I spent much of today following the events in London through the BBC, the Guardian, and multiple social media channels, and it caused me to think a lot about my reactions to both this riot, and the riots in Vancouver after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup. In both cases I took issue with a … Continue reading The #LondonRiots & The #CanucksRiots
aly and i are in york now, and we've finished with scotland (inverness and edinburgh), no loch ness monster sightings per se, although if you count us pretending to be the monster.... haha, off for more adventure
edinburgh
Hey all, aly and alix and i are in edinburgh right now, and tomorrow we head to inverness, looking forward to seeing everyone, and i'll post more pictures when i get home! talk to all of you soon!
Wales, March 3-5th, 2006
So, i'm finally getting up to date with these entries! my goodness! Last weekend i went on a trip organised by the school (for 50 people or so) to Wales. More specifically, to Snowdonia National Park. The purpose of the trip: to climb a mountain, and do other crazy outdoor activities. Now, a little more … Continue reading Wales, March 3-5th, 2006
Midterm Trip Part II
We left Brussels in the afternoon of the 21st, and headed to Paris on our trusty buses We got in quite late so we just hung out in the hotel and had showers. The next day we went to the Louvre and The Musee D'orsay, and i managed to get us from the musee to … Continue reading Midterm Trip Part II
Midterm Trip Part I
Our Midterm Trip this semester was to Brussles and Paris! It was super awesome, so much amazing stuff, and people, and food...! We left Super Super early on Monday the 20th of Feb, and went to Dover where we caught the ferry to the continent! (i was so happy we took the ferry, i don't … Continue reading Midterm Trip Part I
Keats’ House and Geo Field Class
On February 4th the English Classes all went to Keats' house in Hampstead (part of London) Here's me sitting and pondering under the replacement plum tree for the one that Keats wrote 'Ode to a Nightengale' under Hampstead was really gorgeous, and there were lots of really cool shops. 3 of us went back to … Continue reading Keats’ House and Geo Field Class
Bath, Jan 28th, 2006
This was our school 'cultural studies trip' to Bath, which was gorgeous but EXTREMELY cold! we got up super early for the 4ish hour bus ride to Bath, some really beautiful countryside, marred only by the fact that we were watching family guy all the way there! Bath Abbey, which i didn't have time to … Continue reading Bath, Jan 28th, 2006
Christmas Holidays Part III
Wow, no updates with pictures since that long ago! i've been slacking i suppose! (or doing too much actual schoolwork, either way...!) Well, here are the concluding pics of Christmas holidays, a whole 2 months or more ago! Annie left to go to Euro Disney, and on the 27th both Alix and Jenn showed up! … Continue reading Christmas Holidays Part III
Christmas Holidays Part II
We left Yorkshire and went to Emsworth, about 10 miles East of Portsmouth, unfortunately i forgot to take my camera outside with me, and it had no batteries! But we Had a really great time with mum's friends Roger and Caroline Then We Went back up to London, and Annie Came to visit us! On … Continue reading Christmas Holidays Part II
Philippa Adams 