The Lake District and London with Mom: The first leg of my 3 week spring break I spent with my mom in the Lake District and London. She spent about 6 nights here. I had a choir concert the 2nd night she was going to be here so we stayed in Hull for a couple of days before moving on to the Lake District to explore the walking trails of England. We arrived in the Lake District in the afternoon by train. We made our way from the tourist information to our bed a...

A couple of weekends back I went to the lovely town of Bath for the weekend. It's famous for a few reasons, the main one being that the Roman Baths are located there. Also, it has been known as a fashion capital during Jane Austen's time and Jane Austen actually lived there for 5 years but hated it so much that she did no writing there. Anyways, I went with my two roommates and our friend Catherine. Our trip down to Bath was uneventful but we got there and ...

On Thursday February 12th My roommates Jess and Danielle, my friend Lyndsey, and I all left the lovely town of Hull for Edinburgh, Scotland! Our choice of transportation was train. We managed to find a really good deal for the way there and only paid about 20 pounds for our tickets. Unfortunately this meant a lot of starting and stopping. Our first few stops were fairly uneventful but our last stop was awful. We had a 4 hour layover type of thing in the midd...

On January 31 I arrived in Manchester airport with Lyndsey and we headed to the lovely city of Hull via bus. Once arrived the school had set up a small welcome and informational meeting where we recevied phone cards and other important stuff :) Then we got to move into our houses! The house I'm living in is a typical college dorm/apartment. Small, run down, and plain. Thats okay! I put pictures up in my room and a map and soon I will have my own blanket and...