As most of you may know, i have a God that most of you do not worship. I have a strong belief in this God and i am positive that no one can take this belief away from me. He has fulfilled my life every year and He has never let me down. Every morning and evening during winter I pray to The Snow Gods. Oh my have they blessed me whilst being here in England! First of all, it rarely snows in England and if it does it's gone the next day. Second of all, there has been snow on the ground for the past 4 days and it's like...2 inches deep, amazing! As i write this now i am watching more snowflakes land on the England ground. Such a thing makes it difficult to watch from the inside so i am going to make this short and sweet so i'm able to enjoy the snow one last time in the final 17 hours i have here. (I just hope the snow doesn't effect my plans to go home.)
Andy and I are one of the last people left in Castle Irwell. It's dead. All of our friends have left us leaving us with a room needing to be packed. Most of our friends have had problems traveling home. For example Nuria had her flight canceled Friday morning because the pilot went on strike so she had to buy another ticket with a different airliner for the next morning so she had to come back for another day. Malgosia is hopefully surviving her 36 hour bus ride from Manchester to Poland. Keep in mind this is 36 hours before, most likely, getting stuck in the chunnel for up to 14 hours because a train broke down. Theresia missed her connecting flight because the original flight was late causing her to wait a few hours for the next flight. As i type now Sophie, Agathe, and Jason are stuck in the Manchester airport because of the snow and are waiting to go home. Lindsay flew from Manchester to Atlanta to Chicago where she had to wait for 2 hours so her extremely nice parents could come pick her up and bring her back to LAX. So now it's just Andy and I left wondering what the hell is gonna happen to us and how are we gonna get home. I do have a feeling though that The Snow Gods will bless us with a break of snowfall so we can arrive home on time.
Since i've written last time there has been a lot of goodbyes which have been said, plenty of homework finished, and partying. I've eaten fairly well this past week and a half. One of our housemates cooked up an authentic Chinese dinner which was very good. This past Sunday 18 of us went to the Wellington for a Christmas dinner. I had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, fries, salad, bread, gravy, and some delicious Christmas pudding for dessert. Andy and i went to they city yesterday to take care of some last minute stuff and we stopped at one of the first restaurants we visited when we came here. I even ordered the same thing: bangers and mash. My favorite authentic meal here in England.
I wrapped up our group project after many hours spent with my group for Biomechanics. I also wrote a 2500 word nutrition paper which analyzed my nutrition intake and the effects of exercise and nutrition on the body. The grading system here is much different then back home which makes it difficult to understand how the grades transfer back home. I feel it's not a fair process and although i can't recall what exactly the numbers are and how they transfer, i will look into it and find out how it can be changed because when it comes down, it's just not even/fair.
The past week i've also been partying as everyone has been leaving. Tuesday night was the last night at the Pav and we all went out in style. Thursday night we ended up in Manchester at Baa Bar and then to a gay club which was....well yea. Fine. Friday night was spent at house 40 where we said some more goodbyes and had another good night.
Last night i said goodbye to Soph, Agathe, and Jason. No one likes saying goodbye. Afterwords i watched City of God while kinda packing...It was number 3 on www.IMDB.com's list of best movies of the decade. It definitely deserves to be there and has to be seen by everyone. Today i've just lounged around, avoiding cleaning. My plan is to stay up all night tonight so i'll be exhausted for my 9 hour flight to Chicago and i'll be able to sleep during the whole trip. (I hope!)
I will miss bangers and mash along with Prawn Cocktail Crisps, the chocolate, the burger van, and Strongbow. As for things which i will miss and can't put in my mouth: i'll miss the friends i've made here (Applied Sports Science - Pete, Abi, Danimal, Cheryl, Rebecca, Becki, Elly, Cheryl, Matty, Jason, Krastyo, and everyone else which belongs to that major including Phil, Paul, and Anna! House 43 - Theresia, Connie, Lars, Zuzka, Nuria, Jason, Soph, Agathe, Olga, Malgosia, and Linda! The Flat Crew - Mikael, Sarah-Beth, Gemma, Kat, and James! House 32 peeps - Chris, Will, Sophie, Suzie, Sophie, Muf, Amy! My house mates - Koala, Elith, Sonia, Louise, Emma, and Suzanne! And to the rest of you randoms who i've met and have not forgotten about including XiXi, Emma, Shakira, and everyone else who i've forgotten!)i'll miss how everything is new to me, i'll miss the accent, the pub/club/dance scene, the laid back style of EVERYTHING, the public transport, and the traveling.
So that wraps it up basically. 3 months spent here and i'd say this experience is right up there with college. I have no regrets and can say i've learned a lot more then i thought i would about coming here. I'll have one more post for you before this is done. I appreciate whoever follows this and reads it, so to you i say thank you. I dont know who reads it but if i know at least 1 person follows it then it's worth it, i just wanted to share my experiences and i hope i've been able to do so. Once again thank you and the next time you hear from me i'll be back home in good ole Minnesnowta!!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Wednesday, December 9th - Oh hey!
Don't worry, i haven't forgotten about this thing quite yet. I have at least 3 posts left in me. As i write this Winona is getting dumped on with snow, and i mean dumped. We are talking 16 inches of fresh pow and more to come i hear. First hearing that and now typing it really makes me wanna get out and do everything that involves snow. I'll start praying to the snow gods to bless me again for another year when i get back. As that is going on back home, here has been quite chaotic as well. Since Thanksgiving i've traveled to London for 3 days and Spain for 2 days. On top of traveling i've been trying to take advantage of these last few weeks i have left and doing as much as possible. This is a good thing cause of course, one wants to get the most out of their experience but this equals one exhausted kid. I've been running around, taking care of stuff and making plans for the future days. Let's go back though to where i left off, Thanksgiving night.
We had 18 people show up and it was a wonderful time. Lots of food was consumed and laughs were had. Other then the 3 Americans, it was everyone's first thanksgiving and they enjoyed it. Earlier in the year i had told you about the halloween party we threw and how it was quite the party with lots of music, chaos, and alcohol. There were a few people in our house who didn't participate at Halloween and were actually scared at what was going on. I bring this up because those same people thought that Thanksgiving was this same idea, even after i tried convincing them otherwise, and obviously they saw that Americans can have holidays that don't involve an extreme consumption of alcohol and they really enjoyed the whole family vibe of it. It was a lot of work putting it all together but it definitely was worth it and couldn't have been a better Thanksgiving away from home. After everyone left, Lindsay, Andy, Louise, Suzanne, Connie, and Malgosia went out to 5th Ave to celebrate Thanksgiving England style. 5th Ave is an Indie club which is really fun. They are always playing great music and the people there aren't all stuck up and are there to dance and have a good time. It was overall a great Thanksgiving.
Shortly after Thanksgiving, Sunday 29th, Lindsay, Nuria, Sophie, Agathe, and I went to London for 3 days. We left Sunday morning at around 3:30 and arrived at Victoria station in London via Megabus around 8. Day 1 started off by taking the Underground (which is very very efficient travel system and when combined with the Oyster Card [cheapest way to travel the Underground] it becomes very reasonable) to Russel Square where are hostel (Smart Russel Square Hostel) was. We dropped off our bags and proceeded to Trafalgar Square to watch the changing of the horses. Before we came on this trip we made an itinerary for the first day and then a list of stuff that we wanted to see for the 3 days. Within the first hour of getting into London on Sunday our itinerary was off and we were left with a huge list of stuff to do. So needless to say we caught the last 10 seconds of the changing of the guards (which was kinda built up to be disappointed, but i can't say that we missed out on much) before we went to the Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards.
It's not a very pretty building but it does house the queen so i guess it's somewhat important. We watched the changing of the guards, kinda, cause there were so many people there to see it and of course it was also raining so the umbrella's were out to block out anyone's chance to see anything behind the gates. I was able to catch some shots of them leaving the palace.
After watching the changing of the guard we went back to Trafalgar Square where the British National Gallery is located where there is work by Vermeer, van Gough, Rembrandt, Seurat, Michelangelo, Velazquez, and da Vinci. I can't say that i am an art connoisseur but i did enjoy most of these artists' work. Afterwords we went to visit the National Portrait Gallery which was full of lots of modern portraits of people we all recognize today. After this we were all art-ed out and went to McDonald's for lunch. Yea...McDonald's. Next time I'm getting bangers and mash cause that stuff is better then and McDonald's you can eat, but regardless i was happy to eat. After lunch we went to go the Wellington arch to do our free tour. (The same group who Lindsay and I received a tour from in Paris.) It was pouring out though so there was no tour, instead we decided to go to Parliament, Big Ben, and the London Eye. It was at night and a very gorgeous view:
After seeing these staple buildings of London we went to Picadilly Square which is compared to the Times Square of London. We did some shopping, walked around to Chinatown and SOHO (where strip clubs, prostitutes, and that kinda stuff exists.) Good thing i know how to say no cause otherwise that prostitute that told me that "i'd have a good time with her" would have given me something just terrible.
That pretty much concluded our 1st day of London. We went back that night to the hostel where we all crashed in our triple bunk beds.
The 2nd day started off by visiting the Christmas market. It was full of arcades, food, hot wine, and no people. It was a little early for people to arrive there so we walked around and saw everyone set up their stands. We then went back to Westminster Arch to go on the free tour at 11. It consisted of seeing Buckingham Palace, Parliament, Big Ben, Westminister Abbey, Nelson's Column, Horseguards, and much more. Like i said, it's truly a great deal. It's a free walking tour and you give them a tip at the end with how much you feel it was worth. It's given by history students who know too much about these cities and they love sharing their information with you. I know i'm really plugging this thing but it's totally worth it if you visit any of the cities they give tours in. Here is their website to check out: http://www.neweuropetours.eu/
After the tour we went out for lunch in Camden Town just north of the heart of the city. During the whole trip it was hard to believe that you were in London the whole time and no more here then anywhere else. There were no old buildings, people in business suits, and tall skyscrapers here. It consisted of shops upon shops and good food. We had lunch and then walked up and down the main street in Camden going in and out of the shops. There were a lot of "freaks" there and it's definitely the indie/punk/different people escape London to. After visiting Camden we went to see Abbey Road and Abbey Studios. If you know the Beatles at all then you know the famous album cover of the 4 of them walking across the street at the cross walk. Well of course i had to get mine taken but it was sketch as hell cause it's a busy road so we had to rush it. This is the outcome:
I'm going the wrong way, and it's at night, but you get the idea and it will suffice.
After visiting there we went to visit Notting Hill and see some bookstore that Hugh Grant worked at in the movie Notting Hill. We couldn't find it so we just ended up going to King's Cross Station to find platform 9 3/4. If you've read Harry Potter then you know what i'm talking about. If you haven't read it, then i'm not gonna go any further then posting this picture:
We grabbed some food at the local grocery store and went back to the hostel where we played cards and the girls drank. It was another fun filled day which brings us to our final day in London!
We started off by visiting the British Museum. It had all kinds of stuff in there but the thing i was most impressed by was the Rosetta Stone. It's what was used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics. Pretty cool to see that, very impressive:
Afterwords we visited the Tower of London, Tower bridge, and London bridge.
A very boring London Bridge.
We climbed the tallest free-standing stone column in the world, 311 steps to be exact. It was built to remember the great fire of London which happened in 1666. It offers a great view of the city. From here we went to the business part of London and saw the Gerkin and other modern buildings.
The Gerkin.
We then went for lunch/dinner near St. Paul's Cathedral. This gorgeous, amazing cathedral where Princess Diana's wedding was held. Look for yourself how big it is:
Looking at St. Paul's Cathedral over the Thames.
From there we went to the Tate Modern which is full of contemporary art. There were many works of Pollock and Picasso which are nice but then there were a lot of very odd modern works of art there that i didn't really like. Just straight up weird stuff. I can't get into modern art.
We then went back to Victoria station to catch our bus back home. We got back to Manchester at around 4 in the morning i think and that pretty much sums up my entire trip to London. It was very busy busy; a go-go-go mentality. I'm glad we saw everything that we did, it was well worth it. After all of that work and travel though we need a relaxing time, thank God we booked Malaga, Spain for the following weekend.
Andy, Lindsay, and I left for Malaga Friday morning. Our Australian friend Jason was supposed to come with us but had to back out the day before because he had too much work to do. We left real early Friday morning to take a bus to Liverpool where are flight was flying from. It was a 2.5 hour flight to the southern coast of Spain. We arrived and it was like we were in a whole new world. Blue skies for as far as you can see, 65 degrees, no rain, mountains that littered the coast, and a giant, clear, blue sea called the Mediterranean.
We got to hostel right away, The Melting Pot, (which i highly recommend because of many reasons. 1. It's very inexpensive. 2. It's literally right across the street from the sea. No matter what room you have, your window opens up to a gorgeous view of the sea. 3. The staff is very helpful and friendly. Handed out free shots, were very entertaining, and made sure you were having a good time) where we dumped our bags off and proceeded to change into shorts, sandals, and go walking around. We went out for lunch and then climbed a large hill to get to Castillo de Gabralfaro, a giant castle on the hill that overlooks the entire city, mountains, and sea.
I took some video of what it looked like from on top.
After our hike to the Castle we went down to the beach to go relax. The water was pretty dang cold and i did bring my swimsuit but i left it back in the hostel, which was probably a good thing. So i was just forced to stick my feet in the water and that was just cold enough. We hung out at the beach for awhile and just relaxed before going back to the hostel. I read some of my book while Andy worked on homework and Lindsay went to bed. Like i said, this trip was all about relaxing and that's all we wanted to do. We didn't want to go run around and see as much as possible. Before going to bed Andy and I met some people in the hostel; Abbi, Nadine, and some others. Most of them were traveling by themselves and had been for 3-7 months. Crazy girls! We talked for awhile before heading off to bed.
The next morning we ate breakfast and met up with Abbi and went to walk around the city. We brought her up to the castle and then went out for food. We continued to just walk around the city for quite awhile. We saw where Pablo Picasso was born which was pretty neat. We then went to the beach with some drinks and watched this sunset:
It got cold pretty fast afterwords so we went back to the hostel, grabbed our coats and went back to beach to do more relaxing. It started getting late and we wanted to go out for a night on the town. We started at the hostel and met up with quite a bit of the people there and then went to Shamrock bar. We all got separated somehow and it just turned into an eventful night. Lindsay ended up 2 hours away from the city somehow and got drove home by an extremely nice stranger at 5 in the morning. Abbi ended up in some random hostel in the city, away from our hostel. I wandered back home to the hostel by myself and crashed. It was a good night, but my stomach wasn't happy the next day. We woke up and had to rush to get ready and leave. We said our goodbyes and got to the airport to head back to cold, cloudy, and rainy Liverpool.
I do recommend Malaga for anyone who has been to Mexico, likes it there, but is up for going somewhere new. I can't imagine how warm it gets in the summer there in Malaga but it's gorgeous. It's full of delicious sea food and pretty sites, very relaxing.
After that trip i've come back to class and school work. Everyday this week i've been in the library working on an assessment. I feel like an actual student and i don't like it. But i suppose that is what i'm here for so i need to take care of that stuff. I have 12 days left and trying to get in as much as possible. So far i have planned ice skating, snowboarding, movies, Christmas dinner, shopping, Christmas market, and packing. These last days are going to go faster then the rest of the semester and even faster then i want. I hope i can just get everything taken care of and enjoy these last days here!
Like i said, i have a few more posts left in me for this blog so i will back to you guys before i leave! Get out there and enjoy that snow for me everyone!!
We had 18 people show up and it was a wonderful time. Lots of food was consumed and laughs were had. Other then the 3 Americans, it was everyone's first thanksgiving and they enjoyed it. Earlier in the year i had told you about the halloween party we threw and how it was quite the party with lots of music, chaos, and alcohol. There were a few people in our house who didn't participate at Halloween and were actually scared at what was going on. I bring this up because those same people thought that Thanksgiving was this same idea, even after i tried convincing them otherwise, and obviously they saw that Americans can have holidays that don't involve an extreme consumption of alcohol and they really enjoyed the whole family vibe of it. It was a lot of work putting it all together but it definitely was worth it and couldn't have been a better Thanksgiving away from home. After everyone left, Lindsay, Andy, Louise, Suzanne, Connie, and Malgosia went out to 5th Ave to celebrate Thanksgiving England style. 5th Ave is an Indie club which is really fun. They are always playing great music and the people there aren't all stuck up and are there to dance and have a good time. It was overall a great Thanksgiving.
Shortly after Thanksgiving, Sunday 29th, Lindsay, Nuria, Sophie, Agathe, and I went to London for 3 days. We left Sunday morning at around 3:30 and arrived at Victoria station in London via Megabus around 8. Day 1 started off by taking the Underground (which is very very efficient travel system and when combined with the Oyster Card [cheapest way to travel the Underground] it becomes very reasonable) to Russel Square where are hostel (Smart Russel Square Hostel) was. We dropped off our bags and proceeded to Trafalgar Square to watch the changing of the horses. Before we came on this trip we made an itinerary for the first day and then a list of stuff that we wanted to see for the 3 days. Within the first hour of getting into London on Sunday our itinerary was off and we were left with a huge list of stuff to do. So needless to say we caught the last 10 seconds of the changing of the guards (which was kinda built up to be disappointed, but i can't say that we missed out on much) before we went to the Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards.
It's not a very pretty building but it does house the queen so i guess it's somewhat important. We watched the changing of the guards, kinda, cause there were so many people there to see it and of course it was also raining so the umbrella's were out to block out anyone's chance to see anything behind the gates. I was able to catch some shots of them leaving the palace.
After watching the changing of the guard we went back to Trafalgar Square where the British National Gallery is located where there is work by Vermeer, van Gough, Rembrandt, Seurat, Michelangelo, Velazquez, and da Vinci. I can't say that i am an art connoisseur but i did enjoy most of these artists' work. Afterwords we went to visit the National Portrait Gallery which was full of lots of modern portraits of people we all recognize today. After this we were all art-ed out and went to McDonald's for lunch. Yea...McDonald's. Next time I'm getting bangers and mash cause that stuff is better then and McDonald's you can eat, but regardless i was happy to eat. After lunch we went to go the Wellington arch to do our free tour. (The same group who Lindsay and I received a tour from in Paris.) It was pouring out though so there was no tour, instead we decided to go to Parliament, Big Ben, and the London Eye. It was at night and a very gorgeous view:
After seeing these staple buildings of London we went to Picadilly Square which is compared to the Times Square of London. We did some shopping, walked around to Chinatown and SOHO (where strip clubs, prostitutes, and that kinda stuff exists.) Good thing i know how to say no cause otherwise that prostitute that told me that "i'd have a good time with her" would have given me something just terrible.
That pretty much concluded our 1st day of London. We went back that night to the hostel where we all crashed in our triple bunk beds.
The 2nd day started off by visiting the Christmas market. It was full of arcades, food, hot wine, and no people. It was a little early for people to arrive there so we walked around and saw everyone set up their stands. We then went back to Westminster Arch to go on the free tour at 11. It consisted of seeing Buckingham Palace, Parliament, Big Ben, Westminister Abbey, Nelson's Column, Horseguards, and much more. Like i said, it's truly a great deal. It's a free walking tour and you give them a tip at the end with how much you feel it was worth. It's given by history students who know too much about these cities and they love sharing their information with you. I know i'm really plugging this thing but it's totally worth it if you visit any of the cities they give tours in. Here is their website to check out: http://www.neweuropetours.eu/
After the tour we went out for lunch in Camden Town just north of the heart of the city. During the whole trip it was hard to believe that you were in London the whole time and no more here then anywhere else. There were no old buildings, people in business suits, and tall skyscrapers here. It consisted of shops upon shops and good food. We had lunch and then walked up and down the main street in Camden going in and out of the shops. There were a lot of "freaks" there and it's definitely the indie/punk/different people escape London to. After visiting Camden we went to see Abbey Road and Abbey Studios. If you know the Beatles at all then you know the famous album cover of the 4 of them walking across the street at the cross walk. Well of course i had to get mine taken but it was sketch as hell cause it's a busy road so we had to rush it. This is the outcome:
I'm going the wrong way, and it's at night, but you get the idea and it will suffice.
After visiting there we went to visit Notting Hill and see some bookstore that Hugh Grant worked at in the movie Notting Hill. We couldn't find it so we just ended up going to King's Cross Station to find platform 9 3/4. If you've read Harry Potter then you know what i'm talking about. If you haven't read it, then i'm not gonna go any further then posting this picture:
We grabbed some food at the local grocery store and went back to the hostel where we played cards and the girls drank. It was another fun filled day which brings us to our final day in London!
We started off by visiting the British Museum. It had all kinds of stuff in there but the thing i was most impressed by was the Rosetta Stone. It's what was used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics. Pretty cool to see that, very impressive:
Afterwords we visited the Tower of London, Tower bridge, and London bridge.
A very boring London Bridge.
We climbed the tallest free-standing stone column in the world, 311 steps to be exact. It was built to remember the great fire of London which happened in 1666. It offers a great view of the city. From here we went to the business part of London and saw the Gerkin and other modern buildings.
The Gerkin.
We then went for lunch/dinner near St. Paul's Cathedral. This gorgeous, amazing cathedral where Princess Diana's wedding was held. Look for yourself how big it is:
Looking at St. Paul's Cathedral over the Thames.
From there we went to the Tate Modern which is full of contemporary art. There were many works of Pollock and Picasso which are nice but then there were a lot of very odd modern works of art there that i didn't really like. Just straight up weird stuff. I can't get into modern art.
We then went back to Victoria station to catch our bus back home. We got back to Manchester at around 4 in the morning i think and that pretty much sums up my entire trip to London. It was very busy busy; a go-go-go mentality. I'm glad we saw everything that we did, it was well worth it. After all of that work and travel though we need a relaxing time, thank God we booked Malaga, Spain for the following weekend.
Andy, Lindsay, and I left for Malaga Friday morning. Our Australian friend Jason was supposed to come with us but had to back out the day before because he had too much work to do. We left real early Friday morning to take a bus to Liverpool where are flight was flying from. It was a 2.5 hour flight to the southern coast of Spain. We arrived and it was like we were in a whole new world. Blue skies for as far as you can see, 65 degrees, no rain, mountains that littered the coast, and a giant, clear, blue sea called the Mediterranean.
We got to hostel right away, The Melting Pot, (which i highly recommend because of many reasons. 1. It's very inexpensive. 2. It's literally right across the street from the sea. No matter what room you have, your window opens up to a gorgeous view of the sea. 3. The staff is very helpful and friendly. Handed out free shots, were very entertaining, and made sure you were having a good time) where we dumped our bags off and proceeded to change into shorts, sandals, and go walking around. We went out for lunch and then climbed a large hill to get to Castillo de Gabralfaro, a giant castle on the hill that overlooks the entire city, mountains, and sea.
I took some video of what it looked like from on top.
After our hike to the Castle we went down to the beach to go relax. The water was pretty dang cold and i did bring my swimsuit but i left it back in the hostel, which was probably a good thing. So i was just forced to stick my feet in the water and that was just cold enough. We hung out at the beach for awhile and just relaxed before going back to the hostel. I read some of my book while Andy worked on homework and Lindsay went to bed. Like i said, this trip was all about relaxing and that's all we wanted to do. We didn't want to go run around and see as much as possible. Before going to bed Andy and I met some people in the hostel; Abbi, Nadine, and some others. Most of them were traveling by themselves and had been for 3-7 months. Crazy girls! We talked for awhile before heading off to bed.
The next morning we ate breakfast and met up with Abbi and went to walk around the city. We brought her up to the castle and then went out for food. We continued to just walk around the city for quite awhile. We saw where Pablo Picasso was born which was pretty neat. We then went to the beach with some drinks and watched this sunset:
It got cold pretty fast afterwords so we went back to the hostel, grabbed our coats and went back to beach to do more relaxing. It started getting late and we wanted to go out for a night on the town. We started at the hostel and met up with quite a bit of the people there and then went to Shamrock bar. We all got separated somehow and it just turned into an eventful night. Lindsay ended up 2 hours away from the city somehow and got drove home by an extremely nice stranger at 5 in the morning. Abbi ended up in some random hostel in the city, away from our hostel. I wandered back home to the hostel by myself and crashed. It was a good night, but my stomach wasn't happy the next day. We woke up and had to rush to get ready and leave. We said our goodbyes and got to the airport to head back to cold, cloudy, and rainy Liverpool.
I do recommend Malaga for anyone who has been to Mexico, likes it there, but is up for going somewhere new. I can't imagine how warm it gets in the summer there in Malaga but it's gorgeous. It's full of delicious sea food and pretty sites, very relaxing.
After that trip i've come back to class and school work. Everyday this week i've been in the library working on an assessment. I feel like an actual student and i don't like it. But i suppose that is what i'm here for so i need to take care of that stuff. I have 12 days left and trying to get in as much as possible. So far i have planned ice skating, snowboarding, movies, Christmas dinner, shopping, Christmas market, and packing. These last days are going to go faster then the rest of the semester and even faster then i want. I hope i can just get everything taken care of and enjoy these last days here!
Like i said, i have a few more posts left in me for this blog so i will back to you guys before i leave! Get out there and enjoy that snow for me everyone!!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Pictures from Thanksgiving
Here are some pictures from our feast on Thanksgiving!
Little bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper and you have yourself a turkey.
I was so worried that it wasn't going to fit in the oven. As you can see it just barely made it in.
My finished product.
All 18 of us at the dinner table.
Little bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper and you have yourself a turkey.
I was so worried that it wasn't going to fit in the oven. As you can see it just barely made it in.
My finished product.
All 18 of us at the dinner table.
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