Sooo.....its been awhile since my last entry. Where shall I begin? How about London?! This year was the University's pilot year for the Innovative Learning Week program. What does that mean? Well it seems like no one really knows...but for us it meant a week to see London and Ireland! And see it we did!
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| The Lion King Broadway Musical!!! |
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| Buckingham Palace |
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| Trafalgar Square |
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| What time is it?? Big Ben knows! |
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| Hi Mom! |
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| Me and Emily in the London Eye |
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| Emily, Meredith, and I at the Tower of London |
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| Tower Bridge |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral doors |
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| I'm off to Hogwarts! |
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| Doin' it Beatles style.. |
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| Me, Emily, and Audrey on top of the Monument |
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| St. Patrick's Cathedral - largest church in Ireland |
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| At the McCoole family farm...I look like a midget! |
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| The Cliffs of Moher...unfortunately cloudy |
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| Wicklow National Park |
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| Wicklow National Park where they filmed a P.S. I love you scene |
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| Guinness Lake |
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| Glendalough Monastery |
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Kiliney Beach (this is Bono's view from his house)
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So basically we had a GREAT time. I absolutely loved learning about all of the places and experiencing everything. I am so incredibly blessed! London was so enchanting and Ireland was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. I would definitely want to see both of them again...and I wouldn't mind having a vacation home tucked away in the hills of Wicklow Park either!
It was really weird when we got back to Edinburgh because we had just come back from vacation, and usually you would go home after a vacation, so coming back here was kind of weird. Its fine now but at first I was feeling incredibly restless. We got back on Saturday and on Sunday I set off to explore the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh. I found a farmers market! And an adorable little bookstore. I also had some excellent hot chocolate.
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| One of the stands at the farmers market had this funny kitten so I took a photo. |
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| This bronze statue of a man was eerily positioned in the river. It is a little creepy. |
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With finding the little bookstore came the purchase of this book which I converted into a journal of all my travels!
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On the whole it was a very successful and distracting day. It was also good to have some alone time after being constantly surrounded for a week.
I just finished an essay and am about to start the next one so that I can have a stress-free weekend at the Isle of Skye! So excited. Of course, I still have a thousand things to figure out about spring break and summer and classes, but it will all work out.
I will write again soon, I promise, about my weekend in Paris! But for now, Cheers!
