This morning we all got our exercising in. Rob and Luke ran and Amy and Ellie walked along the beach. The beach is a block away so it was cool to check that out this morning. Luke ran over to where the sea lions hang out. That sounded cool so we all walked over there and spent a couple hours checking out the cool views, the various species of birds, the sea lions, and the tide pools. Had lunch at a nice outdoor place and then walked back to our apartment. ...

July 27. London to Keflavik to Minneapolis We were both ready to be home. Traveling Scandinavia with the most important people in my life and then spending some quality time with Ellie checking out universities in the U.K. has made this one of the most memorable journeys I have ever had. On the train to the airport this morning I calculated I walked 144.8 miles and took 389,311 steps over the 20 days of traveling. I averaged 7.24 miles and 19,465.55 steps a d...

July 26. London Our last full day of traveling! We didn't have to be at the University College London Archaeology Department until 11:00 so we took it easy this morning. I went to a cafe and read my book. Ellie slept in. On the way back to the hotel I stopped at the post office to send my train tickets in to see if I could get a refund. It is heartening to know that British post offices are as slow and ponderous as American ones. I wanted to get going ar...

July 25. Brighton and London Today was our trip down to Brighton and the University of Sussex. I got us going early because I was not quite sure how to get from the train station in Brighton to the University. I figured a little extra time was a good idea. We also had to get going early because I realized this morning that the tickets I had bought were for yesterday. I went to the ticket booth at the train station and they told me I need to send the old tic...

July 24. York to London We had a 10:30 tour of the University of York so we checked out of the hotel, got breakfast, caught the bus, and actually made it to our appointment 1/2 hour early. The first 15 minutes we met with a women from the international students office. She went over the basics of admissions and the financial stuff. We then met up with a student, Saher, and she took us on an hour and half tour of the campus. The University is only 50 or so ye...