So unlike all my other post, this is just going to mesh together!
So in our last week of classes, I feel like I didn't learn anything new, but will be getting 9 credit hours. He cuts class short all the time, and It's all 400 stuff, which I already took, I did find out I have an extra report to go along with my 5 plus lesson plans. I get to pull a child out every week and work one on one with him or her. I also got to observe on Thursday. It was so much fun, and I ended up leading the class in the afternoon, my teacher had a dentist apt, and I was there with a student teacher, but she just sat there. We all got to hang with Paul and go to City Center. It was a busy week, but Munich is this weekend and Teaching is next week!
Thursday! So I'm in the school in the day but in the evening we went to Stansted to stay in a hostel overnight because our flight was going to be supper early. Well our cab driver smelled like DEATH, The worst smell I have ever had to endure. He was an awful driver and got lost! Well things didn't improve from there. So we get to our BB and since on the website they only had rooms for 4 and 2, well we had 5 girls, so we split up between the rooms so someone wasn't alone. Well We go into our BB and this creepy man with the UGLIEST cat ever (it was like mrs. norris and it was smooshed faced and covered in mats)It was super awkward and that cat just stared at us! So we go look into one of the rooms and we discover there are 4 bunk beds (fine) and a QUEEN SIZE BED IN A ROOM ATTACHED!!!!!! wft, so we had to pay for an entirely unused room because they couldn't be bothered to fix their website! Well the creepiness didn't stop there. We discovered that breakfast is included delivered to our room, and all we could think of was that the creepy manager would be standing in our room with a tray while we were sleeping, so we piled the chairs in front of the door. It was fine, we watched and danced to Shakira singing in the World Cup opener :)
Oh and our cab was super late the next morning, stupid Stansted!!!
Okay this Jew is out! next post is Munich, Germany and especially Dachau :(
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Madrid, Spain
Thursday
Wednesday evening we had a hilarious cab driver, he was very fast and spoke no english. It was quite amusing. He started shouting English cuss words and point out all the bars screaming Kapital! We stayed at La Musas in an 8 person room. The four of us, April, Emily and Chelsey just passed out soon after that. Thursday we got up and went to Museo Nacional del Prado. We saw some amazing pieces of artwork. After that we had our first offical adventure in Madrid. We got lunch and it was a total disaster. We tried to order in Spanish and eventually our waiter brought us and English menu. The only problem was he put in the order for the three salads, and we were completely confused. So unknowingly we didn't know we ordered, he brought us out our three salads for four people. We tried to explain in broken spanish that this is not what we wanted. Finally a waiter with better english skills came out and we explained what happened. We finally ordered the correct salads. He was still confused why we ordered 4 of the same salads. We didn't realize the way they eat meals is a communal meal, you order several plates and you share everything. Well after lunch we met Carl, who was April and Emily's friend who was studying in Madrid. He showed up Puerto Del Sol, Plaza Mejor, the royal chapel and palace, the main strip,and an Egyptian temple. The five of us laied in the grass for a few hours and just chatted. We then went to our hostel and freshened up. The four ladies went out to dinner, and it was amazing. We understood the culture so we ordered Tortilla espana, pan, queso, ensalada mixa and a pitcher of sangria. It was perfect, the conversation was good and we just had an amazing time. We then walked around and finally went to bed.
Friday
We decided to go to the Renia Sofia (a modern art museum) We saw so many Picasso and Gurnica. It was lovely minus the caffeine headache I had. We then got cafe and went to a park. We laid out in the grass and took a little siesta. Afterwords we took a rowboat out on a lake (after some ticket confusion) and rowed around the lake for a while. After we went to the hostel to freshen up to meet Carl to have him show us the night life of the spaniards. We got a snack at Plaza Meyor and chatted for a while. We then walked to get some Hamburgers at a hole in the wall type of place. They were the best hamburgers I have every had! We ate them under a monument in the middle of a highway and watched the sunset and talked about God. It was such a perfect moment. Afterwords we went to a bar and had Beer, Sangria and Topas, it was very crowded but we danced a bit. We walked to Plaza Mejor and watched the crazy street performers. What a perfect day!
Saturday
This was our last day in Madrid. We went on a tour of the palace(beautiful) and the temple( lame). Afterwords we went shopping for souvenirs and got Churros. I got my books, postcards and my Red Sunglasses! Then we were off to our Plane. We then faced the immigration at gatwick. Chelsey told him we were 'working' in the schools. And they weren't going to let us pass because we don't have visas. I apparently gave one them so much attitude, I don't remember this. It was really stressful at the time. We could of been deported. But we got it sorted outWe ended up staying in a Bed and Breakfast in Gatwick and had a lovely time! It was so cute and it was so much fun. We got dinner at a hole in the wall chicken place, but it was not so much fun. The first bar we went to we got creeped on my some guy claiming to be an immigration officer in Ireland. The first thing he said to me is YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO LEAVE! And he brought up that he knows we don't have Visas and it was pretty intense.
Sunday
We woke up in our BB in gatwick and got some breakfast. Then we went to London to get on the train to Liverpool. I ran into a man who almost wouldn't let me get on the train because I had used an erasable pen and it smudged. So that was overly dramatic, and the let me on the train, which was a three hour ride :( We finally got back to Hope and had new rooms all together. It was much better then being isolated! We all had a pizza party to talk about our weeks and that was so much fun hearing about everyone else's stories! Although ours were the most dramatic :)
Okay well next post up soon!
Wednesday evening we had a hilarious cab driver, he was very fast and spoke no english. It was quite amusing. He started shouting English cuss words and point out all the bars screaming Kapital! We stayed at La Musas in an 8 person room. The four of us, April, Emily and Chelsey just passed out soon after that. Thursday we got up and went to Museo Nacional del Prado. We saw some amazing pieces of artwork. After that we had our first offical adventure in Madrid. We got lunch and it was a total disaster. We tried to order in Spanish and eventually our waiter brought us and English menu. The only problem was he put in the order for the three salads, and we were completely confused. So unknowingly we didn't know we ordered, he brought us out our three salads for four people. We tried to explain in broken spanish that this is not what we wanted. Finally a waiter with better english skills came out and we explained what happened. We finally ordered the correct salads. He was still confused why we ordered 4 of the same salads. We didn't realize the way they eat meals is a communal meal, you order several plates and you share everything. Well after lunch we met Carl, who was April and Emily's friend who was studying in Madrid. He showed up Puerto Del Sol, Plaza Mejor, the royal chapel and palace, the main strip,and an Egyptian temple. The five of us laied in the grass for a few hours and just chatted. We then went to our hostel and freshened up. The four ladies went out to dinner, and it was amazing. We understood the culture so we ordered Tortilla espana, pan, queso, ensalada mixa and a pitcher of sangria. It was perfect, the conversation was good and we just had an amazing time. We then walked around and finally went to bed.
Friday
We decided to go to the Renia Sofia (a modern art museum) We saw so many Picasso and Gurnica. It was lovely minus the caffeine headache I had. We then got cafe and went to a park. We laid out in the grass and took a little siesta. Afterwords we took a rowboat out on a lake (after some ticket confusion) and rowed around the lake for a while. After we went to the hostel to freshen up to meet Carl to have him show us the night life of the spaniards. We got a snack at Plaza Meyor and chatted for a while. We then walked to get some Hamburgers at a hole in the wall type of place. They were the best hamburgers I have every had! We ate them under a monument in the middle of a highway and watched the sunset and talked about God. It was such a perfect moment. Afterwords we went to a bar and had Beer, Sangria and Topas, it was very crowded but we danced a bit. We walked to Plaza Mejor and watched the crazy street performers. What a perfect day!
Saturday
This was our last day in Madrid. We went on a tour of the palace(beautiful) and the temple( lame). Afterwords we went shopping for souvenirs and got Churros. I got my books, postcards and my Red Sunglasses! Then we were off to our Plane. We then faced the immigration at gatwick. Chelsey told him we were 'working' in the schools. And they weren't going to let us pass because we don't have visas. I apparently gave one them so much attitude, I don't remember this. It was really stressful at the time. We could of been deported. But we got it sorted outWe ended up staying in a Bed and Breakfast in Gatwick and had a lovely time! It was so cute and it was so much fun. We got dinner at a hole in the wall chicken place, but it was not so much fun. The first bar we went to we got creeped on my some guy claiming to be an immigration officer in Ireland. The first thing he said to me is YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO LEAVE! And he brought up that he knows we don't have Visas and it was pretty intense.
Sunday
We woke up in our BB in gatwick and got some breakfast. Then we went to London to get on the train to Liverpool. I ran into a man who almost wouldn't let me get on the train because I had used an erasable pen and it smudged. So that was overly dramatic, and the let me on the train, which was a three hour ride :( We finally got back to Hope and had new rooms all together. It was much better then being isolated! We all had a pizza party to talk about our weeks and that was so much fun hearing about everyone else's stories! Although ours were the most dramatic :)
Okay well next post up soon!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
England
Monday
London was so exciting at first, the weather wasn't all that great, but I was in london. We took at 745 train to arrive in about 10. All 22 of us left and as we were about to leave the station I realized I didn't have my Passport and other belongings and left them on the train.( I am now very paranoid about it and double triple check it all the time). I ran back and searched the entire train, talked to the people in management and finally received my passport back after much panic. Dr. P, Stacy and Sarah waited with me and tried to reassure me my passport was coming back to me. Well after that ordeal we went to our Hotel The Royal National Hotel. It was not worth the Excitement. Emily Sarah, Stacy, April, Erica and Brianne and I split up together and we got lunch in the Blooms Cafe and split a yummy mozzarella and tomato pizza with april. We bought a tour bus ticket and it included a boat tour-freezy but fun. I was so cold but we saw everything! We took pictures on the lions in Trafalgar Square. We walked back to our hotel and stopped off at a italian restaurant called Spagettihouse. I got a pesto dish and a glass of pinot grigio. We then walked the rest of our way. Then it was off to the Icebar. That was such a learning experience. The dang hotel concierge told us to get on the wrong bus and it took us to the ghetto of London. There were kids with pit bulls and kids were screaming on the bus. This man was very serious about us being quiet so we wouldn't get stabbed. We were blessed by this woman who took us to our hotel. She got off on the stop to go home, and she walked us back to our hotel. She went at LEAST an hour out of her way. She was quite an amazing woman and I am very happy that I met her. It was defiantly an angel sent to protect us from harm. Needless to say No we did not go to the Icebar
Tuesday
We woke up bright and early we went on the rest of our tour and went to see the Changing of the Guards. It was so rainy and miserable and they didn't even do the full out thing! We were standing for hours waiting and it was kind of disappointing. We then went shopping because we didn't know what else to do. STacy Erica and Sarah went off to see a Wax Museum (they never made it there) April, Breanne, and Emily went to the British Museum and saw items from the Parthenon. It was pretty interesting, but we were very tired! We went to the Forum Cafe and got tea. We went back to our Hotel and realized the Hostel for after Madrid was booked for the wrong date, so we had to rush and book another hostel. Which was a bed and breakfast in Gatwick. After the long day we went and got Ice Cream and watched Britain's Got Talent and fell asleep.
Wednesday
April Emily and Chelsey went off on our own adventure. We went to Kings Cross and bought all day train passes. We took Pictures by Platform 9 3/4 and were loving it. We went to Victoria's Station and saw the changing of the Guards, this time it was full out and Sunny. The weather was quite beautiful on this day. If the weather was like this the whole time. I think I would of liked London more. We walked in Hyde Park. It was so beautiful! We went to the climbing tree and I climbed to the top. We then ventured to the Princess Diana fountain and then to the Peter Pan statue. Hyde Park was so lovely. We then went to our hotel and picked up our bags and then we were off to Madrid :)
Okay bed time, Madrid Post up soon!! Pictures Will be added to this one as well!
London was so exciting at first, the weather wasn't all that great, but I was in london. We took at 745 train to arrive in about 10. All 22 of us left and as we were about to leave the station I realized I didn't have my Passport and other belongings and left them on the train.( I am now very paranoid about it and double triple check it all the time). I ran back and searched the entire train, talked to the people in management and finally received my passport back after much panic. Dr. P, Stacy and Sarah waited with me and tried to reassure me my passport was coming back to me. Well after that ordeal we went to our Hotel The Royal National Hotel. It was not worth the Excitement. Emily Sarah, Stacy, April, Erica and Brianne and I split up together and we got lunch in the Blooms Cafe and split a yummy mozzarella and tomato pizza with april. We bought a tour bus ticket and it included a boat tour-freezy but fun. I was so cold but we saw everything! We took pictures on the lions in Trafalgar Square. We walked back to our hotel and stopped off at a italian restaurant called Spagettihouse. I got a pesto dish and a glass of pinot grigio. We then walked the rest of our way. Then it was off to the Icebar. That was such a learning experience. The dang hotel concierge told us to get on the wrong bus and it took us to the ghetto of London. There were kids with pit bulls and kids were screaming on the bus. This man was very serious about us being quiet so we wouldn't get stabbed. We were blessed by this woman who took us to our hotel. She got off on the stop to go home, and she walked us back to our hotel. She went at LEAST an hour out of her way. She was quite an amazing woman and I am very happy that I met her. It was defiantly an angel sent to protect us from harm. Needless to say No we did not go to the Icebar
Tuesday
We woke up bright and early we went on the rest of our tour and went to see the Changing of the Guards. It was so rainy and miserable and they didn't even do the full out thing! We were standing for hours waiting and it was kind of disappointing. We then went shopping because we didn't know what else to do. STacy Erica and Sarah went off to see a Wax Museum (they never made it there) April, Breanne, and Emily went to the British Museum and saw items from the Parthenon. It was pretty interesting, but we were very tired! We went to the Forum Cafe and got tea. We went back to our Hotel and realized the Hostel for after Madrid was booked for the wrong date, so we had to rush and book another hostel. Which was a bed and breakfast in Gatwick. After the long day we went and got Ice Cream and watched Britain's Got Talent and fell asleep.
Wednesday
April Emily and Chelsey went off on our own adventure. We went to Kings Cross and bought all day train passes. We took Pictures by Platform 9 3/4 and were loving it. We went to Victoria's Station and saw the changing of the Guards, this time it was full out and Sunny. The weather was quite beautiful on this day. If the weather was like this the whole time. I think I would of liked London more. We walked in Hyde Park. It was so beautiful! We went to the climbing tree and I climbed to the top. We then ventured to the Princess Diana fountain and then to the Peter Pan statue. Hyde Park was so lovely. We then went to our hotel and picked up our bags and then we were off to Madrid :)
Okay bed time, Madrid Post up soon!! Pictures Will be added to this one as well!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
This Could be a Long One
SO I haven't written in a LONG time, So this is me catching up on everything(from that thurs to sunday)...YIKES!
Thursday May 27-Liverpool
Today we had seminar in the Conference center, we had such a great little room with brilliant light that lead into the garden. During one of our breaks we all strolled out into the garden and picked beautiful flowers, I'm not sure the native flower here but it reminds me of a hibiscus. Oh and we picked lavender that made the room smell amazing! Seminar was nice, nothing too fancy but I always feel like i should have all the answers because we're spending most of our time doing 400 things, and i've already taken the class. We'll after class we just went to emily's room and Planned for one of our various trips...i mean it was nearly 2 weeks ago, my memory has been filled with amazing things since then.
Friday May 28-Liverpool
Today we had seminar, which was slightly unexpected since we all though we had fridays free, well I guess since the whole stupid ash thing we have to make it up someway. Class is always easy and never seems to be terribly difficult or stumping. Dr. Popplewell is a great professor. After dinner I went to my room for a while to take some personal breathing time. It's not that I don't like the girls or want to be around them, but I am terribly homesick and some time alone without all the hectic-ness is always appreciated. Well after we all went to FiveWays which is a local pub. It was so nice and we all had such a great time! Some had some bad drinks but I enjoyed a Fosters and then a Rum and Coke :) I'm such a dude when it comes to my beverage choice :) We then started running and laughing back home, I laughed so hard i needed my inhaler :) Soooo Much fun!
Well then the ENTIRE (minus 2 because of illness) group-22girls(well actually 20) went to Popworld. I believe everyone had a good time. It was strange though, I felt slightly territorial over that club. That was my first night out in Liverpool and It kinda felt like my club, well idk I still had a good time. We met Freedom Frank. He was another Random man who kept telling us to be free :/ What eves freedom frank. Oh and I made a personal goal to take a picture with law enforcement for every place I visit. It's a strange goal but hey i have to have one right!
Freedom Frank and the Girls!
Saturday May 29-Liverpool
This was such a rainy day! Ughhh, well today was also the Beatles tour, which if you know me, you know I love my Beatles. Well First we walked around City Centre and had a good time, had lunch at this random place and then went to a Bug World. This is where I decided I would like a children's story from each location I visit, and a post card to be corny. I really could use children stories and would love to grab as many as I can! Well then we went to the Beatles tour pickup spot. I was quite crabby that day. Idk why, maybe the weather? The Tour was quite amazing, we saw so many different sights. Penny Lane, All their childhood times, Where John and Paul first met, Eleanor Rigby's grave, Strawberry Fields, The Cathedral in Liverpool. It was really cool to see all of that amazing history to Music! Well after we found out we were done with the tour AFTER the busses started running so a few of us went to Tesco and picked up PB&J supplies and some Beer and had our selves a fun dinner. Our British friend Paul came by and he ate his first PB&J and he liked it :) We then sat in Sarah's room and watched YouTube Videos and enjoyed ourselves immensely:)
Us at a Beatles Monument
Sunday May 30-Liverpool
Well I woke up, and felt like I needed to go run, so I got up and got dressed. Well I had just tied my shoes when Emily and Erica messaged me and asked me to go to the Liverpool Cathedral. It's the Largest In the UK and the 5th in the World. It was absolutely beautiful, I was awestruck. It was a protestant service, so it was not so fun, very similar to Catholic, but hey. It was so beautiful and I really enjoyed the service. Afterwords I made myself a PB&J and got ready to go to the Hub Festival ,which was a BMX, with Emily and April. It was quite interesting! We were on a Chav Search. Chav is the ghetto people of England. It was fun, we had a good time and I got a ton of pictures. We then walked along the water and I got some more really beautiful pictures! We then had to find our way to liverpool home, and took a couple busses and finally made it. I then took some time to myself and then a bunch of us hung out in Emily's room and we were saying goodbye for now to Paul. I got to teach him how to Salsa, he felt pretty awkward, but hey gotta spread the Latino Feva! Well soon i found myself packing for the Exciting week of London and Madrid!!!!
Us in the Cathedral with the President
Yay few, I'm gonna take a break but a new post soon....Like tonight soon (hopefully, I still have to get London, Madrid and Liverpool this week!!)
Thursday May 27-Liverpool
Today we had seminar in the Conference center, we had such a great little room with brilliant light that lead into the garden. During one of our breaks we all strolled out into the garden and picked beautiful flowers, I'm not sure the native flower here but it reminds me of a hibiscus. Oh and we picked lavender that made the room smell amazing! Seminar was nice, nothing too fancy but I always feel like i should have all the answers because we're spending most of our time doing 400 things, and i've already taken the class. We'll after class we just went to emily's room and Planned for one of our various trips...i mean it was nearly 2 weeks ago, my memory has been filled with amazing things since then.
Friday May 28-Liverpool
Today we had seminar, which was slightly unexpected since we all though we had fridays free, well I guess since the whole stupid ash thing we have to make it up someway. Class is always easy and never seems to be terribly difficult or stumping. Dr. Popplewell is a great professor. After dinner I went to my room for a while to take some personal breathing time. It's not that I don't like the girls or want to be around them, but I am terribly homesick and some time alone without all the hectic-ness is always appreciated. Well after we all went to FiveWays which is a local pub. It was so nice and we all had such a great time! Some had some bad drinks but I enjoyed a Fosters and then a Rum and Coke :) I'm such a dude when it comes to my beverage choice :) We then started running and laughing back home, I laughed so hard i needed my inhaler :) Soooo Much fun!
Well then the ENTIRE (minus 2 because of illness) group-22girls(well actually 20) went to Popworld. I believe everyone had a good time. It was strange though, I felt slightly territorial over that club. That was my first night out in Liverpool and It kinda felt like my club, well idk I still had a good time. We met Freedom Frank. He was another Random man who kept telling us to be free :/ What eves freedom frank. Oh and I made a personal goal to take a picture with law enforcement for every place I visit. It's a strange goal but hey i have to have one right!
Freedom Frank and the Girls!
Saturday May 29-Liverpool
This was such a rainy day! Ughhh, well today was also the Beatles tour, which if you know me, you know I love my Beatles. Well First we walked around City Centre and had a good time, had lunch at this random place and then went to a Bug World. This is where I decided I would like a children's story from each location I visit, and a post card to be corny. I really could use children stories and would love to grab as many as I can! Well then we went to the Beatles tour pickup spot. I was quite crabby that day. Idk why, maybe the weather? The Tour was quite amazing, we saw so many different sights. Penny Lane, All their childhood times, Where John and Paul first met, Eleanor Rigby's grave, Strawberry Fields, The Cathedral in Liverpool. It was really cool to see all of that amazing history to Music! Well after we found out we were done with the tour AFTER the busses started running so a few of us went to Tesco and picked up PB&J supplies and some Beer and had our selves a fun dinner. Our British friend Paul came by and he ate his first PB&J and he liked it :) We then sat in Sarah's room and watched YouTube Videos and enjoyed ourselves immensely:)
Us at a Beatles Monument
Sunday May 30-Liverpool
Well I woke up, and felt like I needed to go run, so I got up and got dressed. Well I had just tied my shoes when Emily and Erica messaged me and asked me to go to the Liverpool Cathedral. It's the Largest In the UK and the 5th in the World. It was absolutely beautiful, I was awestruck. It was a protestant service, so it was not so fun, very similar to Catholic, but hey. It was so beautiful and I really enjoyed the service. Afterwords I made myself a PB&J and got ready to go to the Hub Festival ,which was a BMX, with Emily and April. It was quite interesting! We were on a Chav Search. Chav is the ghetto people of England. It was fun, we had a good time and I got a ton of pictures. We then walked along the water and I got some more really beautiful pictures! We then had to find our way to liverpool home, and took a couple busses and finally made it. I then took some time to myself and then a bunch of us hung out in Emily's room and we were saying goodbye for now to Paul. I got to teach him how to Salsa, he felt pretty awkward, but hey gotta spread the Latino Feva! Well soon i found myself packing for the Exciting week of London and Madrid!!!!
Us in the Cathedral with the President
Yay few, I'm gonna take a break but a new post soon....Like tonight soon (hopefully, I still have to get London, Madrid and Liverpool this week!!)
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