After all that endless travel, we were more than relieved to be at our hostel. It was pretty great. We had a private room, and there were two kitchens that we could make use of. We just wanted to explore our first night, so we walked toward this music we could hear very loudly from this park that was right across from our hostel. We stopped in some stores along the way. As we got closer, we come to realize that it was a Duran Duran concert that we were hearing. W...

Alright, so I am not sure who the genius was who put me in charge of the itinerary for this trip, but I may have overlooked a few things... such as 8 hours on a plane, with 6 hours before the train leaves, with 5 hours on the train to Scotland does not make for a very fun day. But that is what it was. 8 hours from Houston to London.The plane ride was bearable, we each got our own television, and could choose from numerous movies and TV shows. The line for customs...

Well, again, not too exciting of a blog, but four hours in an airport will make ya go a little crazy. I included some pics of my attempt at a nap in the airport, but the seats in the waiting area do not allow for such luxury....I was told that our flight would be 13 hours into London, but i suppose that was if we had left out of LAX, so since we had already knocked four hours out on the flight to Houston, we figured we had less of a flight, then we also forgot th...

So, this is not quite my European part of my trip yet, but it was awesome to be be back in my home state! On Friday I hung out with my good friend Mary in her new apartment, and Christiana and her Fiance picked me up for the evening. We went out to eat, sang some karaoke, and went dancing. Saturday I spent the day with my family. My Aunt Sherry and Uncle Darren were kind enough to host a little family get together, and I got to see most of my family. Sunday was s...

Alright, so I know I said I would post when I got home to let all of you not in Cali know I arrived safe. (I did call most of you) I just wanted to wait a while. I had pics to upload, people to catch up with, too much to unpack. There was a lot to do and a lot to process, and updating this and loading pictures just seemed like a little much. So, I decided to wait, but alas, here it is, my final blog about Semester At Sea. What am I feeling? So much, its almo...