesting restaurant…
RIght off the bus stop we chose to go to the top of Carfax Tower. With a small fee of 2 pounds, we...
A Fresh Stamp
So going into the new country you would think the last thing I would be excited about would be there formality that is the customs stamp. Wrong. My passport hadn’t seen any action since August of 2007 - needless to say, I was happy. The flight went extremely well and in the words of our kind flight attendant, it took us ” a swift 6 hours and 12 minutes, welcome to London.”
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So it begins...
For the next 15 weeks, I will be studying abroad at Wroxton College and hope to explore more than the UK itself. The next 15 weeks I will learn more about myself than I have ever have and will hope to have a new direction in my life. For the next 15 weeks I plan on filling up every last gigabyte of memory on my macbook with endless photo shoots throughout Europe. And finally for the next 15 weeks,...
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